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Wow locksmith that DOES look good! Shouldn't have put IMG tags aroung the link tho, took me a few more seconds to view the link than normal :-p.
What's ur rig if you don't mind me asking, processor, GFx Card, RAM?
And I can't help but notice how similar ur taskbar layout is to a Mac OS X's. Is that accidental?
What's ur rig if you don't mind me asking, processor, GFx Card, RAM?
And I can't help but notice how similar ur taskbar layout is to a Mac OS X's. Is that accidental?
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I'm running Vista Home Premium for about a year and have some mixed feelings. I hated it before disabling some of the new security features because it asked too many questions. Now I have only two problems:
1) won't run a couple of the programs I had on XP, so I duel boot to XP and run them.
2) The screen saver frequently locks up when I move the mouse and takes a minute or so to disappear so that I can use the computer again.
1) won't run a couple of the programs I had on XP, so I duel boot to XP and run them.
2) The screen saver frequently locks up when I move the mouse and takes a minute or so to disappear so that I can use the computer again.
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Originally Posted by Thinka 
Wow locksmith that DOES look good! Shouldn't have put IMG tags aroung the link tho, took me a few more seconds to view the link than normal :-p.
What's ur rig if you don't mind me asking, processor, GFx Card, RAM?
And I can't help but notice how similar ur taskbar layout is to a Mac OS X's. Is that accidental?
Would you believe i run Ultimate on an AMD Athlon64 3000+ O/C'ed @ 2.4ghz / 2gig of DDR400 (PC3200) and a crappy old ATI Radeon 9250 128mb card stuffed in the AGP slot.
My only regret is that the card wont run Aero!....bummer!
I not that into the latest gaming options, but i look after the housekeeping, keep things lean and mean, and it runs beautiful.
I prefer to use the Quicklaunch bar rather than have my shortcuts all over the desktop thats all......Proof that Mac's dont have a monopoly on eye candy.
Regards
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I'm running Ultimate 64 and XP 64 dual boot.
Although there are a few serious annoyances that still haven't been ironed out, for the most part I love Vista. If I ever get it running as fast as XP 64, I'll make the switch to Vista full time.
Although there are a few serious annoyances that still haven't been ironed out, for the most part I love Vista. If I ever get it running as fast as XP 64, I'll make the switch to Vista full time.
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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon
I'm running Vista Home Premium for about a year and have some mixed feelings. I hated it before disabling some of the new security features because it asked too many questions. Now I have only two problems:
1) won't run a couple of the programs I had on XP, so I duel boot to XP and run them.
2) The screen saver frequently locks up when I move the mouse and takes a minute or so to disappear so that I can use the computer again.
mmm....no make that always.
At least MS did something right and gave us the option to disable it, although this does seem to increase the boot time as the OS sorts through the registry for directions.
There is a reg fix for this however, and i know i have it lying around somewhere.....I'll take a look and get back to you on this.
I used to dual boot with XP as well for a bit in the early days, but as the third party developers came on board with vista compat. soft apps and drivers, i found that eventually i didnt really need to, and what i still couldnt run on Vista wasnt that important to me anyway.
What's not important for some however, is essential to others for their digital enjoyment.....so as with everything, its what works best for you that matters!
Regards
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Originally Posted by digitalocksmith
I agree, User Account Control can be very annoying at first!
mmm....no make that always.
At least MS did something right and gave us the option to disable it, although this does seem to increase the boot time as the OS sorts through the registry for directions.
There is a reg fix for this however, and i know i have it lying around somewhere.....I'll take a look and get back to you on this.
Regards
Not sure how that would slow anything down....has to search the registry for it either way, it is only the value in the registry that changed.
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Apparently the LUAFV driver, which controls UAC in Vista, can cause latency issues if the feature is disabled.
Once UAC is disabled, a registry tweak that disables the driver in question needs to be applied if the user wants to have more solid boot times back (improved boot times obviously vary from machine to machine and i didnt notice a huge difference to be honest).
I hold no responsibility if this tweak should cause your computer to spontaneously combust or eat your children.
Open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesluafv"
Double click the "start" string value, and set it to 4.
Reboot and see if you notice an improvement.
Once UAC is disabled, a registry tweak that disables the driver in question needs to be applied if the user wants to have more solid boot times back (improved boot times obviously vary from machine to machine and i didnt notice a huge difference to be honest).
I hold no responsibility if this tweak should cause your computer to spontaneously combust or eat your children.
Open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesluafv"
Double click the "start" string value, and set it to 4.
Reboot and see if you notice an improvement.
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I'll give 'er a go shortly and let you know...
Not too thrilled with my boot time, since we're on the topic...
Not too thrilled with my boot time, since we're on the topic...
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Well, just tried it out, and survey sez....
From system POST to login screen, no difference at all.
But, after logging in, the time the desktop and services take to load is definitely a little snappier now.
Overall, I would add this to my list of worthwhile tweaks.
From system POST to login screen, no difference at all.
But, after logging in, the time the desktop and services take to load is definitely a little snappier now.
Overall, I would add this to my list of worthwhile tweaks.
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