Ayanami Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 So, I bought a brand new Gateway today @ Best Buy.... I love the thing. However, I noticed something unusual about it. It has Windows Vista Home Premium. Now, I have a box copy of Home Premium, had it since the day it came out. The copy that came with my Gateway has a feature I haven't seen before though... There are checkboxes on the Explorer and Desktop icons. One click, there's a checkbox on the icon.... There's no real usability difference, but it's just been throwing me off. Anyone run into this yet? Was SP1 released already, and this is a new thing? I'd post some screenshots, but I don't feel like chopping up Print Screen images in Paint right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 SP1 hasn't been released yet, still in beta. Do the check boxes do anything? Never saw this on the beta I used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 My God do I miss Skitch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 It's a new feature in Vista. You can select files with checkboxes in explorer. You can turn it on or off, it's quite nice actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yil2201 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 @ Synaesthesia : Kidding or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Where could I turn it off at? I mean, I can see it being a nice feature.... Why couldn't they have just darkened the selections? That'd been a bit easier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Open Computer, go to Organize -> Folder and Search Options -> View tab -> Use checkboxes to select items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Open Computer, go to Organize -> Folder and Search Options -> View tab -> Use checkboxes to select items Thanks!! I mean, it's a useful feature, I just don't like it. =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Everyone says "useful", but for what exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyBrian Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 it's useful for when your ctrl key breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Everyone says "useful", but for what exactly? If I dealt with a large amount of images on this computer (as in upwards of a couple hundred), I would definately keep it. It's quite useful to have if you're dealing with a large amount of files. Or if you want to be absolutely sure of which files you have selected, it'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asambhav Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yes, I've encountered with that new feature. Apparently, it's so you can select multiple {censored} ( I think ) Anyways, it's pretty useless and if they add another useless function to Windows Vista I'm about to get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yes, I've encountered with that new feature.Apparently, it's so you can select multiple {censored} ( I think ) Anyways, it's pretty useless and if they add another useless function to Windows Vista I'm about to get rid of it. Its quite useful if you dont want to hold down the control key while selecting items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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