Comments on: CyberNotes: Vista Program Compatibility Mode http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ces http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/comment-page-1/#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:
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]]> By: Splaner http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/comment-page-1/#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: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/comment-page-1/#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: kvascola http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/comment-page-1/#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: Lashiec http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-vista-program-compatibility-mode/comment-page-1/#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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