Object Desktop 2009 Official Support Thread

Post your thoughts, questions, issues with Object Desktop 2009 here.

Published on November 18, 2008 By Zargon In Object Desktop

When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted. Please post your findings here as well. Thank you!

Notes and Known Issues: (all issues are being worked on at this time)

Theme Manager 3.0 (Published at 11am)

Aero Midnight theme included as a .suite file for Object Desktop customers.
My Desktop / Save My Desktop: Dreams, skins and cursors sometimes do apply when saved as part of a suite. Please apply through the Applications tab as a workaround at this time.
Applications / Cursors: Sometimes cursors take two applies before applying.
My Desktop / Create New Theme: The Download URL function is not working at this time.
Please update SoundPackager before applying sounds through Theme Manager 3.0.
Users will need to open SoundPackager one time to have sound packages show up in Theme Manager 3.0.
Fixed - On systems that do not have MyColors installed, an error about the StardockWeather.ocx file not being registered will display when applying weather gadgets.
The Aero Midnight skin does not extract and apply 100% of the time on faster hardware.

Deskscapes 2.5 (with XP support published at 1pm)

With a Dream file applied dragging and dropping icons from the desktop to a folder does not work at this time.
Please visit this web site to review video card requirement details. In short, AGP Video cards are not supported at this time. Future driver updates from NVIDIA/ATI will add support later this year. At that time only AGP 8x will be supported (4x/2x/1x bus speeds are not adequate to support dream functionality at low CPU).
The Watercolor Dream may exhibit some distortion on Windows XP.

Bootskin Pro 1.0 (published at 6:30pm)

There is a new WinCustomize gallery for Windows Vista bootskins. Boot skins created for XP will not work with Bootskin Pro.
Bootskin Pro allows users to create boot skins for Windows Vista, so boot skins created for XP can be re-generated and uploaded to WinCustomize.
Bootskin Pro Create boot skin tab will attempt to read your Object Desktop Ultimate serial from the registry. If the serial number field is blank, paste in your Object Desktop Ultimate serial number to create a boot skin.
There may be an issue with .bootskin file associations on some systems.

WindowBlinds 6.3 (published on 11/18/2008)

Windows Vista 64-bit users may need to reboot after install if skins do not apply correctly.

Comments (Page 17)

241

BeLGaRaTh67

on Nov 24, 2008

a dickinso

reply 15

The new version of theme manager will not apply skin or widgets on suites or my colour themes on my computer operating Windows Vista. It works correctly on my computer operating Windows XP. I also have a problem with bootskin pro for vista. It will not apply a bootscreen, I recieve the error of there was an error applying _____ eg: aquamaine. Has any experienced the same problem or have any ideas?

yes, unless you are a yank you cannot use bootskin pro

242

jason4587

on Nov 24, 2008

Hi Zargon and all. I just wanted to followup with my earlier problem and let you know that it has been resolved. There was a new push of Impulse that solved my issue. THank you for your attention here. Jason

243

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 25, 2008

What codecs do I need? Where do I get them? The Dynamic dreams work fine, the others tell me I need a codec. HELP!!!!

244

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 25, 2008

How do I tell if my graphics card is AGP 4x or 8x?

245

starkers

on Nov 25, 2008

How do I tell if my graphics card is AGP 4x or 8x?

It should tell you in the mobo owners manual under graphic display whether you have 4x or 8x... failing that, go to Administrative tools> Computer Management> Device manager> scroll down the list to Display Adapters> expand entry and right click on card entry> Properties... in the window under the 'General' tab at 'Location' it should tell you whether your card is PCIe or AGP @ 4x or 8x.

I hope this helps.

246

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 25, 2008

It does not tell me 4x or 8x. Actually, it says it's a PCI.

247

TheMasterBaron

on Nov 25, 2008

How do I tell if my graphics card is AGP 4x or 8x?

You can try and install Nvidia's Monitoring tool

248

canmandeco

on Nov 25, 2008

FX5200 is AGP 8X. GeForce FX 5200 - Tech Specs

249

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 25, 2008

canmandeco

reply 23

FX5200 is AGP 8X. GeForce FX 5200 - Tech Specs

Then why does my Device Manager say PCI?

250

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 25, 2008

You can try and install Nvidia's Monitoring tool

Did that, it locked up my pC

251

canmandeco

on Nov 25, 2008

Then why does my Device Manager say PCI?

I have an AGP card, and my device manager says the same thing. Try this:

Go to Start menu and select run. type "dxdiag" in the run box and hit enter.
When the DirectX Diagnostic tool opens go to the display tab and see if you have AGP Texture Acceleration enabled. If you do then you must have an AGP card. The chip type should also be displayed in that tab, my system has AGP listed there.

252

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 25, 2008

Windows XP Users

Minimum Requirements: Windows XP users must have a card supporting DirectX 9, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32-bit color.
Windows XP users must be running a PCIe (PCI Express) video card at this time (AGP 8x will be supported in December, see below.) Support for AGP cards should be available in December when updated drivers are released from the video card vendor(s). AGP 4x/2x will not be supported.

*Attention XP Users!
Do not apply a dream on Windows XP if your machine has an AGP graphics card. The drivers currently available at this time are not specifically tuned for optimal results. The video card manufacturers are testing an updated driver that will address this issue and expect to release driver(s) sometime in Decemeber of 2009. Stardock will post a link to the driver on this page once the update(s) are available.

Is this date accurate? This thread would lead one to believe it to be released this December. 2008

253

Neil Banfield

on Nov 26, 2008

I think thats a mistake. The last I heard was Dec 2008.

254

Excalpius

on Nov 26, 2008

I'd be interested in learning what driver issue is causing the problem. VLC can play desktop video on AGP cards and Milkdrop can play advanced procedural animation (Winamp music driven visualizations) on the desktop as well. And both have open source code available for programmer exploration.

Is it strictly an issue with High-Definition video via AGP? Just curious.

Either way, I'm looking forward to testing the new version.

255

mickeko

on Nov 26, 2008

Excalpius

reply 4

Neither of them use hardware decoding of video.

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