A neighbor is trying to change his side bar background to Transparent. Now
it is gray with a blue desktop background. How does he accomplish this?

Thanks.

Phil

Since I installed Vista sevice pack 1 on my laptop the side bar is opaque and
I can't see how to make it transparent a like it was before I installed
service pack 1. Any suugestions?

"Phil" wrote:

> A neighbor is trying to change his side bar background to Transparent. Now
> it is gray with a blue desktop background. How does he accomplish this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>

Hi,

Reinstall and/or update your video drivers.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Steveb" <Steveb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5D2F5A63-DD8C-443E-AC18-D558CE1EA0FE@xxxxxx

> Since I installed Vista sevice pack 1 on my laptop the side bar is opaque
> and
> I can't see how to make it transparent a like it was before I installed
> service pack 1. Any suugestions?
>
> "Phil" wrote:
>

>> A neighbor is trying to change his side bar background to Transparent.
>> Now
>> it is gray with a blue desktop background. How does he accomplish this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

cool. thanks. I try that.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Reinstall and/or update your video drivers.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Steveb" <Steveb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5D2F5A63-DD8C-443E-AC18-D558CE1EA0FE@xxxxxx

> > Since I installed Vista sevice pack 1 on my laptop the side bar is opaque
> > and
> > I can't see how to make it transparent a like it was before I installed
> > service pack 1. Any suugestions?
> >
> > "Phil" wrote:
> >

> >> A neighbor is trying to change his side bar background to Transparent.
> >> Now
> >> it is gray with a blue desktop background. How does he accomplish this?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>

video driver was current .

I contacted free chat-line support for Vista SP1 problems and gave them
access to my computer. Seems the problem was that Vista SPI instalation
apparently deselected Windows Aero in Control Panel>Personalization>Window
Color and Appearance>classic appearance properties.

"Steveb" wrote:

> cool. thanks. I try that.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>

> > Hi,
> >
> > Reinstall and/or update your video drivers.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >
> > "Steveb" <Steveb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:5D2F5A63-DD8C-443E-AC18-D558CE1EA0FE@xxxxxx

> > > Since I installed Vista sevice pack 1 on my laptop the side bar is opaque
> > > and
> > > I can't see how to make it transparent a like it was before I installed
> > > service pack 1. Any suugestions?
> > >
> > > "Phil" wrote:
> > >
> > >> A neighbor is trying to change his side bar background to Transparent.
> > >> Now
> > >> it is gray with a blue desktop background. How does he accomplish this?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Phil
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>

> >
> >