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Stardock produces the coolest eye candy/functionality customizations made for Windows. I’ve been a long time user and haven’t looked at the boring Fischer Price style of Windows since XP came out. Now that Vista is out, what can Stardock do to trick out your new OS?

How about new versions of many of your favorites.

• LogonStudio - which will let you customize the logon screen for Windows.
• Windowblinds (my personal favorite), will provide thousands of different visual styles to skin the look and feel of Windows Vista, along with the ability to change color, saturation, and all kinds of other elements, Windows Vista users will be able to make Windows Vista look however they want it to look.
• DeskScapes - Object Desktop users will be able to get exclusive animated wallpapers not available anywhere else. And they’ll be getting our new program that lets Windows Vista Ultimate users have dynamic animated wallpaper. Dynamic animated wallpaper is generated on the fly and it’s all done on the video card so even on a mid-powerful computing rig, you’ll see virtually no CPU use and incredibly cool stuff.
• DesktopX - Leverage the Windows Vista sidebar but with the power of DesktopX gadgets!

There’s a lot more, and you should definetly check it out. Also, after just the first day of reelase, 5% of WinCustomize traffic is made up of Vista users.?

I know several people who’ve purchased new PC’s with a Vista Upgrade disk. Now that Vista is out, the question was “will I only be able to upgrade or can I perform a clean install?” I ALWAYS perform a clean install. After time, the OS just gets junked up and if I’m gunna lay down a new OS, it’s going to be on a clean installation. Well, the gang over at dailytech.com has apparently figured out how to use a Vista upgrade disk to perform a clean installation.

Workaround Discovered For “Clean Install” With Vista Upgrade DVDs

So should gamer’s run right out and get a copy of Vista today? Probably not just yet, according this article, especially for NVIDIA users. Judging from what PC Perspective has seen thus far, the gaming performance available to enthusiasts is somewhat mixed on Windows Vista. Both NVIDIA and AMD have some areas where their cards perform well and others where they do not and features from XP to Vista haven’t translated over quickly either.

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I’m called The Googlemeister at work because I can find just about anything on Google. There’s no magic in it though, just well formed queries. Google provides its own Advanced Search Made Easy… or you can check out Ourpicks’ Pro Guide to Google searches.

Yup that’s right… Uncle Bill is scheduled to appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday, January 29, the eve of Microsoft’s Windows Vista launch.

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