Vista - Aero working great, but no transparency

I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot
get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then
check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go
back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does
nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.

SOLUTION: This problem was occuring when using ATI's Vista Drivers. When i
rolled back the driver to the version used under windows XP, aero including
transparency is working. Maybe this simple solution will solve others'
problems as well!

"rbyrd8100" wrote:

> I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot
> get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then
> check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go
> back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does
> nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:07:01 -0700, rbyrd8100 wrote:

> I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot
> get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then
> check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go
> back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does
> nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.

What display adapter?

Had this happen once to me when using hardware and drivers that could
support glass. Fixed by running "winstat aurora" from the Run box. After it
has run for a bit, press Esc to stop it. The press Ctrl+Shift+F9. If still
no glass, go to Personalize> Visual Appearance to open classic Appearance.
Re-select Windows Aero here and OK way back to desktop.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

ATI Mobility Radeon X300 64MB. Using the driver that came with windows xp
aero works, but using ATI's vista driver, it doesent work.

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:07:01 -0700, rbyrd8100 wrote:
>
> > I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot
> > get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then
> > check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go
> > back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does
> > nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.
>
> What display adapter?
>
> Had this happen once to me when using hardware and drivers that could
> support glass. Fixed by running "winstat aurora" from the Run box. After it
> has run for a bit, press Esc to stop it. The press Ctrl+Shift+F9. If still
> no glass, go to Personalize> Visual Appearance to open classic Appearance.
> Re-select Windows Aero here and OK way back to desktop.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>

I have the same exact graphics card, same memory. Windows Vista preloaded the
driver for me. I didn't need to do anything. However I did install the ATI
drivers anyway, which had no effect on anything. It's so pretty! haha
--
Robert Firth




"rbyrd8100" wrote:

> ATI Mobility Radeon X300 64MB. Using the driver that came with windows xp
> aero works, but using ATI's vista driver, it doesent work.
>
> "Sharon F" wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:07:01 -0700, rbyrd8100 wrote:
> >
> > > I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot
> > > get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then
> > > check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go
> > > back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does
> > > nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.
> >
> > What display adapter?
> >
> > Had this happen once to me when using hardware and drivers that could
> > support glass. Fixed by running "winstat aurora" from the Run box. After it
> > has run for a bit, press Esc to stop it. The press Ctrl+Shift+F9. If still
> > no glass, go to Personalize> Visual Appearance to open classic Appearance.
> > Re-select Windows Aero here and OK way back to desktop.
> >
> > --
> > Sharon F
> > MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
> >