Features
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Popularity:
#1 in Theme Editors & Tools (out of 17 products)
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
13,949,040
- Requirements:
Windows XP/Vista
- Limitations:
30-day trial
- Date Added:
May 14, 2008
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Publisher's description of WindowBlinds 6.1
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. WindowBlinds 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 and its design actually uses less memory and resources than the default Windows XP and Windows Vista visual styles. It also takes advantage of hardware acceleration on modern video cards to increase performance over the default Windows XP/Vista experience. WindowBlinds 6.1 adds support for 64-bit Vista, user selectable Explorer backgrounds, and glass effects on Explorer.
Editor's review of WindowBlinds 6.1
4.0 stars
- "Trick your ride"
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.
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User reviews of WindowBlinds 6.1
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 589 votes
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Version: WindowBlinds 6.1
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Version: WindowBlinds 6.1
Pros: I own this product and it was money well spent. Every week, or more often if I choose, I can change the colors of my wallpaper, desktop and screen saver. I can also change my cursors. It' fun for holidays and well, for all occassions. The blinds download quickly and install on my computer quickly.
Cons: Nothing. It's great.
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Version: WindowBlinds 6.1
Pros: has the best theme ive ever seem, get the molten rock one, then go to the start menu and check it out
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: WindowBlinds 6.1
"warning. read before you download and buy"
Pros: to be fair, this would be an excellent tool to play with if it didnt make a mess of your computer.
Cons: BE WARNED: once used you will not be able to restore your default settings. my icons went haywire, my computer ground to a halt, and my desktop and browsers looked like they were right out of windows 95.
pay particular attention to this companys refund policy. if you choose to opt for a refund you are forced to let their tech guys try and sort the mess out first or they subtract 25% of the price of your purchase. they say this is "administration costs". however, all other companies have the same costs involved to refund, but they do not charge you. i only had the software on my machine for 2 hours before i decided it was not for me. i ended up having to format and reload to get rid of it.
it is also very intrusive on resources.
my advice: dont bother
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Version: WindowBlinds 6.1
"Fun but the fun runs out soon"
Pros: Pretty cool but I found that I wanted my old, standard desktop settings after a while.
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