1) Looking in that thread about Style XP, don't the older versions just hack the uxtheme.dll file so that MS can't say: "screw you, it's not one of our skins"? I later versions load up an app just like the WinBlinds and hogs up resource. Does anyone know how the NView app from NVidia or the Powertoys VWM works? Those don't seem to exhibit these symptoms tho their implementation and idea of what a VWM is, is truly quite lacking.