I'm wondering if anyone else has run into my situation. For some reason, I have the Aero glass theme enabled on my 64-bit Vista machine, but the theme is only used for a few windows. It seems to be mostly reserved for OS related windows, as opposed to application windows. For instance, even IE7 doesn't show transparency. I find it strange that the Aero glass frame appears to only work partially for me. I would have expected that it would fully work, or not work at all. I'm using Intel's Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3100, which came with my system. Has anyone else run into this before and/or found a solution?
Partial Aero glass?
- Thread starter hsrstud
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try making the IE7 box smaller. like not fullscreen, but halfscreen, and see if you see the transparency. also not everything does it. so it may be working correctly. but I wont know until I see it. 
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System One
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- CPU
- Q9650 E0 4.0 GHz @1.304v
- Motherboard
- eVGA 750i FTW
- Memory
- 2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5D
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA/MSI GTX 260 SLI
- Sound Card
- X-Fi XtremeGamer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung T240 & 226BW
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200 & 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Cuda 500GB 32mb Cache SATA 7200.(11) + 500GB Seagate Cuda External eSATA, USB, FW400
- PSU
- PC P&C 750w Silencer PSU
- Case
- CoolerMaster HAF 932 (Water-Cooled)
- Cooling
- Plenty of Fans, and a few 230mm Fans
- Mouse
- Logitech MX-518
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- Logitech G11
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- ASUS 20x Optical, Bose Companion 3, ATH-AD500 Cans :), Patriot Xporter 16GB Flash Drive (Very Fast), & Sandisk Micro 8GB. Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-105mm VR & 55-200mm VR
Here is a screenshot. It includes three windows and the taskbar. You'll notice that the device manager window and the taskbar have Aero glass, while my minimized IE and Control Panel windows do not. Aero glass also doesn't display for Firefox, or just about any other application. It only seems to work for certain OS windows, like the device manager window.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
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Hmmm - in the first ss, both IE and control panel are obviously *not* maximized - however, I also notice a couple of buttons in your cp window - are those from Ultramon? If so, ditch the buttons - I use Ultramon without the buttons, relying on KB shortcuts (I used CTRL + ` to switch to next monitor) and the context menu of taskbar items.
Then, for full screen items, I used VistaGlazz to allow aero glass even in maximized items.
Finally, for Fx 3, I used Glasser extension.
Net result - I have glass everywhere.
Then, for full screen items, I used VistaGlazz to allow aero glass even in maximized items.
Finally, for Fx 3, I used Glasser extension.
Net result - I have glass everywhere.
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System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
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- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
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- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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- Lenovo
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- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
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- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
I'm not sure which buttons you're referring to in my cp. I don't think I have ultramon installed (I'm not sure what this is). I've tried VistaGlazz and Glasser, but neither seem to work for me. I don't remember what VistaGlazz looked like, but Glasser just messes up my toolbars. I've attached an ss with Glasser and the Vista-Aero theme enabled. No matter what theme I use, including the default, it has a similar effect.
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Ummm, if you look at your ss of the control Panel, I see three buttons on the right and about an inch or so over I see two more buttons - which look exactly like ultramon buttons....
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
Wow, that solved my problem! Those were SplitScreen buttons. Once I disabled the buttons, Aero was re-enabled. Thanks so much for your help.
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Unfortunately, I still can't get Glasser to work. Must be a conflict with some extension.
Edit: Working now. Had to enable a different theme.
Edit: Working now. Had to enable a different theme.
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