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Whatever happened to Windows DreamScene? | |
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| Time: 07:20 EST/12:20 GMT | News Source: TechRadar | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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The Ultimate edition of Vista promised exciting extras and special deals that it never delivered. In contrast, Windows 7 Ultimate edition has all the features of all the other editions, but the stepped approach to the Windows 7 editions means that the much cheaper Professional edition has all the features of Home Premium, so there are far fewer features you can only get from Ultimate. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 9/28/2009 9:57:46 AM |
| But Ultimate was never about extras, despite the fact it was heavily marketed that way. No, it was about creating synergy between your wallet and Microsoft. Rich ecosystem and all that (I think.) Besides, who can complain about paying an extra $100 for MS Stinker, a TrueCrypt clone and moving wallpaper? |
| #2 By 2960 (72.196.201.130) at 9/28/2009 11:49:17 AM |
| It was all just a dream... |
| #3 By 7754 (206.169.247.2) at 9/28/2009 1:38:12 PM |
| #1: My guess is that the extras were a "cool idea" in some brainstorming group within Microsoft during Vista's planning/development which was ultimately (groan) never funded. And now that 7 is coming out, I certainly don't expect any more (not that I really expected more anyhow). You're right--Microsoft sold a "promise" (or implied promise), kept the money, and now pretends the promise didn't exist. There's more to Ultimate than just the extras, but they should take some responsibility for the extras screw up. I think they could atone for it by offering a coupon/additional discount towards a Windows 7 upgrade or something. |
| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 9/28/2009 2:05:25 PM |
| #3: You would think that the least they could do is to test them on W7 and then not uninstall them during a W7 upgrade. I mean, delivering what little they did was bad enough, but to then nuke it all if you upgrade to W7 is just unacceptable. And their excuse of compatibility is lame at best. If Vista drivers work on W7, and software that runs on Vista usually works on W7, why not the Vista Extras? Ridiculous. |
| #5 By 7754 (206.169.247.2) at 9/28/2009 3:53:14 PM |
| #4: yup... compatibility is a very lame excuse--if not disingenuous--especially considering all the attention they give app and driver compatibility with 7. Not that I care about running an animated desktop much anyhow (I never see my desktop since I use all that space for, you know, doing work... :P), but it's a very lame excuse. |
| #6 By 15406 (99.240.77.173) at 9/28/2009 5:54:14 PM |
| #5: I'm willing to bet that someone hacks them into W7 soon enough. |
| #7 By 23275 (68.117.163.128) at 9/29/2009 2:06:34 AM |
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http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/6/1991483/Windows7-DreamScene.rar
The application will copy the file DreamScene.dll to your windows/system32 folder and DreamScene.dll.mui to windows /sytem32/en-us folder. The Dream scene application also adds necessary registry entries to the OS ( either Windows 7/ Vista ) and will seat after a restart . After a restart, Windows vista users should nav to the folder Windows/web, where one can see a newly created folder. Any video or pictures in that folder may be used as a Dream scene. Since Dream scene options have been removed from beta/RC/RTM versions of Windows 7, there is a small change from the above method. On 7 one has to select a suitable video file or picture select set as desktop background from the right click menu to set it as a Dreamscene. Suitable Dreamscene videos may be found here, http://dream.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?c=1 and here, http://www.vistadreams.org/preview and also here, http://www.dreamscene.org/gallery.php |
| #8 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 9/29/2009 7:48:33 AM |
| #7: You're such a hacker, Hacky McHackerson. But seriously, would it have been that hard for MS to certify those? |
| #9 By 23275 (68.117.163.128) at 9/29/2009 12:32:06 PM |
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#8, I agree, they should have made a way to make this very easy, or to preserve the few Ultimate Extras they did ship. Vista Ultimate owners, in this context, got burned twice and it constitutes a real slap in our collective faces.
While I did not buy, or recommend Vista Ultimate based upon "extras" - Microsoft really hosed people. On top of it, Vista Business was not a full super-set of Home Premium - adding more pain to the mix. I wrote extensively about both subjects and identified Vista Business as the real stinker in the mix. They've fixed that in Windows 7. Great, but it does not take the sting out of the slap that they layed down on Vista Ultimate users - potentially their most vocal and active group of supporters. This is just one more example of how badly they intended to hammer this group of users. I'd like the opportunity to ask them a lot of questions about this. I think however, that the answer is much more involved and actually worse... they care a lot less about the channel than they used to - it costs them more to support enthusiasts than it makes them - so it is all about math, accountants, lawyers, and marketing people. It's business, which while I run one, I don't think or act like that. Customers first, last and always. What they did here makes guys like me feel like chumps - despite that, the reason we're here is to help others like us - hence the hack and the posts and the site and the whole dang thing.... which means exactly "duck" to corporations. |
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