What "Advanced" button?

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Try Step 3. Click on the link at the bottom and then click on the
"Advanced" button, just like it shows in step 4.
 
It's exactly where indicated.
If you have Vista Basic my guess is you don't have the advanced options.
 
I tried it and I' ve got a button. Are you using 64-bit Vista? I see that
website is dedicated to 64-bit. So maybe that's the issue?
 
ToddAndMargo said:
(e-mail address removed) wrote:
Try Step 3. Click on the link at the bottom and then click on the
"Advanced" button, just like it shows in step 4.
Click to expand...

Do you mean the one called "Open classic appearance properties for
more color options" in step 3?

On my Vista Ultimate, when I click on "Windows Color and Appearance",
it goes straight to what you see in step 4. I don't get the
color palette.

But on my customer's machines, I just get the color palette I see in
step 3. Don't remember see any advanced button.

Is this behavior different on the different Vista versions?

-T
 
ToddAndMargo said:
(e-mail address removed) wrote:
Try Step 3. Click on the link at the bottom and then click on the
"Advanced" button, just like it shows in step 4.
Click to expand...

Do you mean the one called "Open classic appearance properties for
more color options" in step 3?

On my Vista Ultimate, when I click on "Windows Color and Appearance",
it goes straight to what you see in step 4. I don't get the
color palette.

But on my customer's machines, I just get the color palette I see in
step 3. Don't remember see any advanced button.

Is this behavior different on the different Vista versions?

-T
 
ToddAndMargo said:
(e-mail address removed) wrote:
Try Step 3. Click on the link at the bottom and then click on the
"Advanced" button, just like it shows in step 4.
Click to expand...

Do you mean the one called "Open classic appearance properties for
more color options" in step 3?

On my Vista Ultimate, when I click on "Windows Color and Appearance",
it goes straight to what you see in step 4. I don't get the
color palette.

But on my customer's machines, I just get the color palette I see in
step 3. Don't remember see any advanced button.

Is this behavior different on the different Vista versions?

-T
 
DP said:
I tried it and I' ve got a button. Are you using 64-bit Vista? I see
that website is dedicated to 64-bit. So maybe that's the issue?
Click to expand...

I am using 32 bit. I thought these direction would be similar.

What is funny, is that it seems to be different on various 32
bit Vistas. Mine (32 bit Ultimate) bypasses the color
pallet completely
 
It's exactly where indicated.
If you have Vista Basic my guess is you don't have the advanced options.
Click to expand...

I am using "Ultimate". I don't even get step 3. I jump
straight to step 4, which is what I want.

Problem is, I don't seem to get to step 4 at all at
customer sites -- just step 3.

:'(
 
ToddAndMargo said:
I am using 32 bit. I thought these direction would be similar.

What is funny, is that it seems to be different on various 32
bit Vistas. Mine (32 bit Ultimate) bypasses the color
pallet completely
Click to expand...

I am using 32bit Ultimate. I get the same results as the page you directed
me to. I dunno why the difference. Someone with a higher pay grade than
mine will probably know.
 
Do you have Aero turned on?

And what about your video card? Does it have a lot of muscle?
 
DP said:
Do you have Aero turned on?
Click to expand...

No Clue. How do I turn it on?
And what about your video card? Does it have a lot of muscle?
Click to expand...

My video card is a fake video card supplied by my
virtual machine. Vista thinks it is a "Virtual
Box Video Adapter". I do believe the max
fake video memory is 128 meg. (I should probably
as Virtual Box to increase this.)

My actual video card is an "eVGA nVidia e-GeForce
7600 KO 256MB DDR3 PCI-Express x16 Dual DVI
Video Adapter". It has a lot of horse power.

-T

Right now I am running Linux on as my host,
XP in a virtual window, and Vista in another
virtual window. I am a true "Power User"!
(It can be a bit confusing at times, so I
typically try to only run one instance/version
of Windows a time.)

And, since Linux thinks my virtual machines
are just a large file on the hard drive, I
can back EVERYTHING up by making a copy
of that file. Cool stuff. Takes
about 6 minutes to accomplish.
Restores in the same amount of time.
 
I've been messing around with running XP Home in a virtual machine on Vista
64 bit, using MS's Virtual PC. Pretty cool. The real machine (not the
virtual one) also dual boots to Win XP Pro 64-bit. So, I'm a power user too.
If I can find a version of Linux that EASILY installs into Virtual PC, I'll
give that a shot as well.

Now, maybe the fact that your Vista computer is a virtual one may be the
issue here. The video card capability is pretty limited inside virtual
machines. According to my limited understanding, the software you use to
virtualize creates a not-very-powerful "fake" video card, which is your
case, as I understand it. Maybe that fake card can't handle the "advanced"
settings.

BTW: You might have gotten useful advice quicker if you'd said at the outset
that this was Vista running in a virtual machine. Not lecturing; only
suggesting. The more details the better when you post.
 
ToddAndMargo said:
No Clue. How do I turn it on?
Click to expand...



