Vista - Utility to change default icon in Vista.

**Brink** · 09-14-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by FloridaMan339

That's just it -- every OS that M$ puts out is more expensive, and requires
you to spend even more buying third party software to do what used to be part
of the OS to start with. It's like, M$ gives you less so they can force you
to spend even more on other programs that M$ licenses companies (and gets
their cut) to make up for their inability to put in the OS in the first place.

Here's another annoyance that any M$ employee reading this can add to the SP1:
Make a way in UAC to allow a person to "once-and-for-all" approve of a
software program to run at start up. M$ UAC keeps protecting me from running
my anti-virus program! Now THAT really protects my computer! <sarcastic
exclamation>

FloridaMan,

You might look at this tutorial to see if it will help you on allowing your antivirus program to run at startup. If you have Windows Defender running, did you click the Permit button to allow the startup changes?

Startup Programs - Enable or Disable

Shawn

10-04-2007

The desktop icon for Adobe Reader 8.1 is a richly colored icon. The icons
for individual PDF files unfortunately is still the white box with the red
logo in it.

"FloridaMan339" wrote:

Quote:

> That's just it -- every OS that M$ puts out is more expensive, and requires
> you to spend even more buying third party software to do what used to be part
> of the OS to start with. It's like, M$ gives you less so they can force you
> to spend even more on other programs that M$ licenses companies (and gets
> their cut) to make up for their inability to put in the OS in the first place.
>
> Here's another annoyance that any M$ employee reading this can add to the SP1:
> Make a way in UAC to allow a person to "once-and-for-all" approve of a
> software program to run at start up. M$ UAC keeps protecting me from running
> my anti-virus program! Now THAT really protects my computer! <sarcastic
> exclamation>
>
>
> "brink" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > FloridaMan,
> >
> > I hear you. Ian is right. You can customize XP a whole lot more than
> > Vista right now. I wish it was as easy to change things as back in the
> > old DOS days. The GUI looks better now, but it is way more complicated
> > to modify. Hopefully the customization programs will catch up with
> > Vista soon.
> >
> > Shawn.
> >
> >
> > --
> > brink
> >
> > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_
> > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> >

09-14-2007	#11 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,972 posts	Re: Utility to change default icon in Vista. Quote: Originally Posted by FloridaMan339 That's just it -- every OS that M$ puts out is more expensive, and requires you to spend even more buying third party software to do what used to be part of the OS to start with. It's like, M$ gives you less so they can force you to spend even more on other programs that M$ licenses companies (and gets their cut) to make up for their inability to put in the OS in the first place. Here's another annoyance that any M$ employee reading this can add to the SP1: Make a way in UAC to allow a person to "once-and-for-all" approve of a software program to run at start up. M$ UAC keeps protecting me from running my anti-virus program! Now THAT really protects my computer! <sarcastic exclamation> FloridaMan, You might look at this tutorial to see if it will help you on allowing your antivirus program to run at startup. If you have Windows Defender running, did you click the Permit button to allow the startup changes? Startup Programs - Enable or Disable Shawn
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10-04-2007	#12 (permalink)
uvbogden n/a posts	Re: Utility to change default icon in Vista. The desktop icon for Adobe Reader 8.1 is a richly colored icon. The icons for individual PDF files unfortunately is still the white box with the red logo in it. "FloridaMan339" wrote: Quote: > That's just it -- every OS that M$ puts out is more expensive, and requires > you to spend even more buying third party software to do what used to be part > of the OS to start with. It's like, M$ gives you less so they can force you > to spend even more on other programs that M$ licenses companies (and gets > their cut) to make up for their inability to put in the OS in the first place. > > Here's another annoyance that any M$ employee reading this can add to the SP1: > Make a way in UAC to allow a person to "once-and-for-all" approve of a > software program to run at start up. M$ UAC keeps protecting me from running > my anti-virus program! Now THAT really protects my computer! <sarcastic > exclamation> > > > "brink" wrote: > Quote: > > FloridaMan, > > > > I hear you. Ian is right. You can customize XP a whole lot more than > > Vista right now. I wish it was as easy to change things as back in the > > old DOS days. The GUI looks better now, but it is way more complicated > > to modify. Hopefully the customization programs will catch up with > > Vista soon. > > > > Shawn. > > > > > > -- > > brink > > > > There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. > > _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_ > > Please post feedback to help others. > >
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