Windows Vista is annoying me

[Hooper]

I just got a brand new Computer yesterday, with Windows Vista installed and I'm pretty impressed. Oh, and now I can play Cricket 07

All the new look menus and that are pretty good. But my favourite bits are the Speech Recognition and the overall look.

But I'm just wondering how come there is no "File - Edit - Tools - Help" toolbar thingy at the top? Its pretty frustrating, I want the old classic style toolbar up so I can do things easier. Is it possible to bring it back up?

 

[Brett_Lee]

I think you are talking about a Mac if there is no File-edit - tools - help.

There will be that menu in your IE and other programs but yeah not on the desktop if thats what your talking about

Windows have always had a start menu

 

[Abhas]

There is an option of enabling the classic menus...

1. From the Vista Start menu, select Control Panel.

2. On the menu on the left, click Classic View.

3. Double-click Folder Options.

4. Select the View tab and check the option Always show menus.

5. Click OK.

Hope this helps...

if you are talking about internet explorer :

To enable classic menus in Internet Explorer 7.0, click the Tools button and select Menu Bar.

I think you are talking about a Mac if there is no File-edit - tools - help.

There will be that menu in your IE and other programs but yeah not on the desktop if thats what your talking about

Windows have always had a start menu

U r getting a bit confused lol...
He's not talking about the start menu, but the "menubar". By default it is not present in Vista...


PS : Does Vista work on the MAC?

 

[MattW]

PS : Does Vista work on the MAC?

If you have an Intel Mac and Boot Camp then yes.

 

[Hooper]

Thanks mate, worked a treat. Vista is the bombdigity!

 

[Abhas]

What Vista version r u using???

 

[Hooper]

It says "Windows Vista Home Basic". Is that anygood? And what are the differences?

 

[Abhas]

U probably wont have the aero interface... (the main reason why vista is so popular). It is the pretty basic version with only a few features...

You can see the various versions and their features here :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

I would recommend if possible, You should upgrade to home premium to taste the "Real" Vista...

 

[Hooper]

Yeah, I was wondering why I didnt hav that Aero thingy! Can I download some upgrade or theme or something? Oh, and how come everytime I try and move a file or something it comes up with that pop-up that needs my permission? Can I turn that off?

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

Why not use the Help & Support feature?

 

[Abhas]

yes that is the User Account Control......

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or remove user account".
3. Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.
4. Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User Account page" link.
5. Under "Make changes to your user account" click on the "Change security settings" link.
6. In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Click on the Ok button.
7. You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when ready.

In order to re-enable UAC just select the above checkbox and reboot.

Why not use the Help & Support feature?

Yep, Vista's help is pretty good...

 

[Hooper]

Because the people at PlanetCricket are easier to understand!

Mate, your a legend, cheers for the help. Now its not as annoying!

 

[Abhas]

I dont think there are any updates that u can download for aero... there must be some theme-packs, but u will have to search for them... (none in my knowledge)

Regarding the Aero thing.... i found this on the net...

Note: Please make sure you understand the EULA before you perform this trick. Making any functional change in the operating system *might* be considered illegal by Microsoft. I am not responsible in any way for any legal issues that might arise because of this. The reason I chose to upload the information is mostly because it is already freely available on the Internet (so I'm not the first one talking about it), and because I think it is important to show how changes to the Registry can easily add or remove blocked features from the OS.

Note: Please take note that in most cases, people who have bought Vista Basic Edition have also probably bought the cheapest computer they could afford. Enabling Aero on such a low-end machine would be devastating to their performance, as Aero itself is intensive on the system's resources.

Please follow these steps:

Note: Editing the registry has the potential to cause serious (and unrecoverable) damage to your PC. If you are at all uncomfortable editing the registry, please do not attempt the following.

1. From the Start button, type REGEDIT into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

2. Locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

3. Modify the following value (REG_DWORD):

Composition

Change the existing value to 1.

4. Modify the following value (REG_DWORD):

CompositionPolicy

Change the existing value to 2.

5. Close Registry Editor.

6. Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. You can also type CMD in the search box of the Start menu, and when you see the Command Prompt icon click on it to select it, hold CTRL+SHIFT and press ENTER.

7. In the Command Prompt window, type

net stop uxsms

press Enter.

Wait for the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service to stop, then type in

net start uxsms

press Enter.

Wait for the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service to start.

8. You *might* need to restart your computer.

Not sure if this would work.. but seems pretty interesting... i would NOT recommend you to try it, but its there just for your information...

 

[Hooper]

Oh ok, well you have put the carrot in front of my face! But it does look pretty dodgy to me lol

 

[Abhas]

what are the specs of your computer??