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Posted in Computers & Tech / Operating Systems / Windows (All Versions)
Author: vizskywalker Total-Replies: 11 I'm pretty sure it involves a registry edit, which is fine if anyone can find it for me, but I want to add the Hibernate option to the options on the Shutdown menu. For reference, I have Windows XP Pro SP2. I know that if I hold down shift the Standby button changes to Hibernate, but I would prefer to have Hibernate be a constant fourth option to the left of the Stansby button. I know it's possible because I've seen it done before. Thanks, ~Viz
Tue May 16, 2006
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Author: harriko Total-Replies: 7 cool i didnt know all about this. i used it so much times the hibernation but never knew it saved the RAM memory into the hard drive. i used it most of the times and i keep seeing these funky stuff on the screen loading and unloading stuff. now everything comes very clear. I think theres another way to hiberate your computer. press CTRL + ALT + DELETE > the task manger window should show up. click "Shutdown" on the menu, and "hibernate". after it will do these funky stuff and shutdown. then the next time you power on, it willl do it again, LOL. and it will load up just the way you last left it.
Thu Mar 17, 2005
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Author: sPyfReEsTyLe Total-Replies: 13 Hi So sorry my en is not good . I Learned This tutorial by Byron Hinson And i want teach to u today 1 - Start Regedit. 2 - Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control. 3 - Click on the "Control" Folder. 4 - Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" 5 - Right click on it and select Modify. 6 - Set it to a value lower than 2000, say 1000 as a test by 6 Steps you can make windows faster to shutdown some body dont know what is Regedit , Regedit is Regsitery Editor And for run this APP go to Start menu and then RUN and then Type in Run Regedit .
Sun Aug 28, 2005
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Author: turbopowerdmaxsteel Total-Replies: 4 Although this is too simple a thing to miss out on.. Check out if the Power Options properties contains the Hibernate Tab. You might have the Enable Hibernation checkbox unchecked. If the Hibernate Tab is not available, you are most likely having a driver incompatibility. Hibernate requires compatible drivers, but since you are upgrading from Win XP Home to Pro that shouldn't be the problem. You might still trying updating your drivers (The Graphics driver could be the most likely cause). Hibernation can also be disabled if you have more than 4 GB of RAM which is highly unlikely. By the way, I've never see the fourth hibernate button on the shutdown menu. The Hibernate button is overloaded into the stand by button. Holding down on the Shift key, toggles it to Hibernate (H being the accesskey). Another simple thing to miss out on.
Mon Jan 1, 2007
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Author: FeedBacker Total-Replies: 33 PortableApps Shut Down, Restart, Log Off XP Using A Batch File Did you know that if you have the latest version of the portableapps menu, and a program called QuickBFC, you can put this .Bat file on your USB and use it on any computer by clicking on the button in the menu. -reply by redisforever
Wed Jun 25, 2008
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Author: sparkx Total-Replies: 45 QUOTE (soleimanian)1) Go to Start menu > Run > and type regedit and click OK. 2) Find following address: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \Session Manager \ Memory Management 3) In right side right click on “ClearPageFileAtShutdown”, select Modify and make value of “1”, and Exit from Registry Editor and restart your Computer. Link: view Post: 39306 I always woundered why microsoft has all the warnings about "Never edit or register". I guess you could do all this work just to have your computer shut down faster. What I do is: 1. Close all open windows 2. Close all the tasks (in bottom right hand corner not in the task manager) 3. Press turn off computer. If this takes to long odds are your hardrive is fragmented. This is easy to solve but can take most of a day to finish (luckly for you, you only need to set it up then wait). To do this simply start you computer up in safe mode. Do this by restarting you computer and pressing F8 (or the hotkey listed). Then go to local disk and safe mode (if it doesn't work try again). Now open up control panel (start-->control panel) and go to administrator settings (or tools). Click computer managment and disk defragment. Now you wait (can take up to 12 hours). It will annaliys your hardrive, the red is bad, the green is unmovable and the blue is good. Once your finished you computer will all go faster and have less errors. I hope this helps, Sparkx
Thu Jan 4, 2007
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Author: miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG Total-Replies: 22 WOWW - Google is FAST. Guys - IT'S ALIVE - it's already been implemented.. I just logged into one of my accounts and found the messenger right below the Folders list. Here's a screenshot:  Looks terrific - am just waiting excitedly for someone to log on and test it's features  Looks like an exact replica of GTalk.You can pop the chat dialog out as a separate window or simply keep it floating inside your Gmail page. Awesome. Here are the pop-in and pop-out mode screen-shots Pop-in  Pop-out  And I found some more cool features... as shown in the following snapshot 1. Say you aren't observing the IM window - only checking your Gmail - the contacts name in your list becomes dull amber and flashes indicating new message.. 