It seems that WindowBlinds can interfere with PowerPro in several
ways (at least it did for me) and it is *not* possible to prevent
WindowBlinds from launching upon startup for WinXP.
So, I wrote 2 AutoIt scripts to enable/disable WB and added the
disable one to my shutdown and logoff scripts.
Below are the details, in case anyone else has the same problem:
Note: Even though word wrap is off, this crappy forum program is
adding them, so you will have to fix the below a little.
; Disable WindowBlinds
Run("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
ControlCommand("Display
Properties", "", "ComboBox4", "ShowDropDown", "")
Send ("{PGUP}") ; select Classic theme (disable WB)
ControlCommand("Display
Properties", "", "ComboBox4", "HideDropDown", "")
Send ("{ENTER}")
Sleep (10000) ; give theme enough time to be applied
; Enable WindowBlinds
Run("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
ControlCommand("Display
Properties", "", "ComboBox4", "ShowDropDown", "")
Send ("Do") ; choose theme; for me it is DogmaX
ControlCommand("Display
Properties", "", "ComboBox4", "HideDropDown", "")
Send ("{ENTER}")
Sleep (10000) ; give theme enough time to be applied
To add Disable WindowBlinds.au3, launch GPEDIT.MSC. Under Computer
Configureation|Windows Settings, doubleclick on Scripts|Shutdown.
Click 'Add' and browse to your script or place it in the default
location of \WINDOWS\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown.
You also need to add the script to
UserConfiguration|Windows Settings|Scripts|Logoff.
To enable WB, create a PPro scheduler startup item that launches
Enable WindowBlinds.au3.
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