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1. jdhall1010

   
   Posted on: September 25, 2008 at 6:32PM  

   What,exactly, does "near future" mean in MicroSoft speak?

   And how does the acquisition and distribution of silly 3rd party UE's equate to any effort on MicroSoft's part to develop and deliver software as promised; ie, to "enrich the Windows experience?"

   Is there really a UE team out there in MicroSoftLand or have we "best customers" simply become the standing joke of the operating system universe?
2. Athandur

   
   Posted on: September 25, 2008 at 11:22PM  

   KnoxITPro

   When you said

   " Dreamscene doesnt even run unless the background is visible. Once a window overtakes the desktop, dreamscene isnt processing that video any longer."

   I don't think anyone told Bill that, that's what was ment to happen when the desktop was no longer visable. Cause when iv'e ran Crysis with Dreamscene enabled , it has caused my machine to Chug alot. Yet when i disable it before playing i don't get that issue at all.

   I'm not saying your wrong at all, just saying that there might be a glitch in it's implementation, still using some/all of the resources when it's not ment to. (maybe there is a setting to disable)

   I'm not an IT Pro, so maybe it might be something else. But the only thing iv'e changed was Dreamscene  ON/OFF. (Dreamscene Vs solid colour Background)

   Any light to why that is, would be greatly appriciated. Yes - ima noob :)

   To all that reply, thank you :D

   Regards, Ath
3. DebianFTW

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 4:45AM  

   Now will you be releasing a 3d cube function like Linux's Beryl? Maybe even wobbly Windows? I've also heard a rumor that Vista Ultimate doesn't delete it's drivers the way every computer with Vista I've had to fix has...

   Also, shollomon, I'm just curious as to why you wouldn't use Linux on a desktop, personally, I only use Windows Xp Pro on my second hard drive, for playing games when I go round to a lan party, thats all it's good for as far as I'm concerned, my opinion may be biased, but even ReactOS in it's Alpha stages is nearing the stability Windows seems to have, although when it comes to Vista, I have seen the ugliest side, being the friendly neighbourhood techie...
4. KnoxITPro

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 8:26AM  

   Linux isnt overly viable as a desktop solution for 99.9% of people.

   Think about all the people who have some little tiny with Vista or OSX that you go and take care of for them, and now imagine them trying to use a desktop OS where they cant even install a simple plugin or program without running command line.
5. MacDaddy

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 9:51AM  

   KnoxITPro,

   Why are you knocking on me? I'm not a 5000 user shop here with a dedicated TAM and million dollar budgets to throw at OS problems. Do you have any idea how hard it is for a small company to get an Enterprise license along with the necessary infrastructure requirements?
6. hitmouse

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 11:35AM  

   Screamscene doesn't enhance my Vista experience. It just makes it more unstable. I'd just like to have NVidia drivers that didn't totally black out the entire screen whenever UAC is invoked, so that I don't have to play hunt the active button/editbox at least 5x/day.
7. plucinskij

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 1:09PM  

   @HitMouse: Did you try disabling UAC running in the secure desktop?

   To do this hold WINKEY+R, type secpol.msc, expand Local Policies, select Security Options, scroll down until you find "User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation" (second from bottom in the list for me). Double click that setting and change it do disabled.

   That should at least stop your screen blacking out, but will still enable UAC prompts to appear, this time on your desktop.
8. Photo1921a

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 2:47PM  

   Tabs on explorer, never thought of that. That would be interesting.  Would like to try that.  My suggestion is open up the UI let customers / power users decide where tools bars, ADDRESS BARS, menu bars, icon bars go. Been saying this since the early betas, and nah Microsoft will never change on this, it's one those huge, Walls we all have to Live with.  Why?  Who knows no one from Microsoft will answer on why it's better with the UI locked down. "Vita per Moenia" :)    
9. KnoxITPro

   
   Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 4:21PM  

   Macdaddy,

   Just pointing out some general facts.

   Any organization running more than 25-30 users should be switching over to a SBS with Active Directory and i think almost any decent consultant would recommend the same. Workgroup settings just arent viable when you grow past a certain limit and users need to be constrained, and resources shared.

   Even still, Gpedit.msc is present in Ultimate and can be edited manually, per machine, to acheive similar effects as AD GPOs. Its quite easy to lock down Vista. If you are unfamiliar with GPedit and worry about messing with it, try Windows SteadyState (formerly Shared Computer Toolkit). Its free and accomplishes much of what you probably need concerning user environment control.
10. MacDaddy

    
    Posted on: September 26, 2008 at 9:51PM  

    KnoxITPro,

    That's great. Those aren't my facts and not how I run my company. Thank you for your concerns though.

    Wasn't this thread supposed to be about Extras? How did we get it shifted onto a topic about SBS and gpedit tools? I wasn't even talking about that. I was talking about the LAME STATE OF THE EXTRAS PROGRAMS. That's it.