Open Windowblinds config window and click on about. Post that info here. Also, and you may or may not have done this already, try uninstalling Windowblinds, run a cleaner like CCleaner or the like and reboot. Then reinstall Windowblinds, reboot and see if the problem persists. There may be a compatibility issue with one of your programs but don't quote me on that as I'm running Win7. Just trying to narrow things down.

I never run registry cleaners, waste of time as far as I can see. Malware.. well I guess anything is possible but if it was malware wouldn't the problem persist after I disabled Windowblinds?

I've uninstalled/reinstalled using a cleaning tool Stardock provided, didn't help.

Windows 8.1 Pro (9600.winblue_gdr.131030-1505)
WindowBlinds 8.02 (022 - Windows 8 Edition) - 64 bit OS

    Wblind.dll         2013/11/12 16:11:ll
    Wblind64.dll         2013/11/12 16:11:09
    Wbsrv.dll         2013/06/18 13:44:40
    WB8Config.exe         2013/11/19 20:50:17
    Wbload.dll              2013/11/12 16:11:06
    Screen.exe         2013/06/06 13:52:23

Windows 8 must log events such as this, have you checked your admin. tools to see what error or issue is being logged when this occurs. IE, operation hang or such. Might steer you closer to a resolution.

-Well a lifetime of experience that events similar to this may occur if not cleaning your registry, that and the fact that they tend to go away when the registry is working properly.

Edit: Just trying to help you here man, thought you wanted the problem sorted

-Well a lifetime of experience that events similar to this may occur if not cleaning your registry, that and the fact that they tend to go away when the registry is working properly.

My experience has been totally the opposite, never known registry cleaning to cure a problem and back in the XP days when I did do it, caused more problems than it ever fixed. Windows Guru Mark Russinovich even said the same:-

"I haven't and never will implement a Registry cleaner since it's of little practical use on anything other than Win2K terminal servers and developing one that's both safe and effective requires a huge amount of application-specific knowledge."

CCleaner is more than just a registry cleaner though, it cleans up temporary files and other junk so it's of much more value. I've not actually seen any proof anywhere that registry cleaning really helps a system though. A few left over keys in the registry aren't going to affect anything really. If registry cleaning was that important to system health Microsoft would have bundled a registry cleaning utility with Windows.

[Edit: Just trying to help you here man, thought you wanted the problem sorted

Oh I do believe me, I may even try CCleaner as I've really exhausted all other options. Don't take this as a personal attack I just think the whole registry cleaning business is something someone made up to sell useless tools to people. If it works for you then fine, I see your point I'm the one having issues right now not you

Is the list large ?The event log.Would maybe be an operation hang or similar.

Post a screeny, maybe we can help more.A screen of the event log.

As for reg. cleaners.

They can screw things up royal, but, also remove entries that may be causing issues, or correct entries , repairing minor issues.

I personally never had a cleaner, not even ccleaner, which I use, actually fix any severe issues or driver issues,pot luck I say.

Has this been an issue from the first install or new?

If new, maybe a restore would help. If it is new it could be a virus.

If always screwy, maybe a bad install or hardware, driver,or software compatibility issue.

Hope you get it fixed, sounds like a pain in your butt.

I suggest further reading, the problem isn't entirely attributable to WindowBlinds but it may be aggravating the problem. I don't run Win8 or 8.1 but it sounds like WB's is perhaps trying to skin something you have running and failing. Just a guess here.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+8+taskbar+unresponsive&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=

Does your problem persist with every skin you apply?           

Are you using only windows 8 ready skins?

Ok I am beginning to suspect this might be some sort of conflict with VirtualBox. Do any of you regularly run Virtualbox on your Windowblinds enabled machines?

In testing yesterday with minimal startup, there was no problem for a good half a day of computing, then as soon as I started a VM up the problem appeared. I can say for sure that it doesn't always happen when VBox is running and that it has happened when VBox hasn't been running, but I could have started Virtualbox and then closed it and not noticed the problem until later perhaps..

So yes, anyone run Virtualbox and not had any issues?

Ohh well- just read this
the driver you run on your graphics card is that the "Game ready driver beta" or the WHQL ? note there has been 2 versions one was bad
I had similar issue with the latest Gameready driver i dont know if it was due to choosing the update option but reinstalling it solved the problem for me...
Sadly i can´t give any more advice but if i would experience something like the video above showed and support couldnt help i would uninstall it download it once again and install it.


 

Really does seem to be VirtualBox that is aggravating it.  No problems for 3 days or more then had the issue again today after starting VirtualBox.

Which version of Virtualbox? How long did you run it for? Did you use seamless mode or any feature like that? Did you have guest additions installed in your Windows guest and how were you capturing the cursor? How many monitors do you have?

It seems at the moment as if VirtualBox is actually screwing with the mouse pointer, so sometimes Windows thinks I'm not clicking on the taskbar when in fact I am.