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    Windows 7 Win7 can't use a lossless PNG or BMP as the Background, It makes it a lossy jpg!!

    Exactly how it works. Even older versions of windows were able to use Bitmaps which are uncompressed and lossless. Here's all the images I am currently cycling with the PNG's too. Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire
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    Windows 7 Win7 can't use a lossless PNG or BMP as the Background, It makes it a lossy jpg!!

    I just opened all the PNG's in my cycle folder and re-saved them as 1 compression JPG's in Paint Shop pro. Seems to work as when I change it the Jpg in the C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder is the same size as the newly saved one ie +1.5 megs. This is a dumb issue...
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    Windows 7 Win7 can't use a lossless PNG or BMP as the Background, It makes it a lossy jpg!!

    I don't know why this happens but setting a perfect lossless PNG as a windows background does not yield that same image windows uses as the background. Somewhere along the line windows seems to re-save it as a jpg with lots of artifacts and jaggies before using it as wallpaper. Is there some...
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    Windows 7 Removing "group by" functionality in Save/Open Dialogs?

    I am looking to PERMANENTLY disable the "group by" functionality of Windows 7 (64bit) in Program Open and Save dialogs. I have already disabled it in explorer. Any help on removing this "feature" and perhaps a way to make open/save dialogs remember their last view and sort options would be...
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    Windows 7 Docking toolbars in Windows 7

    Since this thread was bumped I will update. I have basically given in to M$'s absurdity and have only my task bar but docked and hidden on the right side. I think it works out well! The bottom of the screen is a bad place for it anyways. A list view of running programs instead of a long bar...
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    Windows 7 Is there a program to disable peripherals?

    Some of my games don't like me having 3 game controllers connected to my computer. Is there a program that can disable hardware peripherals from USB or other within windows avoiding device manager and unplugging my USB's? Gog.com's release of interstate76 arsenal freaks out.
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    Windows 7 Need Help installing VFAPI Codec

    Thank you for the helpful reply. I have seen the pages you linked before and want to post on the doom9 forums but they have required a 5 day wait after registering to post. I may give the WinXP mode a try.
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    Windows 7 Need Help installing VFAPI Codec

    Link Removed due to 404 Error The Vfapi Codec is an old Frameserver that is used in video encoding. It hasn't been updated for years but under older OS's has served its purposes flawlessly. Now with Win7 I can open and run the program with compatibility mode and make Vfapi files. However, I...
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    Windows 7 Forcing Move/Copy to always show full details?

    Thanks for the reply. Guess it is just a matter of waiting to see if it gets added.
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Grinding/4sec hang when Simple Tasks are Performed

    Maybe I should clarify. There is no actual "grinding" going on. It is just a term I use for when a hard drive is in full solid LED Activity vs light access of the disk. So I right click to copy a link.. HD LED SOLID......3-4 seconds later it goes off and the menu pop's up. It is happening at...
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    Windows 7 Win7 or Win XP

    The way I use my computer I have found very little benefit to win7 over XP. The ability to rename files without the extension being highlighted so far is the best thing I have found. Whats is annoying me in 7 is - the new volume control. Over an hour to get my MPC to output passthrough...
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    Windows 7 Forcing Move/Copy to always show full details?

    Every time I move files or copy files I find myself clicking the more details switch. Is there a way to just have more details open by default? On a separate note is that blue fade image able to be changed?
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Grinding/4sec hang when Simple Tasks are Performed

    A little Update. I just installed Google Sketchup and while working on it for the last few hours going though various menu's and save dialogues it has done the 3 second grind more then a dozen times. The program is installed on a drive separate from my windows. If GSU caches or has alot of...
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Grinding/4sec hang when Simple Tasks are Performed

    Here you go The drive temp should be around 30 C.. Its directly next to the other drive that is 30 C and they feel the same to the touch. Never knew the hour count on the drive before. 28k isnt SOOO bad. Would you like any other utilities run on it? Or post the info from the other drives...
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    What do you want out of your OS?

    Not sure If I wrote the title of this discussion correctly. Let me try some other ways "What should my OS do for me?" "What do I expect from an OS?" "How involved with my everyday is my OS?" "My OS is trying to rule me" My basic argument (which may or may not be an argument) is that...
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