onometre I agree. Why won’t Microsoft make Windows a bit more skeuomorphic? It would look plain if they didn’t make it skeuomorphic! Also syncing. Microsoft, we don’t HAVE to sync our stuff using OneDrive. Windows 10 May 2019 update made it a lot worse and took their Microsoft account branding to the next level... or did they? I don’t know but still!
Michael take a look at Office 2010. It has so many add-ons like Microsoft Mathematics (MASetup.exe or edumathaddin.exe), Microsoft Office Labs Search Commands (SearchCommandsSetup.msi), power pivot for Excel 2010 (PowerPivot_for_Excel_amd64.msi), Microsoft Office Updates for Open XML File Format Support (ImpConv_64bit.exe), Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 (FilterPack64bit.exe), DengXian Font Pack (eadengfontpack.exe), NoReplyAll Add-in (NoReplyAll Add-In.msi), SQL_AS_DMAddin.msi, Creative Commons Add-in (CreativeCommonsOfficeAddins.msi), all the Outlook Social Connector Providers, Office Classic Menu, Office Tab Enterprise and the Office XP Media Content (X08-07947) who works with the latest version of the Clip Organizer.
17:53 You could have it apply across the entire system, but by default, it only applies per user. 2:18 For me, I just wanted to get rid of the annoying Acer bloatware (including that "e" bar that would never go away and interfered with Windows built-in functionality), and I learnt that I could install a retail copy using an OEM licence (basically the Windows 10 "fresh start" feature), but the COA on the bottom was unreadable (common problem with Windows Vista/7/late XP COAs), then some early RUclips tutorial (using HyperCam, Notepad, etc) encouraged me to just pirate Windows Vista Ultimate and use that. I wish I had known about that to pirate Office 2002 on my NEC laptop before that, as it had Word 2002 but not the full suite that my school had on their PCs (I later got myself a copy, but by then, Windows XP was no longer current), as well as getting Microsoft Plus as I believe the Microsoft Plus packs weren't available to buy in Singapore back in the day. 3:37 I can tell that the update mechanism had already been updated to the one included with Windows 7.
Apparently RUclips is automatically holding EVERY comment on this video for review (essentially marked as spam) so I'm having to manually approve them. Seems like an issue that hopefully will be fixed soon. I'm seeing new comments come in but still having to approve all of them. So if your comment does not show up immediately, that's why. EDIT - seems to be fixed!
That's probably because of the Spambot outbreak that has been happening around RUclips lately. Also, thanks for taking my suggestion. I do want to point out that if you were to actually install the Chinese language pack on Windows Vista that you would get a new Text to Speech Voice called Microsoft Lili, which is a Chinese voice but can also speak English, but the user could still choose Anna as the default voice (which is also the case in Windows 7). Also, I had this problem with the stuttering sound that you had in this video (which used to be a problem in Windows XP virtual machines on Windows 8/10 hosts in older versions of VMWare) which could be fixed by launching Windows Media Player, switching it to Now Playing view and minimizing it. However, unlike XP virtual machines, this workaround doesn't seem to work for Vista virtual machines. Some sort of glitch with either VMWare or Windows from what I can see, as I never had this problem on Windows 7 when I had it as my host operating system.
Another option would be to try the old dreamscene activators originally made for Windows 7. They used to also work on Windows 8 I think so maybe it does work on 10. Don't forget to make a restore point.
@@desmid Wallpaper Engine is the biggest scam I've ever seen. There's free software out there. Charging for something that sets borderless video backgrounds is ridiculous.
I wish the Fluent theme was applied to all applications, even apps like Notepad and Windows Explorer and what not, it would look so much better just like Aero did on Vista and 7 with their consistency.
Windows Vista was a rock-solid operating system, but most PC's didn't have good hardware, so the Vista Experience was brutally slow. Windows Vista Ultimate Extras was a nice feature to have because you got lots of things with it. Kind of like a Plus Pack. I wonder why there are no Windows 7 Ultimate Extras.
They didn't have an Ultimate Extras program for Windows 7 because of the poor reception they received originally for Vista Ultimate Extras. They had a hard time releasing updates and features for the Ultimate Extras program on Vista, so users weren't happy and public reception of the program was poor. As a result, they didn't have Windows 7 Ultimate Extras.
