Comments on: CyberNotes: Vista Program Compatibility Mode http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chrishttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-153941 Chris Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:35:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-153941 It's all fine and dandy, but Microsoft made sure compatibility mode could NOT BE SET PER EXECUTABLE, but rather knowing the full path of the app.In other words, you simply can't set a portable app to run in compatibility mode... It has to be specified every time you run it, be it from a USB key or a CD drive... A major hassle for end-users, who must manually set it every time they load the app on a different computer, or from a different location on their computer (Yeah right, you still believe you actually own 'My Computer'?) !I hate Microsoft with a passion for its big brother attitude. It's pure MCP evil... It’s all fine and dandy, but Microsoft made sure compatibility mode could NOT BE SET PER EXECUTABLE, but rather knowing the full path of the app.

In other words, you simply can’t set a portable app to run in compatibility mode… It has to be specified every time you run it, be it from a USB key or a CD drive… A major hassle for end-users, who must manually set it every time they load the app on a different computer, or from a different location on their computer (Yeah right, you still believe you actually own ‘My Computer’?) !

I hate Microsoft with a passion for its big brother attitude. It’s pure MCP evil…

]]> By: ceshttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-147627 ces Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:59:21 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-147627 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: perfect :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
perfect

]]> By: Splanerhttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-146816 Splaner Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:21:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-146816 Think the compatability mode will work for HP scanners. I have a friend that is running Vista and his HP Scanner is blind now. And, of course, there are no supported Vista drivers for the scanner. Think the compatability mode will work for HP scanners. I have a friend that is running Vista and his HP Scanner is blind now. And, of course, there are no supported Vista drivers for the scanner.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-131390 Ryan Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:14:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-131390 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-131348" rel="nofollow">Lashiec wrote:</a><blockquote>Did you run some benchmarks or simple tests (like using FRAPS to see the fps counter) to see what are the gains in games by disabling visual effects in Vista?</blockquote></div> No I didn't, but when Aero is disabled it frees up about 40MB of RAM, and I would also guess that the amount of processing is greatly reduced. It may not benefit every game, but I don't see how it could hurt to disable them. Lashiec wrote:
Did you run some benchmarks or simple tests (like using FRAPS to see the fps counter) to see what are the gains in games by disabling visual effects in Vista?

No I didn’t, but when Aero is disabled it frees up about 40MB of RAM, and I would also guess that the amount of processing is greatly reduced. It may not benefit every game, but I don’t see how it could hurt to disable them.

]]> By: kvascolahttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-131353 kvascola Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:50:23 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-131353 hmm games already can disable aero because of using much memory. for example while playing a "hard" game push Start button if it supports. hmm games already can disable aero because of using much memory. for example while playing a “hard” game push Start button if it supports.

]]> By: Lashiechttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-131348 Lashiec Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:48:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/#comment-131348 Did you run some benchmarks or simple tests (like using FRAPS to see the fps counter) to see what are the gains in games by disabling visual effects in Vista? Did you run some benchmarks or simple tests (like using FRAPS to see the fps counter) to see what are the gains in games by disabling visual effects in Vista?

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