There is a benchmark / system test tool in Vista called WinSAT. You can test all sorts of things and those of you who want to poke around in it you can.
However I found a less than used feature and it gives you an expensive Aurora backdrop in Windows. To make this work, open up an elevated cmd prompt and type the following:
start /B winsat aurora & net stop uxsms & net start uxsms
This will set the winsat tool running and give you a nice backdrop and re-enable aero on your desktop. You may need to press the Windows key to see yoru task bar again.
Please note WinSAT is a test program, not designed to be a backdrop displayer, but it does look very pretty.
ttfn
David
Posted
Thu, Jan 11 2007 12:03 AM
by
David Overton