WinExtra » Vista http://www.winextra.com aka Steve Hodson - a cranky old fart wandering the internet causing mayhem as he goes Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A tip for VLC users in Vista RC1 http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/28/a-tip-for-vlc-users-in-vista-rc1/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/28/a-tip-for-vlc-users-in-vista-rc1/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:07:52 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=29 One of my favorite media apps is VLC by VideoLAN but when I tried to use it in Vista it would kill the Areo Glass feature; something about video incompatibility or some such.

While browsing around for other stuff though I ran across a tip that said to change the Video output module to OpenGL (Preferences -> Video -> Output Modules — with Advanced Options enabled)

I am happy to report that it works great and I am back using one of my favorite apps.

 

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]]> http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/28/a-tip-for-vlc-users-in-vista-rc1/feed/ Who’s pulling the FUD now? http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/28/whos-pulling-the-fud-now/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/28/whos-pulling-the-fud-now/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:14:23 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=28 Ars Technica is reporting on a statement released by Symantec today that Vista will “reduce customer choice” when it comes to computer security

Now, with Microsoft’s new operating system Vista still on pace for release in January 2007, Symantec is warning that the OS may harm it and other security software companies. In a statement released today, Symantec communications director Chris Paden said that Vista will “reduce consumer choice” when it comes to computer security.

However if you check the current listing of AV/security software packages that work with Vista RC1 as compiled and maintained by IEXBeta.com just about every security package works; including Symantec’s.

So who’s trying to bullshit who here?

 

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]]> http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/28/whos-pulling-the-fud-now/feed/ Vista Program Compatibility http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/27/vista-program-compatibility/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/27/vista-program-compatibility/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:12:58 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=26

Curious to see what applications are known workings in Vista RC1 and what ones aren’t?

IEXBeta.com has started a wiki page that provides an on-going list for you to check on.

Vista Compatibility list

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]]> http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/27/vista-program-compatibility/feed/ Memory management ala Vista http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/25/memory-management-ala-vista/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/25/memory-management-ala-vista/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:30:52 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=24 For those of you moving over to Vista maybe be wondering why your memory usage being reported in Task Manager is so radically different than it was in XP.

Well apparently it is because of the way that Vista utilizes that available memory. Jeff Atwood; over on the Coding Horror blog provides a nice and easy explanation of what is going on:

Those figures explain why I only have 6 megabytes of “free” memory in Windows Vista. Vista is trying its darndest to pre-emptively populate every byte of system memory with what it thinks I might need next. It’s running a low-priority background task that harvests previously accessed data from the disk and plops it into unused system memory. They even have a fancy marketing name for it– SuperFetch

You can here the full article here

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]]> http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/25/memory-management-ala-vista/feed/ There had to be a better way http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/24/there-had-to-be-a-better-way/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/24/there-had-to-be-a-better-way/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:12:54 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=23 I can totally understand the need for UAC (User Access Control) from a security point of view; but damn there had to be a better way to do this.

I have only been using Vista full time for a couple of days now and while in general I have been enjoying it this implementation of UAC sucks rocks.

The eye candy might be getting people in through the door; so to speak, but the current UAC is going to piss people off en masse. I know this has been mentioned ad nauseam in a lot of the more tech blogs looking at Vista; but it is nothing compared to what we are going to hear when Vista reaches a broader average user userbase.

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]]> http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/24/there-had-to-be-a-better-way/feed/ Making the jump http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/22/making-the-jump/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/22/making-the-jump/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:05:19 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=22 Well I made the big jump last night and installed Vista RC1 as my primary OS and in general I like it.

Although, I’m just making it through my first pot of coffee for the day so I’m not quite coherent enough to write anything up until later today; but you can expect to see more Vista related info and person opinions in the days forward.

Now excuse me while I double check my supply of bandages - a definite prerequisite for living on the bleeding edge :)

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]]> http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/22/making-the-jump/feed/ UAC begone :) http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/20/uac-begone/ http://www.winextra.com/2006/09/20/uac-begone/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:18:52 +0000 Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/?p=20 One of the most bemoaned features of Vista has been the UAC (User Account Control) security measures. For those power users out there this has been a real pain in the butt and something that they want more control over.

Well Tim Snead has come to the rescue with a well written explanation of how you can get some control back over UAC; but I especially liked this comment he made:

It is possible to switch UAC off. I really don’t recommend it - if you like full control over your machine, surely you want to know when something is attempting to perform an administrative-level action? Nevertheless, I’d prefer to have you run Windows Vista without UAC than having you run a different operating system.

A nice little bit of honesty :)

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