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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: Jonny G on February 03, 2016, 05:01:46 pm

Title: Hiding Windows 7 - coming out of test mode?
Post by: Jonny G on February 03, 2016, 05:01:46 pm

As i said in a previous post, I've managed to get Super Resolutions working, so I'm on with trying to hide Win 7 as I used to with XP. Unfortunately a lot of the changes and edits I'm trying to make with various progs (such as boot anim) don't seem to be taking effect.

It got me wondering if it was because I'm still booting into test mode. Does anyone know if it is safe to exit out of test mode now that crt emudrivers are correctly installed or will it cause probs?

Failing that a guide for hiding Win 7 that works (I'm currently following this one (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,113896.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,113896.0.html))would be lovely.

Title: Re: Hiding Windows 7 - coming out of test mode?
Post by: Calamity on February 03, 2016, 05:15:39 pm

Test mode has no side effect that I know of, apart from the watermark than can only be disabled by patching some Windows files. If you disable test mode, the drivers just won't get loaded.

Title: Re: Hiding Windows 7 - coming out of test mode?
Post by: Jonny G on February 03, 2016, 05:32:29 pm

Thanks for the confirmation, the watermark doesn't bother me at all as hopefully shelling my FE will hide the desktop entirely (haven't gotten that far yet) Have you had any success with hiding windows?

Title: Re: Hiding Windows 7 - coming out of test mode?
Post by: haynor666 on February 04, 2016, 05:37:10 am

But there is side effect of patched drivers - wma decoding seems to not working correctly.

Title: Re: Hiding Windows 7 - coming out of test mode?
Post by: someoneelse on February 04, 2016, 12:58:26 pm

Maybe this one is a bit more detailed: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,148050.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,148050.0.html)