Longhorn: Enable DWM

[NightCrawler]

Type services.msc in the run box on the start menu.
double click the entry for "User Experience Session Management Service" set to "automatic".

Double click *****.reg and click yes. { reg is below }

reboot.

 

[NightCrawler]

Forgot to mention that you need a DirectX 9.0 video card and that it is still alpha so it might crash.

 

[Sunner]

Not that I'm running Longhorn, but what's DWM?

 

[NightCrawler]

Desktop Window Manager formely Desktop Composite engine, it adds all the cooler effects that Longhorn will have.

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
Desktop Window Manager formely Desktop Composite engine, it adds all the cooler effects that Longhorn will have.

Aha, figured it was something like that when it's called "User Experience Session Management Service" 😛

 

[yelo333]

Originally posted by: Sunner

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
Desktop Window Manager formely Desktop Composite engine, it adds all the cooler effects that Longhorn will have.

Aha, figured it was something like that when it's called "User Experience Session Management Service" 😛

And, I thought it was something like Digital wRights management... 😛

 

[Zucarita9000]

I've seen some demos of it, and I gotta say I'm not impressed. Longhorn composite desktop is still waaaaay behind OS X, and the latest screenshots I've seen are simply ugly.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000
I've seen some demos of it, and I gotta say I'm not impressed. Longhorn composite desktop is still waaaaay behind OS X, and the latest screenshots I've seen are simply ugly.

This is not even at beta stage yet :roll:

 

[Megatomic]

Yeah, give 'em a chance. I'll admit it, I'm a Microsoft fan, but I am pretty excited about something "new". 🙂

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000
I've seen some demos of it, and I gotta say I'm not impressed. Longhorn composite desktop is still waaaaay behind OS X, and the latest screenshots I've seen are simply ugly.

This is not even at beta stage yet :roll:

Comparing the current GUI to any production OS at this point is pretty much pointless. Especially considering it's not even developed far enough along for them to include it in the current alpha builds.

 

[NightCrawler]

Windows is a business Operating System which means it's harder to update and change things without breaking all those apps that businesses are running. It's also is used by more people then OS X so it's more complicated to do such a HUGE change in the way the UI is drawn.

OS X forced people to upgrade and I do remember people complaining that it broke a lot of apps, I can't wait to hear how much complaining will occur when people realize that their old ancient apps won't run correctly on Windows 2010.

Either way Microsoft has to make the change, they can't stay with the old clunky UI it has now.

 

[Zucarita9000]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000
I've seen some demos of it, and I gotta say I'm not impressed. Longhorn composite desktop is still waaaaay behind OS X, and the latest screenshots I've seen are simply ugly.

This is not even at beta stage yet :roll:

Yeah, I know. By the looks of it, it seems Longhorn wont be out till 2008.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: yelo333
And, I thought it was something like Digital wRights management... 😛

Weird, I was thinking the exact same thing 😕 I was wondering why anybody would want to enable it 😛

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000
I've seen some demos of it, and I gotta say I'm not impressed. Longhorn composite desktop is still waaaaay behind OS X, and the latest screenshots I've seen are simply ugly.

This is not even at beta stage yet :roll:

Yeah, I know. By the looks of it, it seems Longhorn wont be out till 2008.

They have 18 months to go and we don't know how much is being hidden by microsoft, I'm pretty sure it's a lot further along.