The worst part was that when you upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate, all the Ultimate Extras would be removed, so that made Windows 7 Ultimate a waste of money.
I really miss the Aero theme. Windows 10 just doesn't give us the customization windows 7 or vista or even xp did. Its about forcing a brand on the user, not about letting the user do what they want. I fear Microsoft will make windows 10 into a service that is paid for every month, when that happens I will unplug my ssd and get a new one and install linux. I just cant get over all the crap that is in windows 10, and how hard it is to deal with. Just to name a few things that really get my goat. Cortana, the start menu, the advertising in the start menu, forcing the Microsoft store on us, forcing a Microsoft account on us, the lack of customization, the windows logo in general, the taskbar, the search bar, file explorer. Just to name a few major ones. Why couldn't MS just leave windows 7 alone? It was our only safe haven from the "new" crap that is beyond ugly. Its not like it would be really hard for Microsoft to just put a Windows 7 shell over the windows core OS. Just to make migrating easier. What about windows games? What happened to those?
Funny thing, it turns out even back then you could get Ultimate for as cheap as a lesser edition of Vista; if you skip entering a product key, a menu will show all the editions of Vista as options, revealing that all the editions of Vista were included on a single DVD.
Hey Michael! I have been thinking of making like classic software archive, like late 90s - early 2000s archive. I love your videos and all these programs you've shown, I'll add to it.
Eh... So you basically payed 160$ more for some mobile-like mini games, performance decreasing wallpapers and some language packs? That's... underwhelming to say the least.
No; one does not buy Windows Vista Ultimate for the Ultimate Extras, one buys it for including all features of both the Home Premium and Business subsets, as well as for being the only edition to include BitLocker.
Back in 2008 I was using Windows Vista Ultimate and I din't know this pack. Those animated wallpapers looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing these pieces of history ⚡️
Great video! A couple of additional things :) 1) Microsoft handed off the whole Dreamscene thing to Stardock, who makes a version for Windows 7/10. There were unofficial ways to use Dreamscene in Windows 7 as well. 2) Windows Vista came in a ridiculous amount of editions - Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate. Beyond the "Ultimate Extras", the Ultimate edition was also an option for a business that wanted "Enterprise" features without having a full Enterprise agreement with Microsoft, such as the language packs, domain join functionality and so on. Also unlike Windows 7 Pro which included everything from Home edition, the Vista Business edition did not include all the entertainment features of Home Premium (like Media Center IIRC), but Ultimate did, so Ultimate was really Home Premium + Enterprise together. A video tip would be to do a comparison of the Vista and Windows 7 editions features. :) You can pick your desired edition by NOT entering a product key during setup. You will get a trial period of 3 days or something before it gets upset about activation.
21:48 You still can save your Bitlocker Drive encryption tool using the cloudless option which creates a txt file with the password that you can put on a usb drive or sd card. Sometimes but not always, you even can save your encryption key online using this tool. It would just upload the same txt file that you would put on a usb drive, onto OneDrive. (Back then it was Windows Live, then it was SkyDrive now it's OneDrive)
@@Bewefau Google "Windows Dreamscene activator". Do note though that on everything that isn't Vista, the desktop icon text may glitch out and need a fix by setting something specific as wallpaper
I loved Vista Ultimate. My next leap was over to MacOS which I definitely love over modern windows. But for whatever reason, I like Vista better than 7/10/11, but not as much as XP, which to me was the pinnacle
I knew you'd do a video on these eventually. I really like some of the sounds that came with these extras. I think Microsoft really reached their default and extra sounds peak with Vista and 7. There's been more extravagant packs in the past, but the vista and 7 sounds, and the ultimate extras, simultaneously get out of your way and feel like exactly what they mean.
Timestaps: 0:00: Start 3:02: Installation 5:03: DreamScenes 9:10: Microsoft tinker 12:19: Hold'Em 14:21: Extra Schemes 19:27 Bitlocker That is all what i found. I wanted that windows 7 had extra features like vista. Im currently working on Windows 7 extras but it will be avalaible on 14 of april of this year. Extras will be: Dreamscenes Extra schemes TikChess Spades (Offline version)
Windows lost it's fun and personality after Windows 7. Anything afterwards - Windows 8, 8.1, 10. Bland, personality void soulless software. The flat metro design is so lazy. Sigh. Wish we could return back to this era.
