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LiteStep and Windows Vista? Thread last updated on 2008-10-24 22:59:01

Posted by member 27923 on 2006-10-18 19:02:10

Sorry if this has been posted before, search is broken.

Anyways, simply put like the thread title says, can you use LS with Windows Vista when it comes out?

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-10-18 20:03:54 link

When it comes out? Who knows... it's not out.

Right now? No, it's not fully compatible.

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-10-18 23:35:52 link

My computer won't be compatible with Windows Vista, so it won't be an issue for me for quite some time.

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-10-19 01:06:37 link

I've tried Vista a few times, including the most recent release, and it's disappointing, imo. It seems to mostly tie together stuff - that we can already do - in to one package. It doesn't scream "this is a new OS," to me.

Posted by member 1885 on 2006-10-19 03:11:47 link

I tried one of the betas and, well, I'm not going to have anything to do with Vista again. It's just a more bloated and more annoying version of WinXP. Besides, I like being able to run programs and games on my computer. Why should I let the OS hog all available resources?

Posted by member 93947 on 2006-10-19 12:18:23 link

if you switch off the new glass window decorations its not eating much ressources anymore .. i had pretty much the same fps in wow at least^^
Anyways, i don't believe there will be litestep support ...

Posted by member 1 on 2006-10-19 13:29:14 link

yeah...but we all heard that when 2000 came around and then again for XP.

Posted by member 27923 on 2006-10-19 14:43:02 link

so, Vista is that bad huh? I'm just interested in DirectX10 and the future of games to be honest. But I've been using LS for years now and it would just feel weird if I didn't have it (:

so hopefully devilboi predicts good things

Posted by member 51749 on 2006-11-18 06:53:37 link

tbh, i quite like the vista window system. so whats stopping support for vista?

Posted by member 51749 on 2006-11-19 17:44:06 link

as an update, ive gotten litestep working on vista by running it in win2k compatibility mode. for some reason xp mode doesnt exactly work, but 2k mode does. some modules are iffy still (lsslider for one, something to do with vistas new sound system), so proceed with caution. but it looks good.

Posted by member 70186 on 2006-12-04 13:10:10 link

Could you make a step by step of what you did? I'm not sure how to replace it with explorer.exe, is it simply enough to run the setshell.exe and then put litestep.exe in compatibility mode?

Or should I just wait for a new version?

Posted by member 51749 on 2006-12-04 18:06:57 link

i should mention it doesnt start as a shell, you have to run it manually , which is a pain in the arse. ive searched and searched, but cant find the registry key which invokes the shell.

Posted by member 64163 on 2007-04-10 06:10:12 link

I have litestep running well in Vista and it starts up when it is supposed to. However, I found an issue with shutting down through the step, which makes it stop responding. I guess vista doesn't allow other applications to shut down.

Posted by member 196275 on 2007-08-24 23:34:02 link

my problem w/vista *home premium* is it doesnt show systray icons. neither xtray nor systray.
anybody else?

Posted by member 39847 on 2007-08-30 15:40:58 link

cswat: that is a known issue that will be fixed in the next release. For now follow what is said under Additional Information here: http://bugs.lsdev.org/view.php?id=28

Posted by member 416422 on 2008-10-24 19:59:22 link

IS there a LiteStep out there today that is compatible with Windows Vista Home Premium? I can't find a litestep that works with vista...=[

Posted by member 1 on 2008-10-24 22:59:01 link

I think if you crab the latest cvs and compile it that some of the bugs were worked out.