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- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Limited skinning capabilities); $19.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: October 02, 2007
- Total Downloads: 14,709,588
- Downloads last week: 35,378
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 657 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
WindowBlinds offers a generally compelling way to add some panache to Windows XP or Windows Vista. It lets you skin your graphic interface, offering a number of preconfigured themes that range in styles and change the entire look of your desktop. You also have the ability to make some serious tweaks to each theme, should it be close to what you want, but just not quite right. No matter what skin you choose, though, we doubt you'll have any complaints with the appearance of the polished, attractive themes.
You also choose from several toolbar icon sets to match your skin of choice and tweak settings such as the size of the taskbar. WindowBlinds gets high marks for performance: We found that the skins loaded seamlessly after about 30 to 60 seconds. However, we should note that the program takes up its fair share of system resources, and that load times will depend on your system hardware.
To make more than mere cosmetic changes, you'll have to install the publisher's SkinStudio. However, the latest version of WindowBlinds lets you use your own wallpaper, and being able to see your changes without restarting is a serious plus. WindowBlinds helps liven up any Windows experience for both novices and those advanced users who've got better things to do than hack Windows on their own.
Publisher's description
From Stardock :Customize the look and feel of Windows XP and Windows Vista with WindowBlinds. It's a Windows utility that enables users to personalize nearly every aspect of the Windows graphical user interface. It can "skin" your title bars, push buttons, Start bar, radio buttons, and nearly every other part of Windows. There are thousands of freely available skins to choose from. Use WindowBlinds to make Windows look like another operating system (Mac, Linux) or give it your own unique look and feel. You can also create your own skins using the freely available SkinStudio. WindowBlinds eliminates the need for any stay-resident program making it use virtually no extra memory. It also makes use of hardware acceleration found in modern video cards to make Windows perform even faster than it does by default.
Version 6 adds full skinning support for Windows Vista as well as support for "blurred glass" on Windows XP. Other new features include advanced animation support, user-created substyles, user-defined color changing of existing skins, a new, easy to use configuration program.
What's new in this version:
Version 6 adds full skinning support for Windows Vista as well as support for "blurred glass" on Windows XP. Other new features include advanced animation support, user-created substyles, user-defined color changing of existing skins, and a new, easy-to-use configuration program.
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User reviews of WindowBlinds 6
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 657 votes
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Version: WindowBlinds 6
Pros: OMG. Feel the diffirent between XP and Vista.
Download and test it.
It feels like i have bought a new computer with vista in. :=)
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WindowBlinds 6
"It's OK, BUT NOT IN A SLOW COMPUTER !!!! IT'S A TRIAL, LASTS 30 DAYS !!"
Pros: It's visually astonishing. As long your computer's speed is normal / fast, it's good !!!
Cons: It will jam in SLOW COMPUTER. It is a TRIAL VERSION, WHICH LASTS ONLY FOR 30 DAYS !!!!!
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Version: WindowBlinds 6
Pros: I Like it
Cons: Must buy it
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WindowBlinds 6
Pros: i loved this piece of software so much i almost pooped my pants. bought it after the first week. i love how awesome it is. with the animated menus and such
Cons: sometimes, it can take a while to load. but i am not complaining
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: WindowBlinds 6
Pros: The designs are nice, however I could do most of the installing myself, and with less effort than the program.
Cons: This program hides lots of secret files on your computer including you registry, even after removal. You will have to either search ofr these files manually or use a registry cleaner to clean them out.
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