2. Also hovering your mouse above ANY EMAIL address in your messagelist, pop's out a new window prompting you to Invite to Chat or Mail.  3. Also another feature I missed out - that Hraefn pointed out - is a little link called Off-the-record right below your IM window. If you click on that, starting from next line you type, till you turn it off, NONE of your CHAT MESSAGES are LOGGED. Here's what they say about Off-the-record QUOTEWhat is 'off the record'?Chats that have been taken off the record aren't stored in your Gmail chat history, or in the Gmail chat history of your contact. You and the person you're talking to can both see when a chat is taken off the record, and you'll be notified if off the record mode is disabled. Your off the record settings will apply whenever you chat with this person, until one of you makes a change. To take a chat off the record: 1. Click Options in the bottom-left corner of the chat window. 2. Select Go off the record. A message will appear confirming that future chats with this particular contact will be off the record, unless one of you changes the setting. If you decide at any time that your chats no longer need to be off the record, click Cancel at the top of the chat window, or Stop chatting off the record in the chat window's Options menu. Keep in mind that if you're talking to someone who is connected to the Google Talk service with a third-party chat client, it's possible that his or her software is keeping a separate copy of the chat history. 4. Also they're got their own cute little B & W simleys  The smileys appear as normal text at first and then through AJAX, they become graphical smileys - at first sideways, and then with a minor smooth animation they turn and become straight - which I find real cool. The animation can be re-enacted if you hover your mouse over the smileys.5. It saves your chat-log in realtime. So anytime just pop into your Chat folder in Gmail - and you'll find the updated conversation log there.
Thu Feb 9, 2006
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Posted in Computers & Tech / Operating Systems / Windows (All Versions)
Author: Brian01001 Total-Replies: 3 Here are somme kool noob tricks you can do on windows Xp and maybe other verions. Havent tried on others yet. You do these AT YOUR OWN RISK. I TAKE NO RESPONSIBLITY FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THESE. QUOTELock XP Workstation (#1)You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same. Remove Windows XP system software (#2) XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable. New commands (#3) For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here. Windows XP supports IPv6 (#4) XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother. Kill tasks from the command line (#5) You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system. Enable ClearType by default (#6) XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology-- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/ControlPanel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2. Run program as different user (#7) You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects. Speed up the Start Menu (#8) The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0. Rename multiple files at once (#9) You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetized groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In-Groups. Show covert art in Media Player (#10) Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it. Display Hibernate Option on the Shut Down dialog (#11) For some reason, Hibernate isn't available from the default Shut Down dialog. But you can enable it simply enough, by holding down the SHIFT key while the dialog is visible. Now you see it, now you don't! Enable ClearType on the Welcome Screen! (#12) As laptop users and other LCD owners are quickly realizing, Microsoft's ClearType technology in Windows XP really makes a big difference for readability. But the this feature is enabled on a per-user basis in Windows XP, so you can't see the effect on the Welcome screen; it only appears after you logon. But you can fix that. Fire up the Registry Editor and look for the following keys: (default user) HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ FontSmoothing (String Value) HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ FontSmoothingType (Hexadecimal DWORD Value) Make sure both of these values are set to 2 and you'll have ClearType enabled on the Welcome screen and on each new user by default. Change User Picture (#13) Click on the Icon at the top of the start menu. Select desired picture from resulting screen Windows 2000 style logon. To revert back to the Win2k style logon so you can log on as the administrator and other options, press ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen. Change the location of the My Music or My Pictures folders: In Windows 2000, Microsoft added the ability to right-click the My Documents folder and choose a new location for that folder in the shell. With Windows XP, Microsoft has elevated the My Music and My Pictures folders to the same "special shell folder" status of My Documents, but they never added a similar (and simple) method for changing those folder's locations. However, it is actually pretty easy to change the location of these folders, using the following method. Open a My Computer window and navigate to the location where you'd like My Music (or My Pictures) to reside. Then, open the My Documents folder in a different window. Drag the My Music (or My Pictures) folder to the other window, and Windows XP will update all of the references to that folder to the new location, including the Start menu. Protect Your Files From Unauthorized Users (#14) Other users with permission to delete a file (users with Modify or Full Control permission) can't use your encrypted files-but they can make them difficult for you to use. Any such