visual effects

Hi, I have an odd issue: my system recognizes a hidden, secondary monitor though I only use a single one. My monitor has the resolution of 1980 x 1200 px, and there is an additional area which I can't see next to it. When I accidentally move a window into the additional area, that's a...

I've just begun using Win 7 and notice all dialog boxes, program windows, etc, open and close like a Mac with an animated action, not like older windows when they'd just appear on the screen. Is there any way to change this animated movement in Win 7? UPDATE: I just figured it out by going into...

Hi I just wanted to relay my experience with nVidia 3D vision. I got my new computer specifically set up to use with the 3D setup With an nVida GTX 680 video card. I purchased an Asus monitor that supports a 144hz refresh rate. I was worried that I was making this investment for...

After having installed a new WIn7 around all menu and dialog textes there is a "white shadow". See attached sample snapshots: How can I permanently disable these white shadows? Thank you Peter

Hello. I'm completely new to this forum. I have a stupid annoying problem with the windows seven taskbar. I don't know how to call it but his is what is happening: * Normally, when you hover the start orb it gives you a sunrise (i mean the lights from the bulb light up slowly). Right...

Hello everybody, i've been having some problems with my aero animations. All my animations will just randomly turn themselves off, and they only restart when I go into the adjust performance and appearance of windows dialog and adjust set to best appearance. The animations will come back for a...

i keep being told "visual effects settings aren't optimized for best appearance" and the aero theme reverts to basic given i have an hd5770 and an e8400 plus 4gb of 1066 ram i am a little fussed that windoze 7 64bit seems unhappy with my resources being adequate it was fine until quite...

Is there a way to disable or remove mouse over blue shadow highlight in order to change the color?

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I truly love this game and cannot agree more with the article below.... Enjoy. Shortly it will be exactly three years since the release of what I consider to be the last great PC exclusive - Crysis. Recently reinstalling Crysis, I expected to see that it had dated, but this wasn't the...

The problem came out of nowhere, I noticed my computer didn't animate when minimizing, opening, or closing a window. The "animate windows when minimizing and maximizing" option is enabled. When I restart my computer, it will still show that it is enabled when I bring up that window but it won't...

I've got a stable Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) system. It's a Dell Vostro 410, 8GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Quad CPU @2.4GHz, WEI of 3.7. The on-board video adapter is an ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO with 128MB of dedicated video memory. I have two monitors, one connected to DVI and one to VGA. Aero Themes...

I've been trying to modify the "folder picture" for a large number of folders, and to that end am going to write a script to modify the desktop.ini in each folder. The thing is, changing the desktop.ini doesn't seem to have any visible effect. If I manually change the picture (folder...

1. screen saver: why does the Windows "background" image remain on screen when the screen saver is running? This has never been the case with previous Windows! 2. Why is there no "title" (in title bar) on windows such as Windows Explorer? Thanks for any insight.

I can see nice transparency (with border and body) when I open "Add gadgets windows". Why not all other window like "my computer"? is it possible to add bluer transparent to 'my computer' like gadgets window?

Hello, After installing a fresh Windows 7, I would optimize it doing the steps of those guides: Speed Up Windows 7 - Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!! (17 steps) Link Removed - Invalid URL (7 steps) Instead of doing this manually, I would use a .REG (and/or .BAT) file. So, for...

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Hello. Recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my computer. Setup: AMD Phenom II X4 (quad core x64 processor) GeForce 8600 GT gfx card 4 GB DDR3 RAM My problem: If I want to mark files (hold mouse left and drag, you know), the rectangle flickers / blinks. Or if i re-size a...