@@ianw188 Sure buddy. There's nothing lazy about using drab, uninspired white icons on a solid colour. Suuuuurrreee. Aero took effort to build and aero looks fun, from the glossy plastic buttons, the glass effects everywhere to the high resolution icons.
Here is a comparison of prices at time: Plus for WIndows 95: $49.99, for 98: $44.95, for XP: $39.95. So the price increase from Vista Home Premium to Vista Ultimate of $160 is quite a bit higher. But even if you just consider the price difference between Vista Business and Vista Ultimate, that still is $100 more for Ultimate. Quite a big price jump on an OS people did not even like.
Also, they should've kept the Ultimate Extras pack for Windows 7. Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate practically have no differences between them with that gone. Plus, it would have given Microsoft the opportunity to plan for more extras.
@@MichaelMJD I have Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED Content Pack. It's called "X15-19965.exe". If you want it, i can upload it to Google Drive. But if I true or wrong, only 1 or 2 themes are missing. I think these themes are only available on Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED disc. But at least, i have Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED Content Pack.
For the crackling sound, change the audio sampling rate from control panel (in the virtual machine) > sound > speakers > properties > advanced> default format > 16bit 96Khz. It doesn't totally disappear but it seems to make it way less periodic. I had installed vista on vmware last week and had the same problem.
Hi Michael, great video there! Btw, I assume you are using vmware for this Windows Vista build (looking at the vmware tools icon on the system tray). I see that the Aero performance is really smooth and great. The thing is, I've never been able to achieve this kind of smoothness even though I'm already using a Xeon workstation from 2015 and R7 370 AMD card. Even animations on Windows XP seem jittery. What should I do with it? Are there any configurations that I might have missed? Thank you!
MJD, I just noticed something, your getting close to that six figure subscriber milestone. Anyways I remember prior to when Vista was getting released no body would sell me a desktop until the release date of Vista, had to wait 2 months to buy a brand new pc that didnt even have the horsepower to run Vista. I might be alone, but Vista was my favorite windows version. Great video again MJD keep up the good work, cant wait to see you cross that 100k subscribers milestone.
5/21/2020 VMware 12 Pro for me.. it’s so annoying when I finish a Windows XP installation after a clear great sounding OOBE and then the garbly Windows XP startup sound comes up... ugh Edit 5/21/2020: Only happens if I have sound turned on on my system
I actually have this installed on my older gaming desktop PC with the Intel core 2 quad Q9550 with 4 gb ram and gtx 570 gpu. I have that installed on a hard drive while I have Windows 10 installed on the ssd in the same PC. Me, I like the elegant look of Windows Vista and 7.
I managed to install Windows Vista on kaby lake cpu. but finding drivers is very hard even with snappy driver installer or Driverpacks. Gpu's are Intel HD 620 and Nvidia GeForce 940MX
Vista was a version for future. Or it was for another dimension which just accidently interfered with our dimension. I had used vista, the only one issue I had faced was nothing!
Microsoft really did something that made my life much less complicated than it had to be in 2007. I really took the ad-joke "Don't ask what Vista can do for you, ask what you can do for Vista" to heart and I said enough to Windows and hardware assessment and all the crap MS came up with and finally found it in me to move on and take that Ubuntu Live CD from 2007 more seriously and proceeded to actually install it onto my computer and use the OS on my daily driver laptop, struggling with APT commands, how stuff gets installed, updated, dealing with dependencies, running Office apps on Linux, etc and I made it. Man, what a decision I made back then, and I'm very proud of it.
Thinker is nostalgic i remember was 2010 or something and i was playing this game and now i still using windows vista ultimate and playing ir again and the soundtrack of this game is amazing in my opinion is the best thing in Windows Ultimate Extras
Michael I saw that you were using Windows Vista SP 2 Build 6002... But the latest was 6003. I hope you could obtain that Build because I was trying to get that release as the final update for Windows Vista.
![DDG & G Herbo - Nosey [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I9Ra0Zc2NlQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Windows Vista still looks fantastic these days.
certainly thought it looked better than 7 back then
Aero aged very very well
onometre I agree. Why won’t Microsoft make Windows a bit more skeuomorphic? It would look plain if they didn’t make it skeuomorphic!
