Vista - Flip 3D is not working

I am not able to start the Flip 3D effect.
According to Windows Help and Support I am supposed to get all your open
windows stacked on top of each other by pressing ALT + Windows key. And I
have read somewhere else that you are supposed to use Ctrl + Windows key +
TAB.

What is correct, and do I have to do something to activate the Flip 3D
effect first?


-Gjert

Hello,

Flip3D is activated by pressing CTRL, Windows Key, and Tab at the same time.

Flip3D is only available if you are running "glass", which means you have a
recent video card and a fairly decent computer.

If the title and borders around your windows are gray instead of
transparent, then your system is unable to do Flip3D.

- JB

Strange. For some reason the glass effect seem a bit ustable on my computer.
Sometimes the title and borders are transparent, and sometimes ther're grey.
I guess they must have been grey when I have tried this earlier, because
this time the Flip 3D effect worked.

Thanks for your answer.

-Gjert

Vista shuts down some visual effects when certain of my programs are
running. Initially warned about doing this.

"Gjert Stensrud" <gjerts@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eiVsbORmGHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Strange. For some reason the glass effect seem a bit ustable on my
> computer.
> Sometimes the title and borders are transparent, and sometimes ther're
> grey.
> I guess they must have been grey when I have tried this earlier, because
> this time the Flip 3D effect worked.
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> -Gjert

Some programs are not well-behaved in Glass, so the system gives you a
better experience by switching off the effects.

"Foofy" <foofy@junospam.net> wrote in message
news:OTUEtURmGHA.2160@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Vista shuts down some visual effects when certain of my programs are
> running. Initially warned about doing this.
>
> "Gjert Stensrud" <gjerts@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eiVsbORmGHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Strange. For some reason the glass effect seem a bit ustable on my
>> computer.
>> Sometimes the title and borders are transparent, and sometimes ther're
>> grey.
>> I guess they must have been grey when I have tried this earlier, because
>> this time the Flip 3D effect worked.
>>
>> Thanks for your answer.
>>
>> -Gjert
>
>

You only have to press CTRL if you want to 'lock' Flip3D and then tab
through them. You can use Windows + Tab to cycle through them and when you
let go it closes it.

"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:946A4C89-523A-4770-86A8-59AFD21BA903@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> Flip3D is activated by pressing CTRL, Windows Key, and Tab at the same
> time.
>
> Flip3D is only available if you are running "glass", which means you have
> a recent video card and a fairly decent computer.
>
> If the title and borders around your windows are gray instead of
> transparent, then your system is unable to do Flip3D.
>
> - JB