Change how the "Aero Glass" looks

CowPieSoup

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I would like to request - either a tutorial or for someone to just do it - a way to change the "glass" from the frankly ugly glossy look to a more matte look. I had a custom theme on Vista that pulled this off deliciously, and I cannot stand looking at the gross, glossy look characteristic of windows 7. Sadly, I do not have any screenshot of what i am looking for, but I will try to describe it as best I can.

It is matte, there is no fake gloss when you move a window around. It is also flat, or at least it looks so.

That's about it. I would very much appreciate any help given, as i am not even sure whether you can alter the appearance of the glass effect.

EDIT: Another thing was that the Windows were square, not rounded at the edges. I liked that.

EDIT: I have found a screenshot of what i am looking for. This was the exact theme I had on my Vista.
Aero_Dynamic_FINAL_REL_V2_by_downtheory.jpg
 
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Just use the Aero Basic theme, then. The only smooth matte-ish theme I can think of is AeroLighting. Check it out on DeviantArt.
 

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Intel Q660 Quad-Core CPU (2.40GHz)
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ATI Radeon HD 4850 (512MB)
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20'' Dell E207WFP
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400 Watt DC Power Supply
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Sorry to be brash, but if I LIKED the basic theme, I would use it. I would like to have my own visual style.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Extreme Qx6700 ~3.2ghz
Motherboard
N/a
Memory
4gb Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Geforce 8800 Ultra
Sound Card
Xfi Soundblaster Titanium Fatal1ty Edition
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 1680x1050 Monitors
Hard Drives
1tb Seagate
500gb Seagate
320gb Samsung
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