Also syncing. Microsoft, we don’t HAVE to sync our stuff using OneDrive. Windows 10 May 2019 update made it a lot worse and took their Microsoft account branding to the next level... or did they? I don’t know but still!
It makes Windows 10 look so flat.
Yeah I wish my games work on it :(
Me and the boys with our home basic machines:
I made sure to pirate Ultimate, even though I didn't need the Ultimate features. XP
right how about Vista Starter?
@@user-ez05ob0WqQ oof
hmmmm
interesting.
I've never used Windows Vista but had multiple 2nd hand pc's that had Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits
Michael take a look at Office 2010. It has so many add-ons like Microsoft Mathematics (MASetup.exe or edumathaddin.exe), Microsoft Office Labs Search Commands (SearchCommandsSetup.msi), power pivot for Excel 2010 (PowerPivot_for_Excel_amd64.msi), Microsoft Office Updates for Open XML File Format Support (ImpConv_64bit.exe), Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 (FilterPack64bit.exe), DengXian Font Pack (eadengfontpack.exe), NoReplyAll Add-in (NoReplyAll Add-In.msi), SQL_AS_DMAddin.msi, Creative Commons Add-in (CreativeCommonsOfficeAddins.msi), all the Outlook Social Connector Providers, Office Classic Menu, Office Tab Enterprise and the Office XP Media Content (X08-07947) who works with the latest version of the Clip Organizer.
Microsoft Office 2010 is my favorite version. It is a masterpiece and the crown jewel of Microsoft Office.
17:53 You could have it apply across the entire system, but by default, it only applies per user.
2:18 For me, I just wanted to get rid of the annoying Acer bloatware (including that "e" bar that would never go away and interfered with Windows built-in functionality), and I learnt that I could install a retail copy using an OEM licence (basically the Windows 10 "fresh start" feature), but the COA on the bottom was unreadable (common problem with Windows Vista/7/late XP COAs), then some early RUclips tutorial (using HyperCam, Notepad, etc) encouraged me to just pirate Windows Vista Ultimate and use that. I wish I had known about that to pirate Office 2002 on my NEC laptop before that, as it had Word 2002 but not the full suite that my school had on their PCs (I later got myself a copy, but by then, Windows XP was no longer current), as well as getting Microsoft Plus as I believe the Microsoft Plus packs weren't available to buy in Singapore back in the day.
3:37 I can tell that the update mechanism had already been updated to the one included with Windows 7.
It doesn't let me update, or get the Extras.
Apparently RUclips is automatically holding EVERY comment on this video for review (essentially marked as spam) so I'm having to manually approve them. Seems like an issue that hopefully will be fixed soon. I'm seeing new comments come in but still having to approve all of them. So if your comment does not show up immediately, that's why.
EDIT - seems to be fixed!
Ok
That's gay yt
maybe we're all bots
That's probably because of the Spambot outbreak that has been happening around RUclips lately. Also, thanks for taking my suggestion. I do want to point out that if you were to actually install the Chinese language pack on Windows Vista that you would get a new Text to Speech Voice called Microsoft Lili, which is a Chinese voice but can also speak English, but the user could still choose Anna as the default voice (which is also the case in Windows 7). Also, I had this problem with the stuttering sound that you had in this video (which used to be a problem in Windows XP virtual machines on Windows 8/10 hosts in older versions of VMWare) which could be fixed by launching Windows Media Player, switching it to Now Playing view and minimizing it. However, unlike XP virtual machines, this workaround doesn't seem to work for Vista virtual machines. Some sort of glitch with either VMWare or Windows from what I can see, as I never had this problem on Windows 7 when I had it as my host operating system.
Where do you find the Windows Vista Ultimate Extras?
I wish Windows 10 had a dream scene type thing, that looks so cool!
You should look into wallpaper engine on steam
If you're then clever, you can even knick the original dreamscene wmv's and use them on Wallpaper Engine
Another option would be to try the old dreamscene activators originally made for Windows 7. They used to also work on Windows 8 I think so maybe it does work on 10. Don't forget to make a restore point.
@@desmid Wallpaper Engine is the biggest scam I've ever seen. There's free software out there. Charging for something that sets borderless video backgrounds is ridiculous.
where to find these wmv ?
