WindowBlinds4.6 4.6

WindowBlinds4.6 4.6 is exactly what you are finding for your computer as well as your success. It is the worlds most popular desktop enhancement utility. With a user base estimated at around 10 million, WindowBlinds is used by both consumers and corporations who want to change the way the Windows user interface looks and feels. It is the only program of its kind used and certified by Microsoft.

WindowBlinds 4.5 includes the new ability to change the color of visual styles through hue shifting along with modifying the brightness and saturation of the visual style. It also includes the ability to have alpha blended Start menus and standard menus which enable users to have semi-transparent pieces to those parts of Windows XP and eliminates the "jagged" look around the edges of the interface. WindowBlinds 4.51 enables users to have semitransparent pieces in the Start menu, adds support for 64-bit version of Windows XP and enhanced support for instant messenger clients.

Consumers can purchase the enhanced version of WindowBlinds with the ability to skin more elements of the Windows user interface and can skin even non-theme aware applications.

Major Features:

1. Support for glass menu bars on Windows Vista.
2. Support for a different mouseover image on the right hand side of the Start Menu.
3. Control over the background color of the Start Menu "Programs" list.
4. Added additional glass explorer sections. These will show up in future
5. Double clicking the top left of a per pixel window will now close it on Windows Vista.
6. Control over the search box text colour & font.
7. Better control over the Start Menu fonts & colors.
8. New section to allow a custom mouseover image used on the "Programs" link on Vista versus the legacy solid color.
9. Start button overlay now supports animation.
10. Explorer backgrounds feature. This allows users to change the background of their explorer windows and control the colour and opacity. 30 different background textures can be selected by the user including no texture, wet paint, various marbles, and ice effects.
11. Support for 3 additional titlebar buttons on per pixel skins. These support rollup, help, always on top and command buttons.
12. Support for dialog background bitmaps - This was disabled on Vista in previous builds.
13. Added additional glass explorer sections. These will show up in future
14. SKS6 builds.
15. 64 bit build synced with 32 bit version.
16. Support for 3 additional titlebar buttons on per pixel skins. These support rollup, help, always on top and command buttons.
17. Blue edge on logoff dialog cancel button removed Tweaks to dialog background bitmaps Misc tweaks
18. Note that the 64 bit XP build has not been updated. 32 bit apps on 64 bit XP would support the new per pixel buttons, but 64 bit apps will not.
19. Applies visual styles that can change the title bars, Start bar, push buttons, radio buttons, and nearly every other element of the Windows UI.
20. Takes advantage of hardware acceleration on Windows XP and Windows Vista increasing window drawing performance over Windows by default
21. Skins virtually every part of Windows XP
22. Supports on-the-fly blurring of title bars and Start menus on Windows XP! 
23. Skins virtually every part of Windows Vista
    
24. New, easy to use configuration
    
25. Supports on-the-fly blurring of window frames, start menus, and menus on Windows Vista
26. Users can change the color and brightness of individual skins
    
27. Users can change fonts and font colors of their skins
28. Supports animation overlays for integrated, high-quality animation 
29. Designed exclusively for Microsoft Windows as a native solution. Does not disable any system file protections,
30. does not patch any system files on disk or in memory to bypass OS protections, does not break with new service packs or updates.
31. Users can modify their skins within the easy to use configuration program and then save them as a new sub-style for later use
32. Can change the Windows Vista Sidebar skin
33. Allows users to re-define the right-mouse button behavior on the title bar.
34. Supports the addition of roll-up buttons, website link buttons, always-on top buttons, and more on the title bar or border
35. Even skins applications that are not "theme ware".
36. Changes toolbar icons in Internet Explorer and Explorer
    
37. Can change the background of Explorer windows
38. Uses no additional memory over the default Windows XP or Windows Vista display system.
39. Users can customize the color of individual pieces of their skins
40. Users can customize the amount of transparency and blur on individual skins
41. Includes a wallpaper manager
42. Supports different skins for different programs
43. Includes full Internet Explorer 7 skinning
44. Supports user customization of Aero on Windows Vista without making a new skin
45. Includes several exclusive new skins created by top skinners in the community
46. Supports alpha blended glass explorer backgrounds
    

Enhancements: Version 4.6

Requirements:

• Windows XP (32 bit)/Server 2003/Vista
  
• Minimum screen resolution: 1024 width and 768 height
  
• 60MB free drive space
  
• 256MB RAM