landscape won't load in screensaver mode

[AKABenny]

Currently running Build 378 on an xp machine, some previous builds worked fine earlier this year, so purchased unlimited license. Now the the past month or so the landscape won't load, and all it shows is the top bar with the yowindow logo underneath, the only way to get out of it is to move the cursor to the top bar. It works in screensaver preview, under display properties, but not after the wait time expires. Other screensavers work but not yowindow. Uninstalled and reinstalled, changed cursor, but nothing seems to work. I would be grateful for any suggestions, or help. Included is a screenshot of the problem Thanks

Screen capture

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[par]

Dear AKABenny, this problem have already been reported by one of our users.
So now it looks like a common error.
I hope to do an investigation of the problem on the next week.
May I contact you to run special test builds of YoWindow on your computer to diagnose the problem?

Sorry about this problem, I'm sure we will fix it.

[AKABenny]

Dear par:
Thank you for your quick response. I would gladly test yowindow builds to help you track down this problem. Feel free to contact me at bennywashere@hotmail.com , if you need any other information please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks

[garycgreen]

I have the same problem...have had it for the last couple of versions. I just downloaded the latest version today, same problem. If this helps, Yo now takes FOREVER to initially load..I get the frame and a "Please Wait" dialog and then it takes over 2 minutes to finally get the default picture and weather data...

[par]

Gray, try to uninstall/install YoWindow, in this case it usually helps, these symptoms look like YoWindow data are corrupted.
Hopefully I will investigate Screensaver issue on Monday.

[garycgreen]

Looks like the uninstall/reinstall fixed everything...thanks!

[takibartek]

OK, this situation really keeps annoying me, so I registered at the forum. Hello to everyone and best regards to Pavel & the team for creating and developing such a great piece of software.

Going back to the terms, I've been suffering the same problem since 15-20 August. I have YoWindow installed on 4 computers and the problem occurs only on one of them (my "main" machine ). The only thing that changed in YoWindow's behaviour over that time is that now it doesn't show black screen with logo in the middle + stripe on the top but shows desktop (I think it's a screenshot of desktop taken at the time the screensaver launched) + stripe with YoWindow at the top.

I can undergo testing, make futher explanations, tell you my desktop config and help you in other ways but pleas do something abuot that!

[par]

Dear Bartek, this problem is hurting me much more than you
Just to let you know, I am working on it.
We already have 2 people who help me with testing this error.
Your help is not required with testing.

Most likely the error is caused by a conflict bewteen YoWindow and some other software on the computer.
Finding the name of the problem software will help me a lot.

I would greately appreciate if you to find this software.
There is a hard, but reliable way to do this.
Remove all suspicious sofware from your computer one by one (First remove the software you don't need anymore).
After each step test YoWindow screen-saver by clicking Preview button.
When the screen-saver starts to work as on the other computers the problem software is found.

But please don't do this experiment if it is too much for you or you don't want to.

[takibartek]

OK, I ran my Process Explorer and started to turn off all running programs one by one. After killing Ubericon (http://ubericon.com/) YoWindow launched in screensaver mode. The strange thing is that I'm running Ubericon and YoWindow on the other computer as well with no interferrences.
I hope this may help.

Update: After killing Ubericon I was able to run YoWindow using "Preview" button in the Screensaver applet of Windows XP. The screensaver itself still doesn't load.

[par]

Tomorrow I will try to test YoWindow screen saver with ubericon.
Thank you so much, this information is very valuable!