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Re: woot! it's here
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2008, 09:22:09 PM »

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vista does indeed suck though.   Shocked

time to start loading up some software
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After turning off the UAC, I've had no problems except for when my flakey USB WiFi adapter starts acting up. I can't blame that on the OS. I especially like the fact that it boots up fast as hell. From the time the BIOS loads, I'm typing my password to login within 15 seconds.

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And you'll be scanning your finger much sooner too. The only thing that really annoyed me about Vista is the folder type templates. This feature makes the detail view in Explorer change depending on the types of files contained therein. When it comes to file management, I'm pretty old school. I only want to see the file name, extension, modification date, creation date, and attributes. I don't need to see the track number, artist, rating, etc. But as with anything in Windows, there's a way to modify the registry to turn an annoying feature off.

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Re: woot! it's here
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2008, 09:24:16 PM »

am i just too dumb for vista, or is there no way to 'see' the winblows default defragment status?  it just says 'defragmenting' with no % or time to go  .

wtf.

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« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2008, 09:26:52 PM »

also, when the freakin hell is 'tweak ui' for vista coming ?
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« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2008, 09:49:25 PM »

am i just too dumb for vista, or is there no way to 'see' the winblows default defragment status?  it just says 'defragmenting' with no % or time to go  .

wtf.


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Re: woot! it's here
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2008, 09:54:09 PM »

am i just too dumb for vista, or is there no way to 'see' the winblows default defragment status?  it just says 'defragmenting' with no % or time to go  .

wtf.



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« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2008, 09:58:52 PM »

also, when the freakin hell is 'tweak ui' for vista coming ?


Tweak UI for XP works on Vista. You'll need to copy the EXE from an XP machine though.

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There is a way to get the Tweak UI for XP to work in Vista. I don't know how wise it is to force it to work this way, because you're effectively changing the Vista registry with an XP registry editing program, but it does work. Here's how:

FIRST
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

SECOND
Get the tweakui.exe file.
a. You might already have it if you upgraded from XP and used Tweak UI in the good old days. If so, just move the file to anywhere but the C:\Windows\System32 directory ... Vista really doesn't like tweakui there. I put it in C:\Program Files\Microsoft.
b. If you don't have the tweakui.exe file already, you have two options:
i. Get it from a computer that has it. Simply copy the file (i.e. to a thumb drive or over a network) and slap it anywhere on your Vista machine (except the C:\Windows\System32 directory).
ii. There's a rumor that you can extract tweakui.exe from the installation file available at the XP PowerToys site using WinRAR or some other such archiving program. I haven't tried this, though, but it might be worth trying?

THIRD
Set the tweakui.exe file to run with XP compatability.
a. Right-click the file -> Properties -> Compatability tab -> check the CheckBox next to "Run this program in compatability mode for:" [Windows XP (Service Pack 2) -> Click OK.

FOURTH
Run tweakui.exe as an Administrator
a. Right-click the file -> Run as administrator -> Continue -> Run program
b. TweakUI might popup behind other windows (it always does for me!)
b. If you don't run as administrator, UAC will thwart your every change!
c. If you have UAC turned off, you don't need to run as administrator. You also won't have to click "Continue" in step (a) above.

FIFTH
Don't break your computer! I created AutoPlay handlers, I changed the places bar, and I changed the Templates successfully using this method. However, I can't guarantee the safety of these or any other changes you make with TweakUI!
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Re: woot! it's here
« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2008, 07:36:22 PM »

also, when the freakin hell is 'tweak ui' for vista coming ?


Tweak UI for XP works on Vista. You'll need to copy the EXE from an XP machine though.

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There is a way to get the Tweak UI for XP to work in Vista. I don't know how wise it is to force it to work this way, because you're effectively changing the Vista registry with an XP registry editing program, but it does work. Here's how:

FIRST
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

SECOND
Get the tweakui.exe file.
a. You might already have it if you upgraded from XP and used Tweak UI in the good old days. If so, just move the file to anywhere but the C:\Windows\System32 directory ... Vista really doesn't like tweakui there. I put it in C:\Program Files\Microsoft.
b. If you don't have the tweakui.exe file already, you have two options:
i. Get it from a computer that has it. Simply copy the file (i.e. to a thumb drive or over a network) and slap it anywhere on your Vista machine (except the C:\Windows\System32 directory).
ii. There's a rumor that you can extract tweakui.exe from the installation file available at the XP PowerToys site using WinRAR or some other such archiving program. I haven't tried this, though, but it might be worth trying?

THIRD
Set the tweakui.exe file to run with XP compatability.
a. Right-click the file -> Properties -> Compatability tab -> check the CheckBox next to "Run this program in compatability mode for:" [Windows XP (Service Pack 2) -> Click OK.

FOURTH
Run tweakui.exe as an Administrator
a. Right-click the file -> Run as administrator -> Continue -> Run program
b. TweakUI might popup behind other windows (it always does for me!)
b. If you don't run as administrator, UAC will thwart your every change!
c. If you have UAC turned off, you don't need to run as administrator. You also won't have to click "Continue" in step (a) above.

FIFTH
Don't break your computer! I created AutoPlay handlers, I changed the places bar, and I changed the Templates successfully using this method. However, I can't guarantee the safety of these or any other changes you make with TweakUI!

thanks, but i was looking to tweak more along the lines of some vista specific *feces*
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