vista taskbar question

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

so I think I finally found out my vista problem, there is a bios flash that addresses some batery and fan issues with this laptop, this might do the trick, so far it's been a few days and no freezing or blue screens

that's another thread, I picked up a new laptop for traveling, this one has 3 gigs of memory, is REALLY fast and, the fastest smoothest computer I've used to date, butter smooth

now for the question, the taskbar has a cool version of that mac taskbar where my icons get big and a mini version of what the tab is, it's really cool

is this an option I can enable on my old vista laptop?

DwarfData · January 11th, 2008

Is it possible that it has ObjectDock installed? This is a program available from StarDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by DwarfData

Is it possible that it has ObjectDock installed? This is a program available from StarDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock

I think I found it, it's in the properties applet of the start menue, I in the task bar tab it's "show windows previews"

I can't be certain that's the feature though, for two reasons;

first, on my original visat box the option is grayed out, does anyone know what that is and how to I get the option available?

and second, the option is not cheched in my second vista so I don't know what's gonna happen when I check it and reboot

these are both media center home vista versions

**Dark Atheist** · January 11th, 2008

show previews will do just that show you a little preview of what ever you are running in a little window when you hover over the bar at the bottom of the screen, think its an aero feature and if the card isn't up to it it wont allow you to do it

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by Carpo

show previews will do just that show you a little preview of what ever you are running in a little window when you hover over the bar at the bottom of the screen, think its an aero feature and if the card isn't up to it it wont allow you to do it

my second box doesn't have aero and I'm pretty sure my first box has a pretty good vido card

will check under performance for a performance/visual option

DwarfData · January 11th, 2008

Perris,

Can you get a screenshot from your machine with the taskbar so we can see what you mean.

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by DwarfData

Perris,

Can you get a screenshot from your machine with the taskbar so we can see what you mean.

ya, will boot it up in a few minutes

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by Carpo

show previews will do just that show you a little preview of what ever you are running in a little window when you hover over the bar at the bottom of the screen, think its an aero feature and if the card isn't up to it it wont allow you to do it

the card is a nvidia geforce 6150...is this a good card?...is it capable of this feature?

I just went to performance and all visual options are already checked so there's nothing in there for me to turn on

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by DwarfData

Perris,

Can you get a screenshot from your machine with the taskbar so we can see what you mean.

here ya go

you'll see bookmarks launched on the desktop, then you see a mini bookmark just above the taskbar as I hover over the tab

**Dark Atheist** · January 11th, 2008

yes that's showing the show previews option

**perris** · January 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by Carpo

yes that's showing the show previews option

still wondering why it's on my new box without the option checked and why I can't check the option on my old box

**Dark Atheist** · January 11th, 2008

puzzling, isnt there an option in the control panel for windows to test the pc to see what it can or cant do ?

**unknownsoul** · January 11th, 2008

I have vista business on my compy at work, and it doesn't allow that option to be checked, but on my lappy I have vista home premium and it allows it even without the areo gui running. my laptops is one of those hp 'vista compatible' laptops that can't run the new gui.

**Dark Atheist** · January 11th, 2008

120dpi on a laptop?? dont that make things a bit large, mind you im told i should use that dpi res on my pc as its conneced to a tv

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx - unless its basic you dont get aero, only other thing i can think of is drivers

**perris** · January 12th, 2008

Originally Posted by perris

so I think I finally found out my vista problem, there is a bios flash that addresses some batery and fan issues with this laptop, this might do the trick, so far it's been a few days and no freezing or blue screens

that's another thread, I picked up a new laptop for traveling, this one has 3 gigs of memory, is REALLY fast and, the fastest smoothest computer I've used to date, butter smooth

now for the question, the taskbar has a cool version of that mac taskbar where my icons get big and a mini version of what the tab is, it's really cool

is this an option I can enable on my old vista laptop?

I guess it wasn't avaiable because I wasn't in the vista theme, I have the feature going now

sadly, my bios upgrade did not fix my bluescreen problem, am sending the box back next week

**Dark Atheist** · January 12th, 2008

**LeeJend** · January 12th, 2008

Originally Posted by perris

I guess it wasn't avaiable because I wasn't in the vista theme, I have the feature going now

sadly, my bios upgrade did not fix my bluescreen problem, am sending the box back next week

My memory is going. Is the blue screen recent or have you had it since you got the box? The reason I ask is the SP RC totally cratered my laptop, blue screen after 20 seconds on every boot. I had to uninstall it. So if you installed the SP RC it could bethe culprit.

**perris** · January 12th, 2008

Originally Posted by LeeJend

My memory is going. Is the blue screen recent or have you had it since you got the box? The reason I ask is the SP RC totally cratered my laptop, blue screen after 20 seconds on every boot. I had to uninstall it. So if you installed the SP RC it could bethe culprit.

mine's been bad since day one

**LeeJend** · January 12th, 2008

Tried the SP RC? Not that I recommend it after my experiece. It can be fairly easily removed if it makes things worse.

