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vista showning xp signs
Name: JadeLouise Date: June 3, 2009 at 12:59:19 Pacific OS: Windows Vista Subcategory: Configurations
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my computer is vista but recently its been showing signs of xp or windows 2000 in the loading cursor and also the start bar will be vista then switch to windows 2000 for a while then back to vista. anyway i can stop this? many thanks.
Name: lowhanginghoney Date: June 3, 2009 at 15:05:30 Pacific
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what?
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Response Number 2
Name: kx5m2g Date: June 3, 2009 at 15:21:59 Pacific
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Assuming what you say is really happening, I would run an anti virus and spyware scan, preferably in safe mode.
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Response Number 3
Name: lowhanginghoney Date: June 3, 2009 at 15:43:52 Pacific
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what is a "sign of XP in the loading cursor"?
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Response Number 4
Name: JadeLouise Date: June 4, 2009 at 09:00:06 Pacific
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you know when a page or program is loading and the blue circle come up next to the cursor on vista. well its showing the hourglass instead. which i think is from xp or windows 2000 sorry, i dont think i can explain it much more i dont really understand what the things are called
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Response Number 5
Name: lowhanginghoney Date: June 4, 2009 at 17:00:49 Pacific
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Ah, that makes sense. The spinning blue cirlce in Vista is part of Aero. If yours has been replaced by the old XP hourglass, Vista might be disabling some Aero features because your hardware can't keep up. What is your computer's vista performance rating? It can be found by right-clicking My Computer and selecting Properties.
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Response Number 6
Name: kx5m2g Date: June 4, 2009 at 17:34:30 Pacific
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Vista still displays the spinning blue circle even without Aero. I'm currently using Windows Classic display, and I still see the spinning blue circle.
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Response Number 7
Name: JadeLouise Date: June 4, 2009 at 17:40:02 Pacific
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if you mean the base rating then its 2.0 but its happening in the tool bar aswell. and it happened to my old laptop which was xp and it changed to a windows 98 start bar cant be the internet connection can it i dont see how it could happen on both thanks
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