user can rename your files, which can make them difficult to find, and can also delete your files. (Even if the user merely deletes them to the Recycle Bin and doesn't remove them altogether, the deleted files are unavailable to you because you don't have access to any other user's Recycle Bin.) Therefore, if you're concerned about protecting your files from other authorized users as well as from a thief who steals your computer, you should modify the NTFS permissions to prevent any type of modification by other users. Shutdown Your System in a Hurry (#15) If you need to shut down in a hurry-or if a frozen application prevents you from shutting down in the normal ways-you can use the following procedure. Be aware, however, that you won't get an opportunity to save open documents. To perform an emergency shutdown, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display Task Manager. Open the Shut down menu and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the Turn Off command. Poof! If your computer is part of a domain, the procedure is similar. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and then hold down Ctrl when you click Shut Down. In this situation, you'll get a warning message pointing out-quite correctly-that this should be used only as a last resort. Provide Personal Support (#16) It never fails: when friends, co-workers, or family members discover that you're a Windows expert, you get pressed into service as an unpaid support technician. If the party asking for help is running any edition of Windows XP and has an active Internet connection, your job is much easier. Have the other person send you a Remote Assistance request; when you accept the request, you connect directly to their computer and can edit Registry settings, fix file associations, set System options, and perform just about any other troubleshooting or repair task, just as if you were sitting at the other person's desk. Quickly Fix Connectivity Problems (#17) Are you having trouble connecting to other computers on your local area network? If your network uses a hardware firewall that assigns IP addresses to each machine and you're certain you've configured all other components correctly, check to see whether the Internet Connection Firewall is enabled. That component can effectively block communication between PCs on the network. Hack IE Title Bar (#18) This can be an impressive bit of personalization. Use your name or moniker to brand Internet Explorer. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ and left-click on Main to change the string "Window Title" to whatever you wish. Unload DLLs (#19) To prevent Windows from caching DLLs after the program using them has closed, follow this procedure: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ then left-click on Explorer. Right-click (as above) and create the DWORD AlwaysUnloadDLL with a value of 1. This requires a reboot to take effect. This will allow memory to be used more efficiently. Registry Hacks (#20) Editing the Windows Registry, while much more common now than in years past, is still not to be entered into lightly. You can break Windows, cause boot failure. I know you're gonna do it anyway; why else would you be reading this. Just be careful, OK? These are few because, for the most part WinXP can be customized through the interlace or with third-party freeware (as above). All of the tips below require running regedit. To do so, hit 'Start/Run' then type 'regedit' and follow the instructions. Naturally, I take no responsibility for any damage or loss of data incurred in the remote possibility that something goes terribly wrong. The Ultimate Appearance Tweak (#21) Microsoft said: "You can connect up to 10 monitors to your Windows XP-based computer and display numerous programs or windows at one time. You can use your mouse to move items from one monitor to another. You can open a different file on each monitor. Or several. Or you can stretch one item across several monitors; so for example, you can see more columns in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or the entire layout of a Web page, without scrolling." Consider it. Monitors and PCI video cards are pretty cheap now. Windows recognizes the addition & allows easy adjustments on the 'Display Properties/Settings' menu. Save Streaming Media (#22) It's cool to listen to MP3s (or watch movies) over the Internet. Often, saving this media, however, seems impossible. Hey, if it plays on your computer, it's on your hard drive. Once the file is fully loaded and with folder view set to show hidden and systems folders, searches for the media (.mp3 or .mpg). There it is! Securing the Paging File (#23) If you're truly concerned about the possibility of your computer falling into the wrong hands, you should be sure that you don't leave any tracks in the paging file. By default, when you shut down your system, the paging file remains intact. People who've access to your computer could conceivably look through the unencrypted paging file to find information they shouldn't have. Assign a Keyboard Shortcut (#24) Click in the Shortcut Key field and press a keyboard combination that you want to use for launching or switching to this program. The shortcut key you assign must consist of one character key (a letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: Ctrl, Alt, and Shift. (If you press a character key only, Windows automatically adds Ctrl+Alt.) Shortcut keys work only when assigned to a program shortcut on the Start menu, the Programs menu, or the Desktop. The shortcuts you define will not work if it conflicts with a combination used in the program whose window has the focus. So there you go, some kool stuff you can do with windows. There are alot of other ones you can do also that are more advance but i wont get into then right now.