**perris** · January 12th, 2008

Originally Posted by LeeJend

Tried the SP RC? Not that I recommend it after my experiece. It can be fairly easily removed if it makes things worse.

it's still loading, I ususally don't install any sp's for a few weeks after they're released

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	vista taskbar question so I think I finally found out my vista problem, there is a bios flash that addresses some batery and fan issues with this laptop, this might do the trick, so far it's been a few days and no freezing or blue screens that's another thread, I picked up a new laptop for traveling, this one has 3 gigs of memory, is REALLY fast and, the fastest smoothest computer I've used to date, butter smooth now for the question, the taskbar has a cool version of that mac taskbar where my icons get big and a mini version of what the tab is, it's really cool is this an option I can enable on my old vista laptop? IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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DwarfData OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 135 Reputation: 80 Power: 103	Re: vista taskbar question Is it possible that it has ObjectDock installed? This is a program available from StarDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by DwarfData Is it possible that it has ObjectDock installed? This is a program available from StarDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock I think I found it, it's in the properties applet of the start menue, I in the task bar tab it's "show windows previews" I can't be certain that's the feature though, for two reasons; first, on my original visat box the option is grayed out, does anyone know what that is and how to I get the option available? and second, the option is not cheched in my second vista so I don't know what's gonna happen when I check it and reboot these are both media center home vista versions IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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Dark Atheist OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: April 2003 Location: In The Void Posts: 6,373 Blog Entries: 9 Reputation: 1877 Power: 193	Re: vista taskbar question show previews will do just that show you a little preview of what ever you are running in a little window when you hover over the bar at the bottom of the screen, think its an aero feature and if the card isn't up to it it wont allow you to do it

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by Carpo show previews will do just that show you a little preview of what ever you are running in a little window when you hover over the bar at the bottom of the screen, think its an aero feature and if the card isn't up to it it wont allow you to do it my second box doesn't have aero and I'm pretty sure my first box has a pretty good vido card will check under performance for a performance/visual option IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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January 11th, 2008	Top \| #6
DwarfData OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 135 Reputation: 80 Power: 103	Re: vista taskbar question Perris, Can you get a screenshot from your machine with the taskbar so we can see what you mean.

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by DwarfData Perris, Can you get a screenshot from your machine with the taskbar so we can see what you mean. ya, will boot it up in a few minutes IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by Carpo show previews will do just that show you a little preview of what ever you are running in a little window when you hover over the bar at the bottom of the screen, think its an aero feature and if the card isn't up to it it wont allow you to do it the card is a nvidia geforce 6150...is this a good card?...is it capable of this feature? I just went to performance and all visual options are already checked so there's nothing in there for me to turn on IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by DwarfData Perris, Can you get a screenshot from your machine with the taskbar so we can see what you mean. here ya go you'll see bookmarks launched on the desktop, then you see a mini bookmark just above the taskbar as I hover over the tab Attached Thumbnails IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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Dark Atheist OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: April 2003 Location: In The Void Posts: 6,373 Blog Entries: 9 Reputation: 1877 Power: 193	Re: vista taskbar question yes that's showing the show previews option

January 11th, 2008	Top \| #11
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by Carpo yes that's showing the show previews option still wondering why it's on my new box without the option checked and why I can't check the option on my old box IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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Dark Atheist OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: April 2003 Location: In The Void Posts: 6,373 Blog Entries: 9 Reputation: 1877 Power: 193	Re: vista taskbar question puzzling, isnt there an option in the control panel for windows to test the pc to see what it can or cant do ?

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unknownsoul OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 601 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 220 Power: 110	Re: vista taskbar question I have vista business on my compy at work, and it doesn't allow that option to be checked, but on my lappy I have vista home premium and it allows it even without the areo gui running. my laptops is one of those hp 'vista compatible' laptops that can't run the new gui.

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Dark Atheist OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: April 2003 Location: In The Void Posts: 6,373 Blog Entries: 9 Reputation: 1877 Power: 193	Re: vista taskbar question 120dpi on a laptop?? dont that make things a bit large, mind you im told i should use that dpi res on my pc as its conneced to a tv http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx - unless its basic you dont get aero, only other thing i can think of is drivers

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by perris so I think I finally found out my vista problem, there is a bios flash that addresses some batery and fan issues with this laptop, this might do the trick, so far it's been a few days and no freezing or blue screens that's another thread, I picked up a new laptop for traveling, this one has 3 gigs of memory, is REALLY fast and, the fastest smoothest computer I've used to date, butter smooth now for the question, the taskbar has a cool version of that mac taskbar where my icons get big and a mini version of what the tab is, it's really cool is this an option I can enable on my old vista laptop? I guess it wasn't avaiable because I wasn't in the vista theme, I have the feature going now sadly, my bios upgrade did not fix my bluescreen problem, am sending the box back next week IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by perris I guess it wasn't avaiable because I wasn't in the vista theme, I have the feature going now sadly, my bios upgrade did not fix my bluescreen problem, am sending the box back next week My memory is going. Is the blue screen recent or have you had it since you got the box? The reason I ask is the SP RC totally cratered my laptop, blue screen after 20 seconds on every boot. I had to uninstall it. So if you installed the SP RC it could bethe culprit. Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by LeeJend My memory is going. Is the blue screen recent or have you had it since you got the box? The reason I ask is the SP RC totally cratered my laptop, blue screen after 20 seconds on every boot. I had to uninstall it. So if you installed the SP RC it could bethe culprit. mine's been bad since day one IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Re: vista taskbar question Tried the SP RC? Not that I recommend it after my experiece. It can be fairly easily removed if it makes things worse. Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: vista taskbar question Originally Posted by LeeJend Tried the SP RC? Not that I recommend it after my experiece. It can be fairly easily removed if it makes things worse. it's still loading, I ususally don't install any sp's for a few weeks after they're released IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO