Removing "blur" From the Taskbar.

I found this thread and it is hard to believe it is one of the only mentions of this on the entire web. Did anyone ever find an answer? My desktop really could use it.

Diet said:

Has anyone ever found a way to remove the blurring effect on the task bar? I've found numerous sites to remove the blur from the frames of the windows, but not a single solution to do the same for the taskbar. I've only been able to find themes that remove the "lines" in the transparency but not the blurriness. Is it simply impossible without paying for 3rd party applications? It seems like it should be such a simple task but every website I've searched has always lead to no answers, the closest I've found is this at deviant art, but even when using this and some transparent png and gif, it still is blurry. What gives? I have no idea, if anyone has done this successfully without windowblinds or something please let me know, it'd be greatly appreciated. I want to be able to see through the bar and read text behind it.

Thanks so much, A Guy! Already tried the solutions in the current threads. I will search the web and see if anything else comes up. I changed the registry as is suggested in the link but it does not help with the blur. I am using a style without a bar and all that is left is the blur. If I could get that gone....

Wow!! Nice work, sir. The answer to the question. Thank you so much for that.

The start menu orb and any pinned icons and system menu, time and date. It is just the edge of the bar and the blur that is gone. Works well for my desktop design.