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Richard Rupert
12-05-2010, 09:06 PM
I don't have Windows 7 on my machines, but I was sent this by a computer tech. Maybe it will help in tweaking for SAW or SAC:



How to Activate GodMode in Windows 7


Want to activate GodMode in Windows 7 (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/GodMode-Windows-7-How-to,9345.html)? Here's how!
Windows 7 users are all abuzz about the OS and its GodMode. If you haven't heard of it, GodMode is a feature that was revealed by CNet's Microsoft Correspondent, Ina Fried. GodMode is a folder that brings together a long list of customization settings allowing you to change all your settings from one place. Neat huh? It's very easy to enable and damn useful if you tweak things around a lot.
I've broken it down into five-step process to avoid confusion:
Step 1: Right click on the Desktop.
Step 2: Click create folder.
Step 3: Name your sparkly, new folder this, "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" and press enter. Leave out the quote marks.
Step 4: Blink as the folder changes form to look like the control panel.


GodMode.jpg (http://www.sawstudiouser.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1008&stc=1&d=1291608229)

Step 5: Open the folder and bask in all your godly, control panel-y power.
Dave Labrecque
12-05-2010, 10:06 PM
I don't have Windows 7 on my machines, but I was sent this by a computer tech. Maybe it will help in tweaking for SAW or SAC:



How to Activate GodMode in Windows 7


Want to activate GodMode in Windows 7 (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/GodMode-Windows-7-How-to,9345.html)? Here's how!
Windows 7 users are all abuzz about the OS and its GodMode. If you haven't heard of it, GodMode is a feature that was revealed by CNet's Microsoft Correspondent, Ina Fried. GodMode is a folder that brings together a long list of customization settings allowing you to change all your settings from one place. Neat huh? It's very easy to enable and damn useful if you tweak things around a lot.
I've broken it down into five-step process to avoid confusion:
Step 1: Right click on the Desktop.
Step 2: Click create folder.
Step 3: Name your sparkly, new folder this, "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" and press enter. Leave out the quote marks.
Step 4: Blink as the folder changes form to look like the control panel.


GodMode.jpg (http://www.sawstudiouser.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1008&stc=1&d=1291608229)

Step 5: Open the folder and bask in all your godly, control panel-y power.

Wow. It really works. This could be very handy, indeed. Thanks, RR. :)
Wurst Werner
12-05-2010, 11:54 PM
Working! Really cool - thank you:)
Microstudio
12-06-2010, 04:31 AM
Nice.
Ian Alexander
12-06-2010, 11:41 AM
Richard, I run SS on a WinXP machine, but bought a Win7 machine for office and internet tasks. Thanks for your post.
Bill Park
12-06-2010, 03:17 PM
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10426627-56.html
RBIngraham
12-06-2010, 07:49 PM
Just curious what does this really let you have access to?
Bill Park
12-06-2010, 07:54 PM
Just curious what does this really let you have access to?

Why I posted the link. Apparently it is just easier access to what you could get at before. Fewer clicks, less hunting seems to be about all we gain. If you are setting up a machine from scratch that could be handy. On a daily basis with an existing box, maybe not so much...
Dave Labrecque
12-06-2010, 11:24 PM
Just curious what does this really let you have access to?

In a word: everything.

Try it and see for yourself.
Microstudio
12-07-2010, 06:38 AM
Ok I did it and its cool! Its a nice central link window to everything on your PC.
RBIngraham
12-07-2010, 07:30 AM
In a word: everything.

Try it and see for yourself.

I don't have Win 7. :)
ambler
12-07-2010, 08:01 AM
I don't have Win 7. :)

It works in Vista.
Microstudio
12-07-2010, 08:08 AM
I don't have Win 7. :)

You will....
Bill Park
12-07-2010, 09:26 AM
In a word: everything.

Try it and see for yourself.

This is what I found to be disappointing: it is nice as a central control panel but it does not give you control over anything new. Bob and other developers say that there is a lot going on under the hood with Win7 that cannot be controlled. I had hoped for some access, a new door through which someone like Bob could go and then tell us, "okay, here's what you need to do...".
bcorkery
12-08-2010, 10:37 AM
It works in Vista.I have/hate Vista (contemporary Millennium Edition), I'll give this a try! Thanks.