NoelC Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Aero Glass for Win8.1+ v1.4* hardcoded symbol patterns for current version of DWM in Win8.1* lots of stability and performance fixes and code refactoring Trying to make a decision about whether to replace the Aero Glass components on a perfectly functioning Win 8.1 setup with the new release. Is 1.4 compellingly better for use on Win 8.1 than its predecessor, which seems perfectly stable and fast? I've tested it in a Win 8.1 VM; it appears to work fine. Up above, "hardcoded" is mentioned. Is 1.4 equally flexible as 1.3 if Microsoft should update the DWM components for Win 8.1? Will 1.4 attempt to compensate by downloading symbols, as past versions have done? -Noel Edited August 26, 2015 by NoelC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raiden89 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I know this may be a stupid question, but has anyone tried this on the 10525 insider build to see if it still works? Honestly, I don't think it will but figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmuscle Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Up above, "hardcoded" is mentioned. Is 1.4 equally flexible as 1.3 if Microsoft should update the DWM components for Win 8.1? Will 1.4 attempt to compensate by downloading symbols, as past versions have done? Version 1.4 is just successor of 1.3.1 regardless the Windows version. May be I used wrong words but "hardcoded symbol patterns" simply means that you can be 100% sure that this version does not need external PDB files for DWMCORE/UDWM up to this date (should be 9600.17795). Version 1.3.1 was 100% ensured only up to build 9600.17415, but if I remember correctly significant changes after 17415 were only in 32-bit Windows. I know this may be a stupid question, but has anyone tried this on the 10525 insider build to see if it still works? Honestly, I don't think it will but figured it couldn't hurt to ask.It should work but only experimentally. You may need symbol files in some cases which were not released by Microsoft yet. Edited August 26, 2015 by bigmuscle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) I've tested it in a Win 8.1 VM; it appears to work fine. Already saw a glitch with 1.4 when getting ready to log into my Win 8.1 workstation. When the lock screen slides up, it ends up all broken up. This was after logging off only. I'm going to reboot the whole system just to be sure it's not a transient issue. Edit: It does it after bootup as well. The logon prompt background seems to jump in reducing stages of transparency as I type, as does the blue screen between logon and the actual desktop. But all the problems seem to be limited to the logon process. Everything on the desktop seems to be working okay. I can live with this. Note that I am using the March 8 UxThemeSignatureBypass DLLs. debug.log: [2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] Installing DWM hook...[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] User: SYSTEM[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] Module: C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000390 for session #2[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000000 for session #3[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415[2015-08-26 15:09:52][0x570:0x574] Installing DWM hook...[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x570:0x574] User: SYSTEM[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x570:0x574] Module: C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000000 for session #1[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415 -Noel Edited August 26, 2015 by NoelC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raiden89 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Alright thanks BM. Might try it out on my laptop and see. If it doesn't work, Ill just remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starraider Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Many many thanks BM, now i`m totally happy with my Win 10. Thanks a lot for all your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadden Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) The old version of UxThemeSignatureBypass64 works well with AeroGlass 1.4 UxThemeSignatureBypass64.dll http://nashdisk.ru/62807a/ My debug http://pastebin.com/37qb9iq5 And Aero 7 Theme I'll try this uxtheme64 and this aero theme (could you link me?) that seems to solve the problem in inactive windows text (barely readable gray). *EDIT* Firefox seems not have particular issues (excluding the known limitation of windows 10 said at first post)What atlas/layout do you use? (I found a 7aero theme, but probably is "outdated")In explorer.exe, white caption (how did you do?) isn't respected (other windows does). Edited August 26, 2015 by Hadden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo76 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 i have 2 problems with firefox.. and i don't know if it depends on firefox or other.can you fix it? ps. latest debug version of aero glass worked well on firefox (only for image 1) sorry for my bad englishYou must had recently updated firefox to v40 as I faced that same problem to when I updated firefox. As firefox had changed it UI to match Windows 10 looks. But if you install add-on "Classic Theme Restorer" it has a option to bring back it previous UI which will fix those buttons problem. As you see on my screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo76 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 What atlas/layout do you use? (I found a 7aero theme, but probably is "outdated"He would be using this. Which is for Windows 10http://sagorpirbd.deviantart.com/art/Aero-7-Theme-for-Windows-10-RTM-523979941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liangkung Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I've tested it in a Win 8.1 VM; it appears to work fine. Already saw a glitch with 1.4 when getting ready to log into my Win 8.1 workstation. When the lock screen slides up, it ends up all broken up. This was after logging off only. I'm going to reboot the whole system just to be sure it's not a transient issue. Edit: It does it after bootup as well. The logon prompt background seems to jump in reducing stages of transparency as I type, as does the blue screen between logon and the actual desktop. But all the problems seem to be limited to the logon process. Everything on the desktop seems to be working okay. I can live with this. Note that I am using the March 8 UxThemeSignatureBypass DLLs. debug.log: [2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] Installing DWM hook...