Damn I forgot how beautiful and consistent Aero was on Vista and 7. Fluent is better but the on-going implementation is very slow and fragmented.
I wish the Fluent theme was applied to all applications, even apps like Notepad and Windows Explorer and what not, it would look so much better just like Aero did on Vista and 7 with their consistency.
now with windows 11, we finally get a consistent ui back, but still not as consistent as vista/7
Fluent is not better in any ways
I don't really think the fluent theme is *better* than aero, but it's a step in the right direction
Windows Vista was a rock-solid operating system, but most PC's didn't have good hardware, so the Vista Experience was brutally slow. Windows Vista Ultimate Extras was a nice feature to have because you got lots of things with it. Kind of like a Plus Pack. I wonder why there are no Windows 7 Ultimate Extras.
I would love to see a UI like Vista in a modern OS. It was so pretty.
They didn't have an Ultimate Extras program for Windows 7 because of the poor reception they received originally for Vista Ultimate Extras. They had a hard time releasing updates and features for the Ultimate Extras program on Vista, so users weren't happy and public reception of the program was poor. As a result, they didn't have Windows 7 Ultimate Extras.
Windows Vista is my favorite release of Windows. I still have Windows Vista Ultimate installed.
The worst part was that when you upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate, all the Ultimate Extras would be removed, so that made Windows 7 Ultimate a waste of money.
@@ianw188 Same, I still use Windows Vista Ultimate x64 as my main OS along with Windows 10 duel booted.
I always thought Windows Vista was the operating system that caused the discontinuation of Microsoft Plus!
bruh the bots are getting too smart
@@unpetitcasse-croute368 We're doomed.
@Orion Brandon bot
Anyone Still Remembers Windows Vista's Product(RED) Content Pack?
yes. barely.
no
Yes, I've used it as a kid for 2 years :P
I remember when Dell were selling product red branded screen lids and palm-rest designs.
I had purchased the product(red) edition and if i remember all it had was some wallpaper and a color theme.
I really miss the Aero theme. Windows 10 just doesn't give us the customization windows 7 or vista or even xp did. Its about forcing a brand on the user, not about letting the user do what they want. I fear Microsoft will make windows 10 into a service that is paid for every month, when that happens I will unplug my ssd and get a new one and install linux. I just cant get over all the crap that is in windows 10, and how hard it is to deal with. Just to name a few things that really get my goat. Cortana, the start menu, the advertising in the start menu, forcing the Microsoft store on us, forcing a Microsoft account on us, the lack of customization, the windows logo in general, the taskbar, the search bar, file explorer. Just to name a few major ones. Why couldn't MS just leave windows 7 alone? It was our only safe haven from the "new" crap that is beyond ugly. Its not like it would be really hard for Microsoft to just put a Windows 7 shell over the windows core OS. Just to make migrating easier. What about windows games? What happened to those?
It’s funny how Windows Vista Ultimate costs $400 back in 2007, yet I’ve got it in a thrift store for $20 last year.
I want that kind of luck
Funny thing, it turns out even back then you could get Ultimate for as cheap as a lesser edition of Vista; if you skip entering a product key, a menu will show all the editions of Vista as options, revealing that all the editions of Vista were included on a single DVD.
first
second?
third?
fifth?
Hey Michael! I have been thinking of making like classic software archive, like late 90s - early 2000s archive. I love your videos and all these programs you've shown, I'll add to it.
Eh... So you basically payed 160$ more for some mobile-like mini games, performance decreasing wallpapers and some language packs?
That's... underwhelming to say the least.
That's the Microsoft way!
No; one does not buy Windows Vista Ultimate for the Ultimate Extras, one buys it for including all features of both the Home Premium and Business subsets, as well as for being the only edition to include BitLocker.
DreamScene - these days, we have Wallpaper Engine :)
Just discovered this thanks to your comment :-P
And Wallpaper Engine is the biggest scam known to man, considering there's been free softwre for that exact purpose for years.
@@TDGalea Not with this community and amount of features. That's what you pay for. Wait for a sale.
Thomas Galea so you’re just gonna put this on every comment about Wallpaper Engine?
@@JasonZakrajsek Yup.
Back in 2008 I was using Windows Vista Ultimate and I din't know this pack. Those animated wallpapers looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing these pieces of history ⚡️
Great video!
