[rainyd]

First, congratulations for a new and improved version!

Second, sorry for my lame question but those updates from your site should be applied before installation of Revolutions Pack or after it?

This post has been edited by rainyd: 05 May 2010 - 03:04 PM

[Tihiy]

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updates from your site should be applied before installation of Revolutions Pack or after it

It doesn't matter. Previously, setup would block installation if all updates weren't installed; now you practically don't need any. Only if there wouldn't be gdiplus.dll setup will warn you but still continue.

[triger49]

Tihiy ...

Thanks, just love revolutions pack. Ran into an
error after a smooth install. A screenshot....

After install and reboot, opened Rpconfig and tryed
the Windows 7 and Windows 7 superbar themes, settled
for Windows 7, then clicked on wallpaper tab which is
when the error occured. Now it happens everytime I open
Rpconfig, but if I clear the error everything works.

Jake

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[Tihiy]

Ran into an error

Would you please upload here all wallpapers you have? (list is at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\RPConfig\Wallpapers)

[slhk]

Tihiy, first of all, thank you for your continuous improvement of RP! It is very helpful to us who are still using Win98 for day to day work

Secondly, thanks so much for combining "task list" and "uptime / resource percentage lamps" in KTM as per my suggestion. It is really convenient now

I shall let you know if there is any problem in this release

Meanwhile, hope you could tell us more about the improvement in USER resource usage and salvation

Thanks again

[Queue]

What happened to taskbar locking? That was the original reason I found UberSkin.

Queue

[triger49]

Tihiy, on 05 May 2010 - 11:37 PM, said:

Ran into an error

Would you please upload here all wallpapers you have? (list is at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\RPConfig\Wallpapers)

Screenshot work?

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[Queue]

So far, 9.5 is fantastic. Graphics corruption in Opera is gone (it was never fatal, but backgrounds of pages when watching flash video were consistently scrambled), I've had no stability issues. The menu fade-in effect seems faster than before; I'm not sure if this is placebo or an actual performance improvement. The new ctrl-alt-del menu is nice; in the previous version I had yours disabled and was just using the default, but this newest version doesn't bother me (though I'm a bit wary of the lock computer and change password buttons, neither of which are functionality I want). So really, it's just taskbar locking that I miss (which may wind up a deal-breaker; I'm seriously considering reverting to the previous version just to get this back). Gonna do some real stress-testing tomorrow.

Queue

[Tihiy]

Thanks for testing! It's good to see someone still remembers me

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Screenshot work?

No, i want those grassland-scene-allard_24_600x450.bmp and \windows\clouds.bmp; one of them must cause error somehow.

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So really, it's just taskbar locking that I miss

If i somehow last second broke it, i'm terribly sorry (no night releases dammit). Who confirms it's broken?
Or wait - you did install without skins? Unfortunately, shell extending is tied to UberSkin in this version; it will be probably changed back later.

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lock computer and change password buttons

That's right, for single-user system they can be useless/annoying. I'll probably change Change Password into logoff user.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 06 May 2010 - 01:12 AM

[Queue]

Tihiy, on 06 May 2010 - 12:59 AM, said:

Or wait - you did install without skins? Unfortunately, shell extending is tied to UberSkin in this version; it will be probably changed back later.

I just used the ''update'' function in RPSetup; I had RP9 pretty stripped down before though, and I don't see any UberSkin related files (I lack the themes folder and registry entries, icon replacements, etc.), and in RPConfig I don't have any skin choices, so I presume that means I have skinning disabled. I also don't have font smoothing either; I only use RP9 for resource salvation and taskbar locking.

Also, I just need to take a chill-pill. My paranoia over messing up my taskbar is far outweighed by the improvements you've made in resource handling and solving the file copy issue; what you've done for Windows stability through resource handling is amazing.

Queue

Edit - I also seem to have lost the ''right click a frozen program on the taskbar to get end task dialog'' functionality. I assume that's also part of ''shell extending'' and so part of the UberSkin component?

