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Make XP look like vista for free!(n
Name: asdf21 Date: May 15, 2007 at 12:08:57 Pacific OS: Win xp pro CPU/Ram: Sempron 1.6ghz
Name: XpUser Date: May 15, 2007 at 18:26:04 Pacific
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What's wrong with how XP look? Don't you have better things to do?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: May 15, 2007 at 19:29:47 Pacific
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I've found ClearType a worthwhile improvement for LCD monitors but most of the rest looks like eye candy.
DerekW
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Response Number 4
Name: Sabertooth Date: May 15, 2007 at 22:02:18 Pacific
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"Why would I want to make WinXP look like WinME 2?"
Ain't nuthin' wrong with faking the funk - eh!
"I've found ClearType a worthwhile improvement for LCD monitors but most of the rest looks like eye candy"
I do not see a difference between the "ClearType" in XP & the one in Vista.
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Response Number 5
Name: Derek Date: May 16, 2007 at 07:17:32 Pacific
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Re #4.
Yeah, you've made me look again at ClearType...
Initially I felt I was able to make a marginal improvement when I downloaded that Power Toy some time back. It introduces a ClearType Tuning applet, which enables you to tweak it to compromise between clarity, contrast and bleeding between characters.
However, I have to admit that the real improvement was by invoking XP's built in ClearType in the first place.
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