Enable transparent window frames

[Gary B. Berns]

The help files says that in order to run in aero mode you must do
several things: set color scheme to aero (done), set refresh rate to
over 10 mhz (done), set theme to aero (done), set window frame to
transparent - and therein lies the problem.

According to the help there should be a check mark on the color
schreen dialog window. There is not, at least on my computer.
Therefore I computer keeps reverting to windows basic which is
annoying as it ran in aero mode when I first upgraded it. The
internal test mode says my graphics are 3.9 which is more than
sufficient.

Would appreciate any help and suggestions.

Thanks.

Gary

 

[BigJim]

what video card are you running? How much ram do you have?
clean install or upgrade? what version of vista is installed?

 

[Sascha Benjamin Jazbec]

Windows Vista Home Basic ?? ( has Aero, but no transparency )

If other Vista Edition :
Transparency disabled via gpedit ?

Right-click "Computer" -"Properties"-"Advanced"-"Performance" :
"use Transparency" enabled ?

SJ / germany

 

[Adam Albright]

The help files says that in order to run in aero mode you must do
several things: set color scheme to aero (done), set refresh rate to
over 10 mhz (done), set theme to aero (done), set window frame to
transparent - and therein lies the problem.

According to the help there should be a check mark on the color
schreen dialog window. There is not, at least on my computer.
Therefore I computer keeps reverting to windows basic which is
annoying as it ran in aero mode when I first upgraded it. The
internal test mode says my graphics are 3.9 which is more than
sufficient.

Would appreciate any help and suggestions.

Thanks.

Gary

Try the personalization option in control pannel. From there you'll
see several options under Window Color and Appearance. Some of the
choices can look pretty muddy when trying to see through. Try Frost
for testing. Note the Color Intensity slider. The further to the right
it is the more saturation you have and the less transparant the
windows will be, so if you see little or no effect try pushing the
slider almost all the way to the left.

Windows will revert to basic depending the application your're
running. Gets old very fast to see your desktop flicker or go dark all
the time, beacause of course a couple of the applications that are my
favorites and I use all the time default to basic mode until I shut
them down, then the "fancier" view comes back automatically.