The very same page that you first alluded to (the one that doesn't have the
Advanced button) should offer Aero under "Color Scheme" (lower left side of
that page). In my case, Windows Aero is the very first option at the top of
the list of color schemes. If it doesn't show up, then maybe your virtual
video card is not deemed powerful enough to handle Aero, and therefore the
Advanced options.
 
DP said:
The very same page that you first alluded to (the one that doesn't have
the Advanced button) should offer Aero under "Color Scheme" (lower left
side of that page). In my case, Windows Aero is the very first option
at the top of the list of color schemes. If it doesn't show up, then
maybe your virtual video card is not deemed powerful enough to handle
Aero, and therefore the Advanced options.
Click to expand...

Thank you! I wondered how that was done.

It only shows "Vista Basic". Which explains why I can see the top
part of my windows. (Those vanishing/transparent tops confuse me,
as I have to actually search for the top of my windows. "Where
is the stinkin' "X")

Maybe the next iteration of Virtual Box will have a better video
card. They update every two months. There is a lot of programming
happing in Virtual Box. It just gets better and better.

-T
 
Go Away, Bad Monkey Imposter, Just FYI.

I am using 32bit Ultimate. I get the same results as the page you
directed me to. I dunno why the difference. Someone with a higher pay
grade than mine will probably know.
Click to expand...
 
I cant believe on this endless thread of people who dont know what they are
talking about!!!!

Virtual machines DO NOT SUPPORT AERO 3d !!! Perhaps in the future but not
now...
YOU ARE LIMITED TO NON AERO 3d, this means you can use aero basic and
classic themes...

IF YOU WANT to use AERO 3d in a virtual machine it is possible, only if:

1) you are running Vista with aero 3d enabled on the HOST
2) You enable the remote desktop on the CLIENT
3) You log on to the CLIENT from the Remote Desktop Client on the HOST

in other words you will be using the RDP client to view the destop of the
VM client.

in this case aero3d will be enabled.

I have done this.
 
cheen said:
I cant believe on this endless thread of people who dont know what they are
talking about!!!!
Click to expand...

I can't believe what a RETARD you are. Just FYI. You can't believe that
people don't know everything about Vista? Just FYI.

That is why they come here you PUTZ. People need information and you just
keep playing with yourself. Just FYI. Now put that tiny little thing away
and grow up.

Just FYI
 
Go Away, Bad Monkey Imposter, Just FYI.
Click to expand...

OK. You talked him into it. I spoke with him and he will go away. Thank
you for the suggestion. Just FYI.

Just FYI. Remember to capitalize your sentences. Just FYI

Just FYI
 
I've been messing around with running XP Home in a virtual machine on
Vista 64 bit, using MS's Virtual PC. Pretty cool. The real machine (not
the virtual one) also dual boots to Win XP Pro 64-bit. So, I'm a power
user too. If I can find a version of Linux that EASILY installs into
Virtual PC, I'll give that a shot as well.
Click to expand...

I use CentOS (www.centos.org), a clone of Red Hat enterprise Linux,
as my host. This because I need "Enterprise" level quality to
support my Linux servers out there (I have w2k0 and w2k3
servers out there as well, so no one get their feeling hurt!)

You may wish to consider using Linux as your host. With the open
source dump/restore utility you can back up EVERYTHING on your
hard drive: no registry, hidden files, file locks, system files,
hidden files to worry about. You also get a self healing/journaling
file system. And you get about 50% more performance on the same hardware
as XP (100% more than Vista?). Extra performance on the host is
valuable when you suffer from the performance hits of a virtual machine.

I "love" my set up. I get the best of both the MS and the Linux
worlds.

Oh! Virtual Box (http://www.virtualbox.org/) is now supporting
the VT-X hardware features. Warning: you have to re-enable
it every update to Virtual Box.

My next virtual project: create a virtual machine for ReactOS
(an open source XP clone). This could come in useful if
my customers can not make the XP, Vista transition, due to
program incompatibilities and performance issues (Vista currently
being 50% slower that XP) and XP becomes no longer obtainable.
(I don't see ReactOS going anywhere, unless MS removes XP from
the market.)


Now, maybe the fact that your Vista computer is a virtual one may be the
issue here. The video card capability is pretty limited inside virtual
machines. According to my limited understanding, the software you use to
virtualize creates a not-very-powerful "fake" video card, which is your
case, as I understand it. Maybe that fake card can't handle the
"advanced" settings.
Click to expand...


Sounds like you called it. Vista still runs well in the
virtual machine. It may even run better without the fancy stuff.


BTW: You might have gotten useful advice quicker if you'd said at the
outset that this was Vista running in a virtual machine. Not lecturing;
only suggesting. The more details the better when you post.
Click to expand...



The trick is to give just the right amount of info. Give too
little and you don't get a good answer. Give too much and
the responders will sometimes go off on tangents, especially
if you use the phrase "I do not have a v-i-r-u-s". You get tons of
links to anti virus sites.
 
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