A couple of additional things :)
1) Microsoft handed off the whole Dreamscene thing to Stardock, who makes a version for Windows 7/10. There were unofficial ways to use Dreamscene in Windows 7 as well.
2) Windows Vista came in a ridiculous amount of editions - Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate. Beyond the "Ultimate Extras", the Ultimate edition was also an option for a business that wanted "Enterprise" features without having a full Enterprise agreement with Microsoft, such as the language packs, domain join functionality and so on. Also unlike Windows 7 Pro which included everything from Home edition, the Vista Business edition did not include all the entertainment features of Home Premium (like Media Center IIRC), but Ultimate did, so Ultimate was really Home Premium + Enterprise together.
A video tip would be to do a comparison of the Vista and Windows 7 editions features. :) You can pick your desired edition by NOT entering a product key during setup. You will get a trial period of 3 days or something before it gets upset about activation.
I am so grateful that someone else recognizes that the point of Windows Vista Ultimate was not Ultimate Extras but to have all of the features.
3:06
Michael learning Japanese i see.
Or he just wants to play those H-Games.
Or maybe both...?
If you can say nothing else about Vista, its UI is beautiful!
Microsoft shouldn't have even allowed anything above Home Premium to run on anything without Aero support.
21:48 You still can save your Bitlocker Drive encryption tool using the cloudless option which creates a txt file with the password that you can put on a usb drive or sd card.
Sometimes but not always, you even can save your encryption key online using this tool. It would just upload the same txt file that you would put on a usb drive, onto OneDrive. (Back then it was Windows Live, then it was SkyDrive now it's OneDrive)
No; this was referred to as the Digital Locker at the Windows Marketplace. Windows Vista was ahead of its time.
I love the design of Vista, it looks so nice. 10/11 feel much more flat
Of course. Os design went from "really" detailed to flat, take iOS for example.
Modern iOS design sucks
DreamScene works on Windows 7 from install tweak
how you do it?
@@Bewefau Google "Windows Dreamscene activator". Do note though that on everything that isn't Vista, the desktop icon text may glitch out and need a fix by setting something specific as wallpaper
@@lillywho true
Judging by the comment section, I'm not the only one that misses Aero and Skewmorphism in general
Those were the days I remember having vista ultimate with dreamscene on my core2quad PC playing GTA IV
I loved Plus!98 as a kid, all the extra themes and little game demos... It'd be cool if they brought it back for newer Windows versions.
where can i get this actually?-
I loved Vista Ultimate. My next leap was over to MacOS which I definitely love over modern windows. But for whatever reason, I like Vista better than 7/10/11, but not as much as XP, which to me was the pinnacle
I knew you'd do a video on these eventually. I really like some of the sounds that came with these extras. I think Microsoft really reached their default and extra sounds peak with Vista and 7. There's been more extravagant packs in the past, but the vista and 7 sounds, and the ultimate extras, simultaneously get out of your way and feel like exactly what they mean.
Timestaps:
0:00: Start
3:02: Installation
5:03: DreamScenes
9:10: Microsoft tinker
12:19: Hold'Em
14:21: Extra Schemes
19:27 Bitlocker
That is all what i found.
I wanted that windows 7 had extra features like vista. Im currently working on Windows 7 extras but it will be avalaible on 14 of april of this year.
Extras will be:
Dreamscenes
Extra schemes
TikChess
Spades (Offline version)
where windows 7 plus?? i wanna install it on my computer!!!
idk, and i thougt that i will be learningsoftware development but i never release it lol
Windows lost it's fun and personality after Windows 7. Anything afterwards - Windows 8, 8.1, 10. Bland, personality void soulless software. The flat metro design is so lazy. Sigh. Wish we could return back to this era.
There was not a thing that was lazy about Metro.
@@ianw188 Sure buddy. There's nothing lazy about using drab, uninspired white icons on a solid colour. Suuuuurrreee.
Aero took effort to build and aero looks fun, from the glossy plastic buttons, the glass effects everywhere to the high resolution icons.
How have I not found this channel before? Found it a week ago and have been binging forever.
Can't wait for Vista to come out I'm well buying this day 1
Here is a comparison of prices at time: Plus for WIndows 95: $49.99, for 98: $44.95, for XP: $39.95. So the price increase from Vista Home Premium to Vista Ultimate of $160 is quite a bit higher. But even if you just consider the price difference between Vista Business and Vista Ultimate, that still is $100 more for Ultimate. Quite a big price jump on an OS people did not even like.
