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RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

matty — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:29:07 GMT

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RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Scouseknight — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:56:02 GMT

OEM means the license is tied to a particular machine and is not transferrable - like the version of Windows you get if you buy a PC/Laptop is usually an OEM version - you can't (legally) go ahead and install it on another machine.

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

matty — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:31:32 GMT

wot is OEM?

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

G0rF — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:23:55 GMT

There are a large number of sidebar applications available for XP without the Google "Information gathering" software included.

I'd use one of those.

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

MalevolentGod — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:23:52 GMT

...if you dont have vista and want the nice side bar, go download the Google Sidebar...

Its the same thing, even has a gamercard gadget.

Infact, id say that Windows bought a version of the google sidebar and added transparencies...

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Groove — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:25:06 GMT

ahhhh......that makes sense....just wanted to point out to others the potential pitfalls of going OEm with vista.....its all a bit muddy

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Scouseknight — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:20:54 GMT

OEM isn't going to cause me any grief I have Vista on a laptop I use for development - the only thing I am likely to change is throwing more RAM at it.

The days of fiddling around with PC upgrades are long in the past for me I am pleased to say.

The thought of changing a mainboard right now makes me go all clammy

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Groove — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:01:18 GMT

dude.....a bit risky going for OEM with vista ??

Admittedly im running OEM XP MCE , and that can be a right pain if you upgrade your pc , having to call microsoft to re-activate it.

But rumours are abound that they will be cracking down even harder with Vista OEM.....motherboard change = no more activation.

Im definately going retail this time....dont want to get stuck with a £300 coaster in a year or two's time when i upgrade my pc again.

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Scouseknight — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:46:23 GMT

Cheers Groove will give that a whirl.

With regard to price - depends whether you go for retail or OEM, or which version of Vista you purchase.

Better off going to the website for your preferred source of such things - I got mine from www.scan.co.uk - OEM version of Ultimate Edition.

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

matty — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:19:23 GMT

how much was it

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Groove — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:33:57 GMT

Found a little program - videoredo , that converts .ts files quickly to Media Centre format...so that's those sorted. Works really well , and will convert an hor long episode in .ts format to dvr-ms format with no loss of quality in about 1 minute.

But Divx/Xvid via transcode 360 still flaky , so im still holding off.

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Scouseknight — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:16:10 GMT

Probably not - the Media Centre doesn't support enough files yet to make it worth it for people who don't necessarily have to have the latest of everything

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

AidenC — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:53:27 GMT

nice idea so is vista worth getting apart from that?

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

Scouseknight — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:34:15 GMT

I am enjoying using it - it is still all "oooh ahhh" new but it is a pleasure to use.

RE: Vista Gamercard Gadget

r0wie — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:30:38 GMT

aye i've tried that one... would prefer it if mygamercard would make one rather than the plain old default look ....

how you liking vista then sk?

taking me quite a while to get used to everything.... although first thing i did was turn that b*%!* annoying content advisor crap off

Vista Gamercard Gadget

Scouseknight — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:03:29 GMT

Gamercard on Windows Vista sidebar - I like it anyhow