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Well at the minute... NON. Ok, I may not be a power user or a super technical
admin, but tbh Vista (as a beta version) has delivered well. I mean easy
installation, ok there are name changes and had to play around in the
Network section but it was quick, simple and easy to connect to my Private
network etc...

I now feel more confident to install it on one or more of my other comps, or
whateever.

Well one question, how do I turn Aero Glass on?

thanks
 
It's in the Personalization, Change you color scheme. Check the enable
transparent glass box.
To get to it, right click the desktop.

But you must have the hardware to support it.
 
AH!

Hardware lol, well the first comp I installed on had one weakness, the
graphics card lol.

Well as I have already said, I think I will install on a better performance
comp and probably use it more than XP lol!

Anyone else generally like using Vista more than XP?
 
If you do not see transparency in the Task Bar with all programs closed it
is possible that you do not have a WDDM compliant video adaptor or it does
not yet have a WDDM driver. Look in the middle of the Welcome Screen and
you should see a message under the name of your video adaptor that refers to
"WDDM." If not you may not have Glass.
 
Too many bugs, system slow downs, non-existent drivers and software
incompatibilities to even consider using it for anything other than a
novelty at this point. So yeah, I like it much better, but only in test
mode!


AH!

Hardware lol, well the first comp I installed on had one weakness, the
graphics card lol.

Well as I have already said, I think I will install on a better performance
comp and probably use it more than XP lol!

Anyone else generally like using Vista more than XP?
 
I think Microsoft designed Vista to be adaptive. The more problems you have
with it, the harder it becomes for you.
 
2 quck tricks that I learned last week to verify if Aero is on:
1) Use Alt + Tab to see if you've got thumbnails
2) Use WinKey + Tab to see if you've got Flip3D turned on

- John
 
I don't have a welcome screen to look in the middle of. I get a start
button on a black screen, the frilly curtain and then the desktop.
 
Yes, the window that opens by default after the Vista desktop loads. You
can also check in the Device Manager (right click on Computer and choose
properties, then the hardware tab, and click Device Manager). Expand the
Display Adaptors line and if "(Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)" does not
appear after your adaptor then it probably is not able to do Glass.
 
AH!

Hardware lol, well the first comp I installed on had one weakness, the
graphics card lol.

Well as I have already said, I think I will install on a better performance
comp and probably use it more than XP lol!

Anyone else generally like using Vista more than XP?
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Its OK as a test plaything but its not ready to use in anger by a very
long way. Just upgrade your test box with a 128MB video card and try
and get a gig of RAM in it. Any old crap will do as long as it runs.
Put it on a serious machine when the final release + 6 months at least
comes out, till then don't rely on it.

8-)

Jonah
 
I have no problems with glass, just was curious where this welcome screen
is. Must have turned it off because I never see it. My video is my best
rating at 5.9
 
My mistake, it is called the Welcome Center. If you unchecked show on
start, then you can call it up from the Start Menu.
 
You know, I haven't read back all that far in the newsgroup, but reading
this post made me wonder wth FLIP3D was, and, I actually have to give MS
credit for that one, if nothing else, I got to use it to impress my Linux
freak wifey-poo-thingie. So thanks for that keySC to show me what it was...
 
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