Also, they should've kept the Ultimate Extras pack for Windows 7. Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate practically have no differences between them with that gone. Plus, it would have given Microsoft the opportunity to plan for more extras.
Can you try live essentials?
I LOVE Windows Live Essentials 2011.
They should add dream scene to windows 10 but allow you to set animated GIF files so it doesn't eat the CPU
There was more for stuff movie maker on vista? I would a love a video for that or even a video on movie maker in general! : 3
Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED next please
I've been on the lookout for that. If I can ever find a copy I will make a video on it for sure!
@@MichaelMJD I have Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED Content Pack. It's called "X15-19965.exe". If you want it, i can upload it to Google Drive. But if I true or wrong, only 1 or 2 themes are missing. I think these themes are only available on Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED disc. But at least, i have Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED Content Pack.
Windows Vista Sucked Soo Bad That During The Year 2008 Soo Many People Were Still Using Good Old Windows XP As Their Main OS!!! “Die Windows Vista”
For the crackling sound, change the audio sampling rate from control panel (in the virtual machine) > sound > speakers > properties > advanced> default format > 16bit 96Khz.
It doesn't totally disappear but it seems to make it way less periodic.
I had installed vista on vmware last week and had the same problem.
windows vista is an underrated system similar to windows millennium
_I hope vista updated on 2022. With dx12 vulkan net.4.5 vc 2022 html5_
Im bad. Worsh win10 and win11.
Sad
Hey I need help
How was he still getting updates?
The operative system I really like from Microsoft
Oh my God Vista was so dope!! I'm so sad right now because I didn't use it more in the past :/
Software was much more fun ten years ago, nowdays software design is so extremely boring
Hi Michael, great video there! Btw, I assume you are using vmware for this Windows Vista build (looking at the vmware tools icon on the system tray). I see that the Aero performance is really smooth and great. The thing is, I've never been able to achieve this kind of smoothness even though I'm already using a Xeon workstation from 2015 and R7 370 AMD card. Even animations on Windows XP seem jittery. What should I do with it? Are there any configurations that I might have missed? Thank you!
Hell yeah! I had this. I did the video for the background but it overheated my gpu so I had to turn it off
Where can I download the windows ultimate wallpapers? I want to archive them.
MJD, I just noticed something, your getting close to that six figure subscriber milestone. Anyways I remember prior to when Vista was getting released no body would sell me a desktop until the release date of Vista, had to wait 2 months to buy a brand new pc that didnt even have the horsepower to run Vista. I might be alone, but Vista was my favorite windows version. Great video again MJD keep up the good work, cant wait to see you cross that 100k subscribers milestone.
Thanks so much! : )
Vista an Windows 7 have the most gorgeous and glamorous UI on any OS.
It's always nice to see you upload during quarantine, thank you
windows vista supports directx 11 software and computer games made for unix
Windows Aero has aged like fine wine.
can i have that vista wallpaper dreamscene? I love it!
Can you try to use in Windows 7
Windows Vista is so beautiful!
7:14 Doesn't DreamScene pause the video automatically when a window is maximized?
Yep. It doesn't run at all times. Definitely disables in fullscreen programs.
Also paused itself when DirectX game was launched
@@britishagent it's annoying when you use a fully transparent theme, how can I disable this
@@AI_KyunNotAnEgg You want to run games at half fps to make ur desktop look cool?
@@prateekpanwar646 dreamscane doesn't even use 0.1 of my cpu lmao
15:15 I actually have the same issue with Vista on VMWare 15 too... and 2000 and XP.
Man I have the same problem since vmware 9
5/21/2020
VMware 12 Pro for me.. it’s so annoying when I finish a Windows XP installation after a clear great sounding OOBE and then the garbly Windows XP startup sound comes up... ugh
Edit 5/21/2020: Only happens if I have sound turned on on my system
A fix for 2000 and XP is to keep Windows Media Player open and minimized to it's now playing view. Currently unknown how to fix Vista's.
Watching this on a former Vista machine.
Video suggestion: ever heard of the Media Center Remote?
