The transparent glass look of Aero Glass in Windows 7 and Vista may look nice, but it also may slow down computers that don’t have powerful video adapters. If the performance of your computer is being adversely affected by the Aero Glass feature, you can speed up Windows and still benefit from the Aero features, such as Flip 3D and Taskbar thumbnails. The glass transparency can be disabled.
How to Enable or Disable Transparency in Windows 7
This will show you how to enable or disable tranparency for windows, the Start Menu, and the taskbar in Windows 7. You will not have the Transparency option if you have a Basic and High Contrast Theme instead of a Aero Theme.The Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions do not have Aero Transparency included in them. Aero Requirements to be Enabled in Windows 7 NOTE:If Aero is not enabled, then Transparency will not work even when enabled.
To Enable or Disable Transparency in Personalization
1. Right click on a empty space on the desktop and click on Personalize. (See screenshot below)
2. NOTE:The name in gray under Windows Color is the current color selected. 3. To Enable TransparencyA) Check the Enable transparency box. (See screenshot below step 5) B) Adjust your Color intensity slider for how transparent you want it.
4. To Disable Transparency A) Uncheck the Enable transparency box. (See screenshot below)5. Click on Save changes.
To Enable or Disable Transparency in Visual Effects
1. Open Visual Effects.
Using a REG File Download
1. To Enable Transparency
To Enable or Disable Transparency in Registry Editor
1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search boxand press Enter.That's it, Shawn
Related Tutorials
This article shows you how to do this in Windows 7 and Vista. The procedure is slightly different in each system.
Windows 7
The following Windows Explorer window shows the Aero Glass transparency effect in Windows 7. You’ll notice that you can see the Windows logo on the desktop through the window’s border.
To disable the Aero Glass transparency in Windows 7, right-click on an empty area of the desktop and select Personalize from the popup menu.
The Personalization screen on the Control Panel displays. Click the Window Color link below the themes.
On the Window Color and Appearance screen, select the Enable transparency check box so there is NO check mark in the box.
Click Save changes to save the setting and close the Window Color and Appearance screen.
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To close the Control Panel, click the X button in the upper, right corner of the window.
Now the borders on windows are not transparent.
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Here’s an example of a Windows Explorer window in Windows Vista with the Aero Glass transparency enabled.
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To disable the Aero Glass transparency in Windows Vista, right-click on an empty area of the desktop and select Personalize from the popup menu.
The Personalization screen on the Control Panel displays. Click the Window Color and Appearance link.
On the Window Color and Appearance screen, select the Enable transparency check box so there is NO check mark in the box.
Click OK to close the Window Color and Appearance screen.
To close the Control Panel, click the X button in the upper, right corner of the window.
The borders on windows are no longer transparent.
If you don’t mind giving up some of the fancy look of the Aero Glass feature, you can gain a little more performance out of your system. As we mentioned earlier, you still have access to the functional Aero features.
by Lori Kaufman
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