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Yves

Hello,
How do I bypass the performance rating? For some reason Windows decided it
knows better what features I am capable of running. I want to run Aero, I
dont care if its slow, laggy or whatever. I do not want windows taking
control and not allowing me to override. Please tell me how to turn auto
performance gaging off.
 
Yves,

This is not possible because performance is determined through a kernel
level operation of the Operating System. Manipulation of this call is not
possible.

Also, Vista knows what you can and cannot run and makes those determinations
in a simple fashion. Either you have the requirements or you don't.

Shaun McDonnell
 
Thank you for your help. But it is hard for me to bellieve that windows
might know better then me. Even if it does, it should make a suggestion,
not force me to follow. I always hated how windows hogs controll of
everything, and Vista just took the hogging to the extreme. So far I am
very displeased with Vista. If I wanted to use an idiot proof OS, i would
get a Mac. I got a PC for the options that vista took away. Now Vista
became a Mac OS with bugs and security isssues, which I dont want to come
near.
Yves
 
Two points:

OS X is far from idiot proof.

Your computer does not meet the minimum requirements for Aero. Get over it,
or buy a new computer.

Honu
P.S. If you think that the Mac OS does not have bugs or security issues,
then you are living in a fantasy world.
 
There was a way to force Aero Glass on a machine that had the requirements,
but Windows did not think it would run it with enough performance. However,
it was only in the pre-final that it worked. There is probably another
workaround, but we've yet to find it.




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Dustin Harper
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http://www.vistarip.com

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Here is the way to force it if it still works (I doubt it, only in the
pre-releases):
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Windows Vista performs a hardware check on your system to see if it can
handle the Aero Glass interface. If not, Vista shuts off Aero Glass.
However, you can use a trick to force Aero Glass on, as long as you're using
a WDDM-compliant video driver. In the Registry Editor (Start, Run, type
regedit, and click OK), navigate to the following key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft

Add a new subkey named DWM and then create a DWORD setting named
EnableMachineCheck. Leave the value of this setting at 0, which disables
Vista's DWM-related hardware checking. Some caveats concerning this hack:

It does not work on all systems.
Even if it does work, it can make your system run extremely slowly. (There's
probably a reason Windows shut off Aero Glass.)
Microsoft might not support the EnableMachineCheck setting in the final
version of Vista.
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Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

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So far I am very displeased with Vista. If I wanted to use an idiot proof
OS, i would get a Mac. I got a PC for the options that vista took away.
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So why did you upgrade, then? Stick to XP, if that's what you like.

Thack
 
Steve Thackery said:
So why did you upgrade, then? Stick to XP, if that's what you like.

Thack
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OS-X isn't idiot proof BTW. Idiots always find a way to stuff things up!
 
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