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| Thread ID: 93319 | 2008-09-11 22:27:00 | Fixing appearance settings in Vista | Beemer (6956) | Press F1 |
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| 704525 | 2008-09-12 00:07:00 | Thanks guys, for some reason I either didn't notice that there were other options ABOVE classic and standard (the Vista and Aero options were not showing at all) or they weren't appearing. I ended up doing a system restor and voila, when it restarted, all was back to normal again! I obviously have Windows Vista Basic (which I like) and everything has been restored to that. I have NO idea what I did to alter this - I know I did play around with a few settings the other day when I got a new flat screen monitor, but that was increasing font sizes, etc rather than display settings (other than changing the resolution). I'm rapt it's all back to normal and I'll know what to do next time (oh, there WILL be a next time, I'm sure of it!) I muck things up! Thanks! |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 704526 | 2008-09-12 01:48:00 | Awhhh Vista Basic - by default Aero is turned off in Basic. You can turn it on as long as the hardware supports it. If its not showing in the menu as you mentioned it may need a reg hack - IF you do this make sure you create a restore point first in case it tunes to custard. Heres how to enable Aero (www.petri.co.il) In the editions its turned on by default if hardware is not capable of running Aero, Vista will turn it off and resort back to the classic theme. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 704527 | 2008-09-12 02:16:00 | What's the difference between Aero and Vista Basic? I just went in and changed it to Aero to see if I could and I honestly can't notice any difference! Does Aero have something Vista Basic doesn't? But I did notice that when I went back in to change it to Vista Basic to do screen shots to compare the two, instead of opening the same folder that showed the different options, the first screen was one with all sorts of lovely colour choices! |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 704528 | 2008-09-12 02:22:00 | Part of Aero is the glass effects that replace the traditional title bars. Like in this screenshot: www.imagef1.net.nz Look at the 'My Computer' title bar, as well as the title bar of Firefox - it shows my desktop icons (note that I have installed a patch that enables transparency when windows are maximised - normally they turn black when maximised). |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704529 | 2008-09-12 02:25:00 | Part of Aero is the glass effects that replace the traditional title bars. Does that happen when you change the colour scheme? I must confess I can't see any difference in the default colour setting. Not entirely sure what you mean by the 'glass effects' though. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 704530 | 2008-09-12 02:28:00 | See my edit ;) | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704531 | 2008-09-12 02:31:00 | Ah, tricky! Very nice, I've changed mine to graphite for now, but may play around with other colours later. That full colour menu used to be there but must have gone to the background somehow. | Beemer (6956) | ||
| 704532 | 2008-09-12 03:07:00 | One of the features of Aero I use a lot is the Flip 3D, its used when you have a few ( or lots) of windows open and you can flip through them to get to the one you want. Key stroke = Windows logo key -> Tab (Windows Flip 3D) Picture from Microsofts site (www.imagef1.net.nz) It also gives you live preview of all open windows in Alt -> Tab |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 704533 | 2008-09-12 03:32:00 | But that isn't in Vista Basic wainui :D Unless it's enabled in the registry hack you talked about... |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704534 | 2008-09-12 10:58:00 | I like switcher-its kind of like the expose feature in Mac | Blam (54) | ||
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