Retarded Vista theme change

Ace Gamer · 10-18-2008, 08:31 AM

Hey guys,

This has been happening for a while now, even before i reformatted. Whenever you right click something in Vista, the stuff you highlight in the menu is all sky-blue coloured and see-through. But whenever i right click on any icon, it goes all XP style. Im not sure how to upload images (LOL) because it says 'enter URL' and the image is on my desktop...Yes i am a noob at using the settings here...

Ive done a full spyware scan and a quick virus scan and both have come up clean. I only reformatted like, last week, so i hope i dont need to reformat again.

Any ideas?

My PC has been having so many problems lately, its like it has a personal vendetta against me and never wants me to use it, lol.

Thanks a lot,
AG

Shizakapay · 10-18-2008, 09:14 AM

Vista tends to disable Aero if something you do isn't compatible (usually a program). Since it's just happening on the menu click, maybe check the video drivers.

Ace Gamer · 10-20-2008, 10:28 AM

Thanks for the reply. I tried reinstalling the same drivers and different drivers but noticed no change. To be honest, my HDD has been acting up ever since i bought it, even on a clean install of Vista it takes ages to open some files - the setup of 'CellFactor Revolution' took about half an hour to OPEN, let alone install. COD4 took 2 hours to install the other day. So i might buy a new HDD, probably a WD since they are reliable and fast, and reinstall Windows on that. Clean install on a clean HDD.

Thanks,
AG

Shizakapay · 10-27-2008, 09:39 AM

Unless you're wanting a Velociraptor, I'd recommend looking at Seagate. Personally, I've had several WD drives kick the bucket. Never understood why everyone loves them....

That does sound like some sort of HDD issue though. Even a 5400RPM drive shouldn't be that slow.

Contagious Rage · 10-27-2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shizakapay

Personally, I've had several WD drives kick the bucket. Never understood why everyone loves them....

Because of the 10 or so WD drives I've purchased over the last decade all of them are still alive and kicking. Most recently I've been loving my new SE16 640GB because of its top notch 7200RPM performance, very nice noise levels, and equally impressive low power consumption.

I'm still expecting to get a bad WD drive any day now because that's pretty much an inevitability with ordering enough computer components (especially when they involve mechanical parts), but fortunately it hasn't happened yet.

Ace Gamer · 10-28-2008, 01:48 PM

At first I was looking at a WD Caviar Blue 250GB for $70, but just before i read your reply Shiz, i found out about the substantial numbers of WD HDDs breaking nowadays. I actually chose a Seagate instead of the WD, a 500GB model with 32MB cache for $80. I want to get away from my Maxtor, the number of those going down the tubes is shocking from what ive read.

Thanks,
AG

Shizakapay · 10-28-2008, 02:23 PM

Just keep in mind, Seagate does own Maxtor. Don't know how joined at the hip they are, but that's the fact.

I actually just bought that same hard drive today too

Contagious: It's crazy, that's what I hear from every WD fan, but it always completely counters what I've experienced. My dealing with Seagate is the same as your WD experience - they last forever. I guess everyone's bound to have ****ty luck with a company.

Ace Gamer · 10-28-2008, 07:11 PM

I didnt know that Seagate owns Maxtor...bleh. Maybe Seagate makes good ones and Maxtor is the more budget oriented HDDs? Heh thats me hoping.

Its weird how Ive got 2 Maxtor drives - a 200GB one that came with my original gamer PC back in 2005 (7800GT...LOL) which hasnt given me any hiccups at all and one i bought for $60, what, 5 months ago, which is giving me hell. Meh i guess your right Shiz, everyone has to have at least one bad experience with hardware. Just a shame PC hardware is expensive!

AG

suneelkumar85 · 09-17-2009, 09:50 AM

First of all there are 4 different types of Windows Vistas. Second of all you need to meet the minimum requirements of each Vista to be able to run that OS on your PC. At the moment I would say not everyone is capable of using VISTA because their computer are not strong enough to run it in terms of hardware. This is why it takes a new OS a few years to kick in and be a more common OS.But for the computer nerd and experimentalist Vista is way worth it tons of cool **** you can do with it, but all the nerds already know that because they are nerds.
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