MarvinMar

MarvinMar

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Reply to Ten Cool Things about Vista you may not have heard of in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

I have been using Vista since beta I have Vista Ultimate. While I love my Vista, there are some complaints. This thing about Wireless being better is crap. It always "Just Worked" for me in XP In vista, I have had several experiances with Vista on Laptops that would connect but sit in "Local Only" mode. Even if we lowered the security mode to Private Network, it would stay in Local Only and the internet would not be available. Even after applying a MS Hotfix for this. Als

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Reply to Great How-To: Turn an Old Xbox into a Media Center in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Sure you can still play games on it. After you mod or softmod it, you can also play "Backup" games. And if you go the route of adding a large hard drive, you can rip your games onto the drive and not have to get the disks out anymore. Many games are actualy 1 gig or less. Also, be sure to grab the MC 360 skin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGgXOPPWLW8 Search youtube for MC360 for more info. MC360 is included in most builds of XBMC now

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Reply to Hunting for DX ideas in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I would like to have a animated WINDOW. Like a Kitchen Window, or Living room Window that was animated to the curent weather. Not the whole desktop, just a portion. So it looked like a real window with outside view. Same deal with an animated Fireplace (I used to do this stuff with Active Desktop, but that ate alot of resources.) Also, A picture frame like the one in Harry Potter of the Harry's dancing parents would be cool. (Really just a framed video clip I guess

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