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* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect. | * If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect. | ||
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows] | * If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows] | ||
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app. | * If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app. However, Windows chooses to render fonts very differently than Mac does, [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-respecting-the-pixel-grid.html as explained here]. | ||