Vista Basic Home

[will_s]

Well just went to the Microsoft site to see the differences and found that
windows aero or whatever its called wont be available in that package. From
what I have seen I reckon if you have XP it will be a complete waste of
money to go to Vista Basic Home Edition. Now I would assume that this has
been discussed previously in this group but I only read a handful of posts.


I most probably will go to the next version up or stay with XP and it will
depend on the Australian price. I guess a malicious streak in me hopes the
hackers really get stuck into Vista and costs MS heaps of money

 

[Chad Harris]

You can force Aero into VBH.

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\CompositionPolicy 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'

Also see:
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/archive/2005/10/26/15036.aspx

CH

 

[Jelle]

Chad Harris schreef:

You can force Aero into VBH.

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\CompositionPolicy 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'

Also see:
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/archive/2005/10/26/15036.aspx

CH

That is the best post i have seen here? You are not going to tell me one
can enable also in Home Basic: RDP ?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Not likey....

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| Well just went to the Microsoft site to see the differences and found that
| windows aero or whatever its called wont be available in that package. From
| what I have seen I reckon if you have XP it will be a complete waste of
| money to go to Vista Basic Home Edition. Now I would assume that this has
| been discussed previously in this group but I only read a handful of posts.
|
|
| I most probably will go to the next version up or stay with XP and it will
| depend on the Australian price. I guess a malicious streak in me hopes the
| hackers really get stuck into Vista and costs MS heaps of money
|

 

[William]

I tried what you suggested and it did work. I got Aero in Home Basic,
but not Aero Glass.

 

[Chad Harris]

RDP?

It's "limited" in Vista Home and VHBasic.

Vista Edition Features
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=195652,00.asp

CH

 

[Jared]

What do you mean "Limited"?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"I reckon if you have XP it will be a complete waste of money to go to Vista
Basic Home Edition."
Possibly, but if so, it is because $ were spent on the upgrade without doing
a little research in advance.

As with any operating system upgrade, it should only be done when the owner
has determined there will be appropriate benefit.
Upgrading simply because a new operating system is available has never been
a good reason.

Windows XP will probably be supported for at least the next several years.
Most will probably upgrade when getting Vista with a new computer.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Mainstream support for XP Pro is scheduled to end two years after the date
of general public availability of Vista (Jan 30, 2009) and extended support
will end five years after the end of mainstream support (Jan 30 of 2014).

See: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223

Mainstream support for XP Home is scheduled to end on Jan 30, 2009 the same
as XP Pro, but extended support for consumer products is only three years,
so extended support for Home may end as early as Jan 30, 2012. The table
for Home only lists the end of mainstream support.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I expect those dates to change.
Partly because I expect SP-3 and also so many will be using Windows XP and
will demand an extension if Microsoft tries to stop support that soon.
But we shall have to wait and see.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org

 

[Jelle]

Chad Harris schreef:

RDP?

It's "limited" in Vista Home and VHBasic.

Vista Edition Features
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=195652,00.asp

CH

Of course, but question is, is there a way to enable the full mode RDP,
where you could enter your Home basic pc from anothere computer, like
you could with Ultimate?

 

[Jelle]

William schreef:

I tried what you suggested and it did work. I got Aero in Home Basic,
but not Aero Glass.

I tried it too, installed a fresh copy for it just to test, and
nothing!! The registry values were already like that. I searched my ass
off on Google for a "hack" but failed. It sure cannot be that hard to
enable Aero and Flip3D and all? Would save me 50 euros at the very least
for not going to Home Premium, a version i dont want cause I hate to pay
for MediaCenter.


So tell me William, what did you get to wokr? Aero you say, but there is
already an Aero basic theme in H Basic...? Did you get Flip3D and
animated thumbnails to work? Did you test it in Home Basic?