[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] User: SYSTEM[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] Module: C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000390 for session #2[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000000 for session #3[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415[2015-08-26 15:09:52][0x570:0x574] Installing DWM hook...[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x570:0x574] User: SYSTEM[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x570:0x574] Module: C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000000 for session #1[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415 -Noel I also have the same issue on my Windows 8.1 machine. - Liang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjMauro Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 i have 2 problems with firefox.. and i don't know if it depends on firefox or other.can you fix it? ps. latest debug version of aero glass worked well on firefox (only for image 1) sorry for my bad englishYou must had recently updated firefox to v40 as I faced that same problem to when I updated firefox. As firefox had changed it UI to match Windows 10 looks. But if you install add-on "Classic Theme Restorer" it has a option to bring back it previous UI which will fix those buttons problem. As you see on my screenshot. thank you!the only problem now are these bugs of aero glass that you see in the screen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klasik Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I've tested it in a Win 8.1 VM; it appears to work fine. Already saw a glitch with 1.4 when getting ready to log into my Win 8.1 workstation. When the lock screen slides up, it ends up all broken up. This was after logging off only. I'm going to reboot the whole system just to be sure it's not a transient issue. Edit: It does it after bootup as well. The logon prompt background seems to jump in reducing stages of transparency as I type, as does the blue screen between logon and the actual desktop. But all the problems seem to be limited to the logon process. Everything on the desktop seems to be working okay. I can live with this. Note that I am using the March 8 UxThemeSignatureBypass DLLs. debug.log: [2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] Installing DWM hook...[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] User: SYSTEM[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0xA08:0x42C0] Module: C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x4A40] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000390 for session #2[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 14:53:17][0x2754:0x5798] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x433C] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000000 for session #3[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 14:53:30][0x2FA8:0x2C1C] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415[2015-08-26 15:09:52][0x570:0x574] Installing DWM hook...[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x570:0x574] User: SYSTEM[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x570:0x574] Module: C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Machine ID: ...[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Checking key ... for ID ......[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (USER32.dll!DrawTextW from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateBitmap from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Hook (GDI32.dll!CreateRoundRectRgn from udwm.dll) installed[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE00] Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.4.0.200 x64 correctly loaded (C:\AeroGlass\DWMGlass.dll).[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] DBGHELP: Symbol Search Path: .;SRV*C:\AeroGlass\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] Loading settings (flags = 0x1) from HKEY 0x0000000000000000 for session #1[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] dwmcore.dll version 6.3.9600.17795[2015-08-26 15:09:53][0x208:0xE08] udwm.dll version 6.3.9600.17415 -Noel Same here with Win 8.1 + Aero Glass 1.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo76 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 thank you!the only problem now are these bugs of aero glass that you see in the screen I don't have that problem. I use firefox Beta 41 and I tried firefox Release 40 and still didn't get that problem. I'm using Windows 10 Build 10525 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjMauro Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 thank you!the only problem now are these bugs of aero glass that you see in the screen I don't have that problem. I use firefox Beta 41 and I tried firefox Release 40 and still didn't get that problem. I'm using Windows 10 Build 10525 the problem is in aero glass 1.4.. the latest debug version of aero glass worked very well! I'm waiting a new update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmuscle Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) I've tested it in a Win 8.1 VM; it appears to work fine.Already saw a glitch with 1.4 when getting ready to log into my Win 8.1 workstation. When the lock screen slides up, it ends up all broken up. This was after logging off only. I'm going to reboot the whole system just to be sure it's not a transient issue. Edit: It does it after bootup as well. The logon prompt background seems to jump in reducing stages of transparency as I type, as does the blue screen between logon and the actual desktop. But all the problems seem to be limited to the logon process. Everything on the desktop seems to be working okay. I can live with this. I don't see this problem on my machine. Everything looks correct - is it really related to Aero Glass itself? EDIT: yes, I was able to reproduce it - it seems to appear in release only but not in debug build. weird :-/ Edited August 27, 2015 by bigmuscle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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