Play videos as your desktop background...? _laughs in LG enV3_
You have no power here... >:)
I am the FIRST comment on this video. I am 4 PARARREL UNIVERSES AHEAD OF YOU!
I'm not sure if you mentioned this but Dreamscenes are also available for Windows 7 users, it's actually hidden in the OS
Do tell.
@@uK8cvPAq You need to get a DreamScene enabler program and then you can set DreamScenes as a wallpaper
am i the only person that didnt know that the windows vista wallpaper was animated?
Dreamscene looks cool, but, at the same time, sounds like such a waste of resources.
dreamscene can be restored to windows 7 if you guys have a w7 machine
I actually have this installed on my older gaming desktop PC with the Intel core 2 quad Q9550 with 4 gb ram and gtx 570 gpu. I have that installed on a hard drive while I have Windows 10 installed on the ssd in the same PC. Me, I like the elegant look of Windows Vista and 7.
Microsoft Tinker
Nintendo Chibi-Robo
I genuinely thought that I was they only one with the tech hobby. When I found you, I subscribed to you. Keep up the good work
Extraño mucho Windows Vista y Por Culpa del driver de Intel no puedo instalarlo
I spent hours on Microsoft Tinker Game.
what about messenger plus ? will it work today?
Oh how happy I would be if MS just added Aero as a feature back to Windows, even if you had to pay more for it.
Can you look at PowerToys for Windows 10?
DreamScene was the only cool thing I remember from the Ultimate extras.. but hardly worth the price
It is not as though Windows Vista Ultimate was as expensive as it was because of Windows Ultimate Extras.
Bit locker was there in Vista Enterprise
Can be also working on Windows Vista Home Premium?
uhhh no
I loved Vista, basically because I started to use it when SP3 was launched and I had the media centre edition
0:16 Yay I was featured in the comments section
First comment Love The Video!
Thanks!
I managed to install Windows Vista on kaby lake cpu. but finding drivers is very hard even with snappy driver installer or Driverpacks. Gpu's are Intel HD 620 and Nvidia GeForce 940MX
Vista was a version for future. Or it was for another dimension which just accidently interfered with our dimension. I had used vista, the only one issue I had faced was nothing!
I haven't heard of or used Dreamscene in a loooong time.
Microsoft really did something that made my life much less complicated than it had to be in 2007. I really took the ad-joke "Don't ask what Vista can do for you, ask what you can do for Vista" to heart and I said enough to Windows and hardware assessment and all the crap MS came up with and finally found it in me to move on and take that Ubuntu Live CD from 2007 more seriously and proceeded to actually install it onto my computer and use the OS on my daily driver laptop, struggling with APT commands, how stuff gets installed, updated, dealing with dependencies, running Office apps on Linux, etc and I made it. Man, what a decision I made back then, and I'm very proud of it.
Windows vista is so overlooked..
It is my favorite.
Thinker is nostalgic i remember was 2010 or something and i was playing this game and now i still using windows vista ultimate and playing ir again and the soundtrack of this game is amazing in my opinion is the best thing in Windows Ultimate Extras
Windows Update never worked for me. It lands me in error code 80244019.
Try using legacy update
@@Windows_NT_Dude by the time you replied to my comment, I already knew about Legacy Update.
@@resolvanlemmy it's just a suggestion, I don't pay attention to when comments were made
@@Windows_NT_Dude oh well.
Michael I saw that you were using Windows Vista SP 2 Build 6002... But the latest was 6003. I hope you could obtain that Build because I was trying to get that release as the final update for Windows Vista.
DreamScene on Windows 10.
"I see this is an absolute win!"
I've always wanted to know what these extras were.
$160 USD for some garbage that now doesn't even work. FFS
I think I was able to run DreamScene on XP, through Project VAIO (successor to Alky for Applications). Thanks for the trip back, @Michael MJD.
Also ran Tinker on XP, with Project VAIO, but it crashed a lot
I literally forgot about Tinker !
Hey, could you try to do your videos in 4K?
This brings many flashbacks! Oh boy!
Please make videos on Windows 8R, Windows 2007, Windows 2010, and Windows 2000 Personal. All are some mods I recommend.
I still have a PC with Windows Vista Ultimate and this is the only reason it still has Windows Vista. Also, nice video.
Windows Vista is a very beautiful OS. It was just misunderstood by people because it was ahead of its time