Vista screen saver different on store Windows machine?

I was in Costco and playing with an HP Windows machine with Vista.
The bubbles screen saver shows bubbles on a black background.
My Vista in Boot Camp has bubbles over the existing screen. Why?
How do I get a black background?
Also all the windows quickly fade when closed or opened. Mine just open and close ... No fade. How do I get the fade?
Thanks for looking ... Ken
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It isn't like you need to use command console and REGEDIT.
Uninstalling graphics, and installing new drivers, boosted the score on my Nvidia 3DMark06 by 2000 pts. I hope you followed the other control panel settings.
I can think of lots of things that fall under the "maintenance" category in OS X that are necessary and harder to communicate. you know how to boot in Safe Mode, you can download a program, and you have no trouble using the control panel Programs to uninstall.
All I want is to see someone learn to get better use and enjoy using their system more fully.
*Drive Sweeper*
Guru3D - Driver Sweeper is a fast tool to remove driver leftovers from your system. It's very important to remove your drivers on a proper way, because driver leftovers can cause problems like stability and startup problems. You can use it if you want to update/remove drivers from your system.
There are two methods to use Driver Sweeper.
Both methods achieve the same results.
This method is always able to clean all files.
This method will delete remaining files upon reboot (if deleting failed).
You can clean your drivers this way:
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* Reboot your PC in Safe Mode.
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*What can it be used for*
The current supported drivers are NVIDIA (Display and Chipset), ATI (Display), Creative (Sound) Realtek (Sound), Ageia (PhysX) and Microsoft (Mouse).
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Driver Sweeper support/discussion forums can be found here.
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http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
Download installer:
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