Whatever happened to that carousel thing with Vista?

I seem to remember some sort of a carousel thing that was in the Vista
previews. Whatever happened to that? It's like that thing that Amazon.com
has.

Autumnale;543073 Wrote:
> I seem to remember some sort of a carousel thing that was in the Vista
> previews. Whatever happened to that? It's like that thing that
> Amazon.com
> has.

Hi Autumnale,

Do you mean Flip 3D or "Switch between windows"?

See:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68863-flip-3d.html

Shawn


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I don't get the new Windows Vista AERO Glass user interface, why?

Windows AERO Glass requires that you have a minimum of 128 MBs video RAM
that is Direct X 9 compliant and supports the Windows Display Driver Model
(WDDM). If your video card does not meet these requirements, it's the likely
cause why you are not seeing it. For onboard/integrated cards, you need to
have 1 GB of dual channel memory installed with 512 MBs of RAM allocated to
the system. The amount of Video RAM also determines the resolution size your
Display can use.





My video card supports Windows AERO Glass but it's not available and I
cannot turn it on, are there any workarounds?

Again, this might be result of your video card not being Direct X 9
compatible or the system RAM is not enough to run it. Microsoft it seems has
recently implemented a requirement for systems with 512 MB or less with
slower cards. For instance, one of my systems running Vista has a 128 MB AGP
video card with 512 MBs of RAM but I only get the AERO Basic experience.
Fortunately I am able to work around this to get the Glass effects but, I
only get Glass in my Standard Administrator account.

Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > right click the Run command >
click
type REGEDIT
Ensure that you have the following registry value set to:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPol icy set to 2 (32-bit
DWORD)

2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges

- Type 'net stop uxsms'
- Then 'net start uxsms'

If none of the above work, you might need to refresh your Windows Experience
Index (WEI) rating.

1. Click Start

2. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, hit enter

3. Click the Update my score link

4. Click Continue on the User Account Control dialog

How do I change the theme in Windows Vista to Windows Classic?

Right click your Desktop > click Personalize > click Theme > click in the
Theme list box, select Windows Aero Glass.
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"Autumnale" <> wrote in message
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>I seem to remember some sort of a carousel thing that was in the Vista
> previews. Whatever happened to that? It's like that thing that
> Amazon.com
> has.

Notwithstanding Andre's long and detailed post which is chock full of great
Windows Vista knowledge.....

Which version of Windows Vista are you using? If you are using Windws Vista
Home Basic, the Aero Glass features are not part of that version. The Aero
interface is there, and it looks and feels fantastic, it's a great UI!
However the following features are not included:

* Window Transparency
* Flip-3D task switching
* Preview Thumbnails

Alt-Tab just brings up static icons under Home Basic just like it did under
Windows XP. Windows Key-Tab brings up the same thing. Thumbnails are not
show on the task bar when you mouse over tasks, only titles, again, just like
Windows XP.

I believe this was done in order to sell more copies of Home Premium,
because really Home Basic does just about everything most home users need
from Vista.

Oops meant to say the "Vista Standard" interface is in Home Basic, not "Aero".

"PhilBiker" wrote:

> Notwithstanding Andre's long and detailed post which is chock full of great
> Windows Vista knowledge.....
>
> Which version of Windows Vista are you using? If you are using Windws Vista
> Home Basic, the Aero Glass features are not part of that version. The Aero
> interface is there, and it looks and feels fantastic, it's a great UI!
> However the following features are not included:
>
> * Window Transparency
> * Flip-3D task switching
> * Preview Thumbnails
>
> Alt-Tab just brings up static icons under Home Basic just like it did under
> Windows XP. Windows Key-Tab brings up the same thing. Thumbnails are not
> show on the task bar when you mouse over tasks, only titles, again, just like
> Windows XP.
>
> I believe this was done in order to sell more copies of Home Premium,
> because really Home Basic does just about everything most home users need
> from Vista.

That was great point out Phil, can't believe I forgot about that one.
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"PhilBiker" <> wrote in message
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> Oops meant to say the "Vista Standard" interface is in Home Basic, not
> "Aero".
>
> "PhilBiker" wrote:
>
>> Notwithstanding Andre's long and detailed post which is chock full of
>> great
>> Windows Vista knowledge.....
>>
>> Which version of Windows Vista are you using? If you are using Windws
>> Vista
>> Home Basic, the Aero Glass features are not part of that version. The
>> Aero
>> interface is there, and it looks and feels fantastic, it's a great UI!
>> However the following features are not included:
>>
>> * Window Transparency
>> * Flip-3D task switching
>> * Preview Thumbnails
>>
>> Alt-Tab just brings up static icons under Home Basic just like it did
>> under
>> Windows XP. Windows Key-Tab brings up the same thing. Thumbnails are
>> not
>> show on the task bar when you mouse over tasks, only titles, again, just
>> like
>> Windows XP.
>>
>> I believe this was done in order to sell more copies of Home Premium,
>> because really Home Basic does just about everything most home users need
>> from Vista.

no I mean a carousel thing like the one amazon.com has. it was in a demo
that Bill Gates was showing about Vista's business connection thing. It was
a while back.

I have home premium. it's not the 3d flip thing. that works fine for me
although I seldom use it. I mean a carousel thing.