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Reply to Problem with Vista and WindowBlinds in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

The latest nvidia drivers are the 100.65 whqls, http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1582. I hope that helps.

Reply to complain about stardock, get your account disabled. in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

And let's be honest, I'm QUITE opinionated regarding what I like and DISLIKE here regarding Stardock, and I'VE never been banned. If they don't ban me they're not going to ban you.

Reply to Wrong version after the update of WindowBlinds 5.50.017!!!! in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I had the same thing happen, repeatably. Thanks to this thread, I was able to confirm it and clear it by restoring the previous version. I am just ignoring the wb5.50 offers to update.

Reply to Microsoft Backs Away From Aggressive Vista Estimates in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I just want to point out that I've been saying this here and on Neowin for 6 months.

Reply to DreamScene Preview available now in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Follow-up: Yes, it turns out I hadn't rebooted yet, so the nvidia codec was ONLY being used for mpg2 playback in WMP11, while the MS codec was still being used for DreamScene. Now that I have rebooted, the DreamScene playback is a wee bit choppy under the nvidia codec for me when I try and play both WMP and DreamScene MPG2's simultaneously. Also of interest is that the "pause when IE is fullscreen" behavior has returned after the reboot. Doh!

Reply to DreamScene Preview available now in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Thanks for the tip dcyphure. I too saw a marked improvement by installing the nvidia b233 purevideo mpeg2 decoder. Not only did this give me a stable CPU usage, but I can now play another mpg2 video in WMP at the same time as the mpg2 DreamScene is rocking and rolling. I'm only running a 3.2ghz p4 with HT, so not even a true dual core. And as a side benefit, the dreamscene no longer pauses

Reply to Dual-Monitor DreamScene in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Based on a post in another thread, I've installed the Nvidia PureVideo codec to handle mpg2 video. Not only did it drop my CPU issues and improved smoothness, but I can now play an mpg video in windows media player 11 WHILE I have both of my other monitors playing the same DreamScene mpg video. I'm running a Quadro FX 4000 with 256mb ram (equivalent of the 6800 series) using the new 100.64 drivers (nvidia.com) on a simple hyperthreaded P4 at 3.2 ghz. My dual monitors are 1600x

Reply to DreamScene on 3 monitors in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

Are these configured as seperate monitors, what nvidia calls DualView, or as one big horizontal span? Depending on how you configure this, it may not be able to create one huge video image in the memory space of one adapter. On mine (dualview config) the video "repeats" on each monitor seperately. So, does it run fine with two monitors enabled on the SAME card? Or does it fun fine with one monitor enabled on each of the two adapters? That might help.

Reply to Do Dream Files work with current Preview from Microsoft? in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

malicious dreamz, The FREE video player called VLC has a "Wallpaper" feature that does something very similar to this under XP. It's also a fair bit better optimized that DreamScene is right now, as I can play uncompressed video at full res as backgrounds under VLC and XP. I expect DreamScene on Vista to catch up of course. WWW Link

Reply to DreamScene Preview available now in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

(I've posted this elsewhere, but it bears repeating here) One more note for DreamScenes...and this goes for all Windows Media related issues. CHECK YOUR CODECS I had installed the "Vista-friendly" trial of NERO only to find that it replaces the Windows Media MPG2 codec with it's own. The Nero codec caused my CPU use to go from 12% to 32% on my dual monitor setup. And, of course, there still doesn't seem to be an easy way to add/disable extraneous cod

Reply to Dream Scape / Desk Scape in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

There does seem to be some thread prioritization issues still. We'll have to see them iron that out as drivers, codecs, and this software under Aero become more refined. (from my dual monitor post) One thing I found right off the bat was a classic Windows Media related issue. CHECK YOUR CODECS I had installed the "Vista-friendly" trial of NERO only to find that it replaces the Windows Media MPG2 codec with it's own. The Nero codec caused my CPU use

Reply to Dual-Monitor DreamScene in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