Edit 2 - I can open 45 IE6 windows before exhausting resource handles (the 46th window has a couple missing buttons). WARNING: System resources are very low. Save your work.

This post has been edited by Queue: 06 May 2010 - 01:40 AM

[triger49]

Tihiy;


Clouds.bmp is the one that ships with Windows.

My ISP does not allow bmp files, so I had to
use a download site. Also, did not want to
annoy the folks around here with 1.1 meg bmp
file.

http://uploading.com...24_600x450.bmp/

Jake

[herbalist]

I haven't checked it thoroughly yet, but the problem with PDFxchange crashing when using themes appears to be fixed.
So far, it's looking and running good. Thanks.

[M()zart]

Great news! Certainly will test it when I get to my Win98 PC. It will be on this (most likely) or the following weekend. Many thanks, Tihiy!

[supem]

Tihiy,
I couldn't install this new RP95 on my 98SE with RP91 working

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[CharlesF]

@tihiy:
Is there a technical reason why you have removed the 2 skins ZuneXP & Vista?
Can we take them back from the previous release, or could they break something whith this new one?

[Tihiy]

Win32/Induc BAAW! Don't worry, it's not a destructive or infective malware. It's a proof-of-concept virus which hijacks Delphi source code. It won't affect machines without Delphi installed.

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Is there a technical reason why you have removed the 2 skins ZuneXP & Vista?

I just didn't like pitch black XP, and Vista one should be replaced with Win 7. They will work without problems when you upgrade. Feel free to contribute skin ideas.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 06 May 2010 - 06:54 AM

[Tihiy]

Re-uploaded RP9.exe without Win32/Induc. Please don't worry, it wasn't harmful or infectious in any way.

[Queue]

Some requests for the new ctrl-alt-del task manager:
- Allow selecting of multiple items in the list to close at the same time. Freezing Windows is the Win9x task manager's greatest strength, but only being able to end task 1 program at a time is a glaring weakness.
- Make the ''New Task (Run)...'' command work without closing the task manager (so Windows is still frozen while you select and start the new program).
- Simplify the button display: Only have ''Close Task'' and ''Cancel'' visible with a ''More >>'' button that would display all the excess functions (like ''Shut Down'', ''New Task'', ''Lock Computer'' etc.). The informational display is fantastic as-is, but the rarely-used buttons are a bit overwhelming.
- Show tooltips when you mouse over really wide program titles so that scrolling left/right isn't required.
- Add a feature to pull up extra info on a given process (maybe by right-clicking a process in the list) that displays the full path to the executable, command-line arguments passed, memory usage (if possible), resource usage.
- Rename ''&Close Task'' to ''&End Task'' since that was the original button name.

Just a list of ideas that crossed my mind when messing with the resource displays (opening lots of programs then checking resource usage). So far the new version has been perfectly stable, or rather, I have had no unusual system instability since using it.

Queue

Edit - Added more suggestions.

This post has been edited by Queue: 06 May 2010 - 01:52 PM

[triger49]

Yo Tihiy,

It was something odd about that Grassland scenes wallpaper.
I went to desktop properties, set wallpaper to none, resized
the image to 1024x768, then used drag and drop to get it and
a couple others into Rpconfig. Bingo, error disappeared.

One other nuance of interest. This is really strange, if I try
the Windows 7 superbar skin and then switch back to the regular
Windows 7 skin, newer apps such as Opera 10.x, Firefox 3.6x and
others start acting as if the superbar is still there. Older apps
such IE 6 don't seem to notice or care. I have no clue...

Jake

[bristols]

Tihiy, on 06 May 2010 - 10:36 AM, said:

Re-uploaded RP9.exe without Win32/Induc. Please don't worry, it wasn't harmful or infectious in any way.

Do you know how this happened? Were your production machine(s) infected?