Sidebar transparent background?

[denz]

I'm using Vista Home Premium on my Toshiba laptop with 2gb Ram and want to
know if I can make the background on the Sidebar transparent. I saw it on a
PC in the mall and want to know if/how I can do the same on my laptop. Can
anyone tell me how to do this, or where to go to find out?

Thank you,

Denchaz

 

[Richard G. Harper]

If you are using the AERO display option the sidebar background should be
transparent. If not, try restoring a default appearance scheme to see if
you have changed a setting that took that away.

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[vista user 43]

its not transparent only if you are using the classic theme

or you have run into one of the trillions of vista bugs

 

[norm]

I'm using Vista Home Premium on my Toshiba laptop with 2gb Ram and want to
know if I can make the background on the Sidebar transparent. I saw it
on a
PC in the mall and want to know if/how I can do the same on my laptop. Can
anyone tell me how to do this, or where to go to find out?

Thank you,

Denchaz

The following works for me:
Open Sidebar, drag each gadget to another place on screen; close
sidebar, then drag each gadget back to where it was.