One more note for DreamScenes...and this goes for all Windows Media related issues. CHECK YOUR CODECS I had installed the "Vista-friendly" trial of NERO only to find that it replaces the Windows Media MPG2 codec with it's own. The Nero codec caused my CPU use to go from 12% to 32% on my dual monitor setup. And, of course, there still doesn't seem to be an easy way to add/disable extraneous codecs under Vista (anyone?!) Uninstalling the trial (thank g

Reply to Vista Adventures - File Permissions in Bugs WinCustomize Forums

It also creates files with permissions structures that CAN'T BE FIXED from XP. OOPS! I have to reinstall a Vista test partition just to clear up an old, well, test partition...DOH! 8P

Reply to Dual-Monitor DreamScene in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Another interesting byproduct of dual monitors is the pause on fullsceen application behavior. It makes sense to pause the animation when going fullscreen in Internet Explorer, etc. but DreamScene pauses BOTH monitors at the same time, hehe. So, you go fullscreen with IE on Monitor 1, only to have monitor 2 freeze. So, a toggle to disable this behavior would be appreciated, gents. Thanks.

Reply to Making .Dream Wallpapers? in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

Note that all this software does is "bundle up" an already created animation with author/description/link information. To actually convert existing animations into the mpeg 1/2 format that DreamScene seems to like best, I recommend TMPGEnc Plus from Pegasys. VERY good Professional grade MPG encoding quality and compatibility. http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html

Reply to Dual-Monitor DreamScene in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

I'm having similar issues. I've been able to create mpgs of lower bitrate to help the issue out, but i don't expect end users to do this. I think you've hit the nail on the head by requesting the ability to have this working on one monitor or the other, or both (current default behavior). I gotta say though that I A) love this thang, and B) think the tiling setting is quite trippy with video, haha. PS I know that you are still kicking the tires on this for single monitor set

Reply to Microsoft Looking for Testers for Windows Home Server in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Does it work with more than 10 shares? Or is it crippleware like XP and Vista in this regard?

Reply to Vista Style Pro in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

What do I need and how do I run it What are you talking about and where can we find it to help you?

Reply to Microsoft Windows Home Server: One Household at a Time in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

If it breaks the (utterly arbitrary) 5/10 simultaneous shares restrictions limit, I'm listening. Otherwise...pass.

Reply to Stardock & Vista Compatibility in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

That little colored spreadsheet/table is nifty. We can come back and check this at our leisure. Nicely done. Thanks.

Reply to Vista: Getting in Trouble With Speech Recognition in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Actually, acoustic/echo cancellation code is supposed to address this, since the computer knows what sound is coming out of its own speakers and what is coming in through its own microphone. It should "subtract" the audio coming from the speakers from anything coming in through the microphone before processing by default in that case. This default behavior should have kept Vista from "talking to itself". <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 align="absmidd

Reply to Awesome HD WMVs for Dreamscenes!!! in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I've been collecting links to Dreamscene suitable videos (high quality, minimal camera moves, no people or animals to distract the eye) for Dreamscene. I look forward to its official release so I will have a site/gallery/location to post these links, or converted videos if needed. I've been testing them using VLC's "wallpaper" feature, which is the closest thing to Dreamscene for XP. It doesn't respect the transparency of WindowBlinds glass-like windows, but it handles ObjectDock an

Reply to Phony Yahoo Webcam in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

Does anyone else find it odd that the profiles come up empty (unless that's just a bug) and the 2nd reply with all the info is from a visitor who just joined last night? Reeks of spam to me. And all three of them (the poster and the two "helpful" replies) have the exact same "My Links" items for profiles created Today. Ahem. Yeah, this i

Reply to Administrator needed again 02/15 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

If you look at this users wallpapers, they ALL look like rips haha.

Reply to Windows Vista Launch & Windows DreamScene in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I only saw a 5 second clip of the Dreamscene there around minute 24. Was there more somewhere? I'm already sold on the animated wallpaper, I was just hoping they'd spend a little more time on something that actually makes people go OOOH, WOW (like Dreamscene) rather than everything else with was one of the most YAWN inducing presentations I've ever seen.