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Interesting: windowsvistablog.com

Why are the screenshots looking low quality when it's the Windows Vista blog?

re Intellipoint: I have a wireless laser mouse 8000 and installed Intellipoint 6.1 from the beginning. I have to say I had lots of problems with the mouse and it still prevents the PC going on standby, although I et this to happen after 30 minute inaction. When I switch the mouse off the standby function comes into play.

I also notice that quite often the drivers for the Bluetooth transceiver are re-installed, for no apparent reason.

Lastly; no improvements on the above points with the 6.2 software. I still notice that sometimes the cursor does not react, especially when I slowly scroll down a web page in the browser. When I move the mouse quickly the connection comes back.

I am thinking of going back to a wired mouse, although I quite like the feeling of the laser mouse 8000.

great stuff

The Magnifier starts really slow on my notebook and the other things aren't really new. My problem with the newest MS mouses is the smooth scroll wheel. It is impossible to just switch one tab in Office 2007 ribbon or one weapon in a game. And because I am a middle-click-fan (to open websites in a new tab) I hate it that I really often scroll horizontally by pressing the mouse wheel not exactly in the middle.

I don't know if this is true with every mouse but I tried several.

Hey, someone, not sure what happened, but hopefully they're better now.

Hi, Condor,

I'll pass your comments on to the team for suggestions.

Since these 10 Things are concluded, can we get a list with links for future reference? I tried to get them all and only found 9. :)

Cheers,

Chris

I have the Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000 connected to a custom-built Vista Media Center PC in my living room, and it's my favorite piece of hardware that I bought for the system. Responsiveness is great 95% of the time, it looks very elegant, and the range and propagation are ideal for a living room setup.

It has some other unique features that I think really stand out, too. The static touchpad on the keyboard, subtle ergonomic angling, and the antibacterial coating on the keys are my three favorites.

It was a lot of money for a desktop set, but for a living room system I think it is totally worth it.

Hi, tino,

I'm sending your questions and comments on to someone who should be able to help.

I wouldn't mind the backlit keys, but you won't find me spending money on a non-eurgo keyboard, even from MS.  (you can have my MS Natural 4000 when you pry it from my cold, dead hands, or the create a version with backlighting!)

You also won't find me playing with MS mouses any time soon.

The original MS teardrop shaped mouse was nice for a ball mouse with a cord (the rails were easy to clean and the ball was nice and heavy), but at that time I found the Logitech wireless mice and never really looked back.  

Since then, I've moved to the logitech thumb marble mice, and again never looked back.  I have had to get various mice for the rest of the family, so I have had a lot of experience with with MS mice from the first optical mice to MS's poor forarys into the wireless field.

Heck, when my TrackMan+ died a few years ago, I even tried a MS thumb marble mouse.  It went back in a day (it was so tight that the mounts gouged the ball - more like thumbwrestling your computer and loosing!).  

I stick with Logitech's Trackman Wheel mouse because it works and it feels good. (tho I did wish it had side scrolling)

I don't bother running Logitech's setpoint crap either - who needs the clutter?   I'm skeptical whether I would run MS's software if I did find a good MS trackball, personally I am not sure I see the value.

I actually do have one question about the IntelliPoint software:

How can I configure the Microsoft Transceiver that came with my desktop set to full Bluetooth mode so I can connect my PocketPC? The Bluetooth connection wizard says my mouse & keyboard will work fine, but I cannot connect other devices. I tried setting the transceiver to software and hardware mode, but it still won't connect other devices.

(FYI: I'm running IntelliPoint 6.2 in Vista x64)

Good question, Bryan.  I'll see what I can find out and post back here.

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That is so cool! I would get the Desktop 8000 set, but it doesn't have a num pad. And I use it so often for.. well everything that has numbers in it. Do you have any suggestions for me?

For now I'm stuck with the old Wireless MultiMedia keyboard and Wireless Optical mouse (no Vista version of the drivers, just generic support for the mouse)

Actually that reminds me of a sad/funny story... a few days ago my wifes Grandmother recently had her Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Wireless Keyboard stop working on her.

My wife and I told her it was the batteries, and that all she had to do was replace the 2 AA batteries and it would start working again.  We even showed her where the battery slot was underneath the keyboard on my keyboard (which is identical to hers as I bought them both).

Anyway yesteday she told my wife that she found the battery slot but that some of the screws! ... were real hard to get out.

