razerbug Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 All of the below added with simple tips with lifehacker.com - and - not shown, I also have F9 tab between open windows, like OSx - no slowdown in operations seen. The login screen has also been improved from the naff basic one. If anyone from MS is watching, these should be incorporated into the next windows cause of my tri-boot (mac/win/linux) system, Vista is the most stable and useful OS out there. I'd love to see if anyone else has pimped Vista or OSx to exceed the function/prettiness of the released versions! oh and yes - this is on a dual monitor setup. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Wow... could you teach me how you did the taskbar "dock" thing.. I think that would be awesomely useful!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-844061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprjacob Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Just raise the taskbar to two slots (unlock and drag up) and drag the Quick Launch to the bottom. I made a taskbar 'dock' in 12 seconds (You can use the folder things instead of Quick Launch, too, if you right click and go to 'toolbars') Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-847191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 oh? I'm blown away hahahaha (maybe I'm not spending enough time in my Vista) :angry2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-848687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicWTF Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 you actually haven't done much and how fast is your multiple desktops, I use space and it get kind of slow to zoom out, using quicklaunch like that works well. I have a few batch files which keep my system runnign clean and easy, they delete my cookies, clear shadow files, wake me up in the morning, and much more. I also use stardock's object dock to have a nice dock, no icons,custom log on and boot screens, and use my sidebar for a lot of technical info, I have widgets (not sidebar {censored}). I can post screens tomorrow if you want, also I recomend changing your icons to look nicer, and getting better minimize, maximize, and close buttons, I can get you the OSX ones if you want Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-848840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Maybe it's just me, but the image is too small for me to read...What does it do to Vista that's so different? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-848869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockviech Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 oh yeah your the best designer out there, i bet ms would have never got these ideas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-849130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cain. Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I don't get it... That looks like plain Vista?! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-849244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeamp Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 You must have had to double Vista's minimum requirements from 4GB to 8GB to run all that. And two monitors? Throw in another stick and make it DDR3. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-849369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegodfaza Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 You made it look ugly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-849431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Lol you hardly did anything at all! I thought this was gonna be personal tweaks to get it to run better or something. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-849982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 im just wondering how this is more stable? I think that is too much in my case. Check it, I press the spacebar bam get a good preview in w/e size. I can have over 50 windows open one screen and switch between them easily, I have an OpenGL OS which makes effects load twice as fast with less ram. I think that's productive often Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-850026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaled_acmilan Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Vista Still the worst OS i have ever used. you can click Space or use the Space on Leopard. that's Simply. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-850062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I got vista the way I like it, with no extra resources being used, and I like it. Didn't use any external programs for the theme, just some tweaks, and got it to this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-850065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daksfamus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 you did absolutely no tweaks to it. if you want to pimp vista or xp the way it should work, go to the thread i made. that shows you how to pimp vista/xp. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-853703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicWTF Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 my vista is customized, as I said above, the good thing about mine (which has changed a lot since the description above because I'm trying to see how convinving of an OSX clone I can make, is that by not using explorer.exe and running a new shell (geoshell custom) I save between 100 and 200 megs of ram, and do a lot more, I'm actually trying make my boot screen the movie from OSX because I have the ram, my current biggest problems are two docks loading (one has a corrupted installer and I'm too lazy to get rid of it so I just close it) and the other problem is I need to launch explorer and get a start bar back to change the language settings when they default on me because I'm running a french laptop in english... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Yeah you just patched all of Vista's bugs by changing the taskbar around and modding some programs. Fail. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daksfamus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 my vista is customized, as I said above, the good thing about mine (which has changed a lot since the description above because I'm trying to see how convinving of an OSX clone I can make, is that by not using explorer.exe and running a new shell (geoshell custom) I save between 100 and 200 megs of ram, and do a lot more, I'm actually trying make my boot screen the movie from OSX because I have the ram, my current biggest problems are two docks loading (one has a corrupted installer and I'm too lazy to get rid of it so I just close it) and the other problem is I need to launch explorer and get a start bar back to change the language settings when they default on me because I'm running a french laptop in english... if your having troubles with your ram exp: not having enough, go to the thread i made and go the the intermediate sections, it will tell you how to use every last drop of ram. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 you did absolutely no tweaks to it. if you want to pimp vista or xp the way it should work, go to the thread i made. that shows you how to pimp vista/xp. I did no external tweaks, I did however change the default uxtheme files to patched ones to be able to use 3rd party themes in Vista without the use of say Windowsblinds, there is the tweaking. Not tweaked for better performance, but for visuals. I never said I made Vista perform better, or fixed some issues with Vista. All I did was completely cosmetic. Doesn't seem like your interested in helping people here, but more in advertising your thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daksfamus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 the topic title says, "how it should work." you didn't change any setting, you only changed appearance. topic title should be different then shouldn't it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I got vista the way I like it, with no extra resources being used, and I like it. Didn't use any external programs for the theme, just some tweaks, and got it to this. thats nice how did you do that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 the topic title says, "how it should work." you didn't change any setting, you only changed appearance. topic title should be different then shouldn't it? He also did no performance improvements to Vista, only made Vista look better, and more accessible. To change appearance without the use of a third party app, you have to change out files, and settings. The setting, is the visual style being used, and like I said before, changing the uxtheme files in Windows. It's not hard. =] And also, taken from the first post. I'd love to see if anyone else has pimped Vista or OSx to exceed the function/prettiness of the released versions! Booya.amantheboy, I used this little tweak guide to use thems. http://www.guimods.com/tutorial-how-to-ins...-visual-styles/ It's really easy to do, and SP1 friendly. Getting the permissions for the few files is a bit annoying...But, easy to do. The wallpaper is from the Fleur-de-lys visual package. The theme is Transblack http://invaderjohn.deviantart.com/ar...AL-v1-82914600 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118717-pimp-vista-to-how-it-should-work/#findComment-854935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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