Vista?

Date: Nov 16, 2006

Vista?

skyh00k · Member

Finally got the e-mail. Any info on Vista?

R2D2 · R2d2 Software

I already did the job of testing VDT on Vista beta 1 and it worked without any problem.

When the final release of Vista will be released, I will start with the final upgrade process, that should normally take a few weeks.

Thank you for the donation.

skyh00k · Member

That's good news. I was afraid that it was a whole different animal and would take a major rewrite.

I'll play with it some more and report back.

skyh00k

skyh00k · Member

Seem to have it working okay now.

I had upgraded Windows XP 32bit SP2 with Virtual Desktop installed. I disabled the Virtual Desktop autorun before beginning the upgrade. After the upgrade was complete I tried to run VD but got a flickering screen (autohide taskbar flickered just enough to see the new Start button and the edges of the taskbar). I also had 100% CPU utilization. I'm running it on a Dell D810 laptop docked and using a second external monitor.

At that point I enquired here for Vista compatability.

So next I completely uninstalled and reinstalled. After Virtual Desktop started I got the same flickering and CPU utilization as before. I had to force power down and reboot at one point since my box was pretty much unresponsive. After rebooting I got enough control to turn off the tabbed desktop selection bar that runs across the top of the screen. Since then the system has been stable and Virtual Desktop performs normally.

Of course I had to run through the settings about 5 times to get them to stick as usual. :) But now I have everything back to my preferred environment and I'm very happy.

I'll post once more after I install on the home PC. That will be a clean Install and not an upgrade and only one monitor.

skyh00k

skyh00k · Member

Having the same trouble on the home PC. It's clean Vista install on a single monitor desktop box. It appears that something in VDT is causing the taskbar to open and close as fast as the computer can do it. I can see the round Start button graphic flickering. And I can't actually open the taskbar to do anything.

Turning off the tabbed desktop selection bar across the top did not help this time. It must be something else or a combination. I'll continue to troubleshoot...

skyh00k · Member

I was able to kill explorer.exe. When it automatically regenerated in the default desktop the flickering and CPU pegging had stopped. I killed it in my second desktop and then manually added it back. The flickering stopped there also.

I'll limp along this way until more info is available.

skyh00k · Member

I'm finding other issues such as launched programs opening in the wrong desktop (yes, I have the "automatically add visible..." box checked) so I'm having to back out of Vista for now.

Don't think I mentioned but this is Vista RTM.

I just donated another $10. I would appreciate any priority that can be given to resolving this issue. Thanks again for a wonderful program.

skyh00k

R2D2 · R2d2 Software

Thanks for all the information and for your donation. I unfortunately can't answer to questions about Vista as I don't have any "fresh" copy yet (and I'm currently really busy with my regular work ).

As I said before, I will do the work to test over Vista ASAP. I hope I will have a copy soon (in a few days) and then I will start to test and make changes.

I will post more information here when available.

-- Edited by R2D2 at 07:33, 2006-12-02

R2D2 · R2d2 Software

I will release a Vista-compliant version at the end of january