I still find it hard to imagine that she got a screwdriver and disasembled the keyboard... but I will find out the extent of the damage tomorrow when I go up her house to try to fix it!

Hi, StophVista,

have you looked at any of the USB keypads? They're fairly inexpensive. I actually prefer them as I can put it at the same angle as what I got used to using an adding machine.

I need help saving my pics as jpg.I receive them in jpg but they always save as bmp?? Also sometines I get a box with a x in it???

So what's going on with the wireless entertainment desktop 8000 I ordered one back in February and it never shipped cause it got delayed until september and now it still says it's out of stock everywhere I look.  When will this be available?

Hi, Kathy,

The usual fix when photos will only save as .jpg is to clear your temp folders.  In Vista, it's Tools / Internet Options / Delete / Delete Temporary Internet Files.

Hi, Daniel,

I've seen the units physically at places like Staples and Office Max.  I did a quick search and it looks as though they're in stock at Amazon -

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Entertainment-Desktop-Silver/dp/B000MAFPVW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9349502-4802425?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1193002833&sr=8-1

Hi, again, Kathy - I mistyped. I meant 'when photos will only save as .bmp.'  Sorry for any confusion.  :)

I recently dropped by the Windows Vista Team blog the other day, and I found this great post on how Intellipoint

The problem with the Intellipoint software is that it is no more possible to assign the click/lock function to a mouse  button other than what they offer now and, that is, by holding down the main button for a certain time.

Before it was possible to assign the lock function,  for exemple, to the right mouse button or any other button and with a really short click without any need to hold down the button after, your lock function was activated.

Obviously, people who did programmed the Intellipoint software don't use their mouse in a professionnal context!

What a huge difference it make when you can select/lock an object with just realy single short click without having to hold down the button with your finger for a second (or more). Does these peoples know about "cannal carpien" syndrome ?

Again, the way the lock  function is implemented is unuseable in a context where you need to constantly use the lock function.

Recently I bought a microsoft mouse to use on my Window (mac-pro) partition but I did returned it because of that. The irony is that on Mac OSX, the intellipoint software still allow to assign the lock function to any button. But I need a mouse that work well in both OS and Logitech mouse are just sh***T on MacOSX. What A joke that only the Microsoft mouse work well under Mac OSX !

Anyway, would it be possible that Microsoft change back their Intellipoint software and allow again to assing the lock function to any  mouse button ?

John

I just writed a post and it never appeared .... What happened ?

John

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I have a Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 running on Home Basic, my problem is when I use the Instant Viewer, it only show blank boxes of the programs that I'm running, not like in the screenshot - is this issue with the lack of Aero? Btw, great product!

Also, I notice IntelliPoint v6.2 have a update program (dpupdchk.exe) running in the background on boot. I wondering if it would create a bottleneck in the system and shouldn’t Microsoft Update handling the update?

The "Instant Viewer" (Expose-like) feature should be added as a feature that people with non-Microsoft mice can use. It should be part of Vista.

Also, I would get the 8000 keyboard if it weren't for the fact that the mouse doesn't have a forward button.

10 things you would WANT to know about vista:

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1. its quality is certainly worse that windows XP

2. its securities can still be easily exploited

3. most of its features are irrelevant and useless

4. it is harder to use, why change from a perfectly normal OS like XP to the poor quality vista

5. microsoft is releasing windows 7 as an attempt to cover up the poor quality of vista

6. the licensing scheme of vista is a rip-off

7. microsoft forces the normal consumers to use Vista, hence the antitrust case in Europe.

8. MacOS is quickly gaining popularity in the market, hence the Vista release is a pathetic attempt to preserve a declining market share

9. microsoft hides the user administrative features of vista from the normal user, which makes it harder to administer, certainly makes it less popular to network administrators alike.

10. how many companies have actually migrated their entire network to a pure vista based platform? not one. Why? because it's a rip-off.

Help.  My Windows Vista will not connect to the internet now.  The computer works fine at the store.  Goes to the internet in the store and when I get it home does not recognize the network at home.  It did when I first got it.   My laptop works fine with the ethernet cord as well as wireless.  So there must be some setting in the Windows Vista program that does not let me connect to the internet.

Please help!!!!

Maybe someone else has had this frustrating problem and will be happy to know how to fix it.

When booting up into vista, the mouse would not start - instead I needed to restart and then the mouse would be active.

By changing the PS2 check in the system setup (F10 at boot) to "enable" from "Auto" the mouse now always comes up.

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