visual effects

How do I make the shadows under windows/boxes bigger, like in Mac OS X? Is there a registry tweak? Do I do something with Style Builder?

I'm trying to find a way to allow the white/blank areas of any program to be aero or glass themed like in this screenshot: Link Removed due to 404 Error I already have firefox glassed as well as glass notepad and glass cmd all as separate programs though. I want to be able to just extend aero...

I am still kid at heart. I like eye candy. I have W7 home prem. I wish it had that Pan and Zoom Screensaver that Vista had. Is there a way to copy the Pan n Zoom from Vista and insert it into 7??:o

I know some forum users are playing this game so when I saw this post I thought it may come in handy? Hidden away .. I wonder why. If you're running Borderlands on a Windows 7 platform, chances are you aren't actually running the game in DirectX 10. Why? The bro's over at ShackNews posted a...

Dear All, I bought a copy of Windows 7 on a UK student deal, paid, got the link and order confirmation, carried out a clean installation with no problems. The problems came after. I would be very grateful if you guys could offer some advice on any of the following issues: 1) I have heard a lot...

I love a fast clean system that will focus all it's attention to the tasks I give it to perform. So I turn off or optimize all features that I don't need to run all the time. Here are the tweaks I start with. User Account Control When you are tweaking features you will be prompted to...

Hi all, i,ve downloaded a new gadget, the continuum gadget, that looks like these: and i want to know if have some way to enable this transparency on all windows of our win7 =) thanks!

Hello, I have a problem with the new taskbar in Windows 7. I have installed Windows and then I installed a lot of programs, so I can't recognize if something else than system does it, but let's say I have quite known and legal programs installed, so they should not to do this problem...

Hello there, First of all i would like to congratulate the microsoft team on an excellent OS. I have only encountered one problem at the minute...its a very irritating problem though. Im using windows 7 64bit, and when i first installed it i could use aero peek an see all my webpages etc...

Hi Wonder if anyone can tell me how to get dreamscenes to work as backgrounds in Windows 7. Ive tried the hacks and it still says uxms needs to be running, what is this and how do i get it to start

1. There is an alternate was to turn on Aero in Windows7....but only use this one Build 7000 Click on the Start Button and in the Search box type Aero. Now click on Find and Fix problems with transparency and other visual effects.. Immediately an Aero box will pop up. Click the Advanced link...

As many of you know, I'm not a fan of the preview feature.. To me it's an additional step to take to locate a program or find what directory you're in. Before this preview feature was introduced with Vista, I could have 12 windows open and simply look on the taskbar and tell immediately where...

Hi, I using Dell Inspiron 6000 P M 1.73 GHz , 2 GB ram, with Mobile Intel(R) 915GM_GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family I want to know, if I can install Windows 7 or not? And, can I use the Aero appearence? I mean those see-through visual effect... also...aero peek...those function. Can anyone...

Hey Folks, Here is the challenge I am having with Vista and would really appreciate any help from anybody that might now how to work around this. 1. I have an application running of my own creation 2. I progrmatically minimize it 3. Once minized I want to take a snapshot of the screen The...

Windows Vista February CTP Tips and Tricks Author: Kristan M. Kenney Publication Date: February 23rd, 2006 Co-author: Chris Holmes (Chris123NT). Logging on as Local Administrator If you are having trouble logging on as the built-in Administrator account under 5308, you will need to make...