Sun Apr 13, 2008
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Author: (G)TuxRug Total-Replies: 23 Defragging pagefile without special toolsHow To Defrag MFT, Pagefile etc. On Boot? It's not as easy as using a special tool, but you can defragment the pagefile without installing any new software. This guide will give the steps to make sure you get your system as well-defragmented as possible and help prevent the page file from fragmenting in the future Step 1: Disable the pagefile. Make sure you click "set" before you click OK. Step 2: Do not reboot when asked. Run msconfig from Start->Run or the Start menu's search box (depending on version). Select "diagnostic startup" then click OK. Reboot when asked. Step 3: After reboot, close any programs that msconfig didn't disable (some antivirus will do this). Open a cmd prompt as administrator. Step 4 (XP): Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc. When the task manager appears, go to the processes tab, select Explorer.Exe, then click end task. Confirm this in the popup. Then close the task manager. Step 4 (Vista/7): Click the Start orb. Hold Ctrl+Shift while right-clicking the shutdown button. Select "Exit Explorer" from the small menu that appears. Step 5: In the command prompt, type 'cleanmgr' and press enter. Select the C: drive (or whatever drive you use for the pagefile), and go through the disk cleanup to free some extra space. **Warning: Vista users: If you use hibernation or hybrid sleep, do not check "Hibernation file cleaner"! It will most likely break hibernation and it's not exactly a piece of cake to get it back.** Step 6: Type 'defrag c:' (replace c: if you use a different drive for your pagefile). If you want to see more detail about the before and after statistics, use 'defrag c: -v' instead. Note that you will not see any status updates while it is defragmenting in this mode. If you need to cancel for some reason, just press CTRL+C. Step 7 (XP): When the defrag finishes, type 'explorer' to bring back your taskbar and desktop. Re-enable your pagefile. You can either let Windows manage the pagefile size, or set your own size. I reccommend setting it to a fixed size (minimum and maximum size the same) at between 1.5 to 2 times your amount of system RAM (the "reccommended" size listed in the page file settings will be about 1.5x your amount of RAM. Be sure to hit "Set" before you click OK. **I reccomend setting the page file to a fixed size as described above because if the page file does not grow and shrink, it will remain unfragmented permenantly. If you have the disk space to spare, you can go as large as you want with the pagefile, but between 1.5x and 2x your RAM is the magic number in my experience. If it's set too low, you can always increase it manually.** Step 7 (Vista/7): You can either follow the XP directions, or you can skip restarting explorer by typing 'systempropertiesadvanced'. Then set the pagefile as described in the XP directions. Step 8: In the cmd prompt, run 'msconfig' and change it back to "normal startup". Click OK. Reboot when prompted. There you go, your pagefile (and the rest of the drive it's on) is thouroughly defragmented. I do this every time I install Windows on any computer (with a fixed-size pagefile), and the pagefile never becomes fragmented again. -reply by TuxRug
Thu Sep 2, 2010
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Author: Aditya Total-Replies: 10 In this tutorial I will cover : 1. Integrating WinXP bootable CD with SP2 2. Adding Post SP2 updates 3. Creating answer file 4. Customising WinXP setup process 5. Adding ur own programs to get installed automatically. For starters these are the programs / files you will need, so go on and download them. 1. Your WinXP CD 2. Win XP SP2 -- get it here 3. Get all Post SP2 updates from here. I will work with the Full version of update pack. 4. Get latest version of nLite from here 5. Windows Media Player 10 (Optional) These are the basic things to start with. Now I will tell you about how to create a plain Windows XP Service Pack 2 bootable CD. If you have WinXP SP2 bootable CD, you may skip this process and go straight to Integrating RyanVM's Post SP2 updates and Windows Media Player 10. If you are not sure about which version of WinXP setup you have, please continue with the following steps:
Next step will be integrating RyanVM's post SP2 update pack and Windows Media Player 10 into this source CD, so that you need not have to go to Windows update and download all those patches every time you install your OS. Warning Till this point, all the work done will work on all PCs. But for further work, I recommend a testing of your ISO file so that you won't end up with faulty CD. One tool that will help you to emulate a complete PC to boot and install the OS, is Microsoft Virtual PC. you can get a 45 days trial from Microsoft Virtual PC trial download Another popular and probable more advance tool is VMWare. Get the trial here Or you can burn the ISO file to Re-Writable CD and test it.  Integrating RyanVM's Post SP2 updates and Windows Media Player 10 Now I will deal with integrating RyanVM's Post SP2 updates and Windows Media Player 10. Also some tweaking and removal of some programs. This process is irreversible means once you integrate Post SP2 updates and WMP 10 in your source, there is no way to remove them. But since updates are not meant for removal, it is ok for most of us. But there may be cases where particular hotfix may cause some conflict with other programs. This is not a fault of Microsoft but of other programs but still I am warning you all. Similarly, programs removed in this process cannot be brought back since they are removed from source setup files. Also it is not easy to install them afterwards if you have installed XP with CD that have programs removed.
CODEHKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences",\"AcceptedPrivacyStatement",0x00010003,1 It should look like Now save the file. E. Since you have WMP10 slipstreamed, updates specific to WMP9 are not required. There are 5 such updates in RyanVM's Full Update Pack 1.2.1. You can download the WMP9-Less INF Files from this page. Just extract the 2 files in that CAB to your i386 folder, overwrite when prompted. You are done. Just 1 more step remaining. Start nLite. This time select only to create bootable cd. Select the XP setup folder. Make ISO. Test it with Virtual PC / VMWare, or else burn it to CD-RW and test it on a test PC. If it works then burn it to CD-R else debug your mistake. Don't compliant to me that you wasted CD-Rs with non-working setups. Next step will be adding your own programs to install automatically. These are installed after the installation completes via registry. This is a normal setup and you can uninstall these programs as and when you like from Add Remove programs. You can install many programs like Antivirus, Firewall, Office suites etc. Only problem is that whole files should fit in 1 CD with your XP setup.
Thu Mar 30, 2006
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Author: starscream Total-Replies: 99 Ermm, i'm talking about first time upto the login screen appears. After that it takes more than minute to let that mouse to get me working with start menu. it's getting slow after i login to desktop but before that speed is fast. I guess this is because of the some programs loading and enabling some services. I have sony erricson gprs service which enables 5 more services and is taking much time on the desktop. other than that USB service is also taking time to load. That's why i think i've limited things to do in my hand.
Mon Jun 7, 2010
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Author: vizskywalker Total-Replies: 50 I finally grabbed and installed Vista Beta 2 and have been using it for about a week to gather enough information to make a decision. Here are my conclusions: Aero: Wow and wow again. Amazing. Simply amazing. Now, why can't Microsoft make an aero plugin or upgrade for XP? I love it, enough said. Lack of Toolbars: Intersting approach. Confusing at first, but you get the hang of it. Control Panel: Yay, so many more tools, easy access to ones that have been around for a while, good progress. File system: Not too much improvement, search speed is a little better, but not too much. Start Menu: Her I have some issues, no windows media player, all programs is knida odd, and shutdown is very weird. Restart or sleep is the defautl I think,and it only has a picture for that, and shutdown on the login menu, I like XP's shutdown method better. Software: Not much change so far, most of the XP Programs have worked with exception of one important one to be talked about under drivers. OpenGL: Origianlly, Vista was not supposed to have OpenGL support. I don't know what happened, but haven't had a chance to check, should be installing Jedi Knight soon and letting you know. Drivers: Some progress with native drivers, but some lack of progress. Still no native support for touchpad drivers except as PS/2 Mice. I tried to use my Sony XP Reocvery Disk to install the mouse driver, but the recovery application won't load. Some issue with Sony drivers. I blame ony more than windows since Sony is being a jerk about making a big deal of computer Vista readiness and not offering or mentioning Vista drivers to come. But loss of mouse functionailty is a big thing. Seems to support some XP drivers though, so it's not too bad. Overall impression: Could shape up to be a fine OS, need to check a couple things, and need better driver support from third party companies. Other than that, I like it and will almost definitely upgrade or dual boot. As for the person who claims it is a memory hog, I have 2 Gigs, run the resource monitor all the time, and notice no issues except for occasionally during the first minute of bootup. Might be his sytem. ~Viz
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