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Best Win 7 Tips

Saturday, May 14, 2011

3. Enable Aero in Win 7

The Areo Glossy Transparent window effect is one of the best features in Windows 7.  Here is how to enable it for your self.

  1. Launch regedit - Start -> Run -> Regedit
  2. Navigate to the follow key
  3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
  4. Create the follow Dword 32bit entries
    • UseMachineCheck and set the value to 0
    • Blur and set the value to 0
    • Animations and set the value to 0
  5.  Close Regedit
  6. Start CMD with Administrative Privileges
  7. Type the following commands
    • netstop uxsms
    • netstart uxsms
  8.  Now Attempt to Enable Aero by right clicking on desktop-> Personalize ->Windows Colors.