Posted by member 12025 on 2005-09-02 07:34:06 link
Explorer doesn't run, but everything else is pretty much running normally--you'll need to disable apps and services that normally start up, just like if you used explorer for the shell. All you really 'lose' with LS is the desktop and standard taskbar.
If it is severely old (486, original Pentium), though, you may also want to look into the Windows Black Box variants. BBLean or xoblite are hard to beat for old hardware; but, you don't get the kind of control over the interface that LS gives you.
When designing a theme for speed, too, use scripting whenever possible to do multiple actions. MZScript and LSLua are both significantly faster than !execute, and it is a difference that can be felt on older stuff (like a PII box).
If it is severely old (486, original Pentium), though, you may also want to look into the Windows Black Box variants. BBLean or xoblite are hard to beat for old hardware; but, you don't get the kind of control over the interface that LS gives you.
When designing a theme for speed, too, use scripting whenever possible to do multiple actions. MZScript and LSLua are both significantly faster than !execute, and it is a difference that can be felt on older stuff (like a PII box).