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Old 02-06-2008   #1 (permalink)
a_gunslinger


 
 

The good old ESC key....


Just graduated up to a Vista system (Dell XPS 720). In playing games, I
noticed in Vista when I hit the ESC key to skip an animation it does
nothing. In XP, this was a valued feature for skipping various intro
animations and worked under XP.

Just curious.


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Old 02-06-2008   #2 (permalink)
Paul Smith


 
 

Re: The good old ESC key....

"a_gunslinger" <a_gunslinger.34d844@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
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> Just graduated up to a Vista system (Dell XPS 720). In playing games, I
> noticed in Vista when I hit the ESC key to skip an animation it does
> nothing. In XP, this was a valued feature for skipping various intro
> animations and worked under XP.
This is down to the games themselves. EA Games are notorious for not
letting you skip all the logos, and a lot of games force you to watch them
all the first time you run the game.

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Old 02-06-2008   #3 (permalink)
a_gunslinger


 
 

Re: General perfomance tips for gaming in Vista


Paul Smith;666777 Wrote:
Quote:

>
>
> This is down to the games themselves. EA Games are notorious for not
> letting you skip all the logos, and a lot of games force you to watch
> them
> all the first time you run the game.
>
Thanks for the reply Paul. Do you mean they tailor it differently
within the code for Vista compared to XP? The same exact game running
under XP allows the ESC - its only in Vista where it does not work.


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Old 02-11-2008   #4 (permalink)
Chuck


 
 

Re: General perfomance tips for gaming in Vista

Vista seems to be a little more advertiser friendly. Perhaps the change you
describe is part of this.

"a_gunslinger" <a_gunslinger.34dc8d@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
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>
> Paul Smith;666777 Wrote:
Quote:

> >
> >
> > This is down to the games themselves. EA Games are notorious for not
> > letting you skip all the logos, and a lot of games force you to watch
> > them
> > all the first time you run the game.
> >
>
> Thanks for the reply Paul. Do you mean they tailor it differently
> within the code for Vista compared to XP? The same exact game running
> under XP allows the ESC - its only in Vista where it does not work.
>
>
> --
> a_gunslinger
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

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