I cannot stand the so called 'glass' effect in windows 7 which draws diagonal gradients across taskbar and windows. Can't get rid of this through themes, please someone tell me there's a way to make it go away!!!
very easily :) just right click your desktop, click "personalization" then "window colour" uncheck "enable transparency" and voila, problem solved,
Transparency - Enable or Disable
I can see your point, the glass effect does take a little getting used to
Uugh..I hate aero...
I use Windows Classic under 'basic themes'.
Theme - Change or Save
Just download and apply another theme. The default Aero contains those all.
Get almost all the great window 7 themes here : Browsing Windows 7 Utilities on deviantART
Theme installation process ? Here : How to Install & Use 3rd Party (Custom) Themes in Windows 7? - Tweaking with Vishal
It should be pointed out that the installation of 3d party themes carries certain risks. E.g your Recycle Bin can get fouled up
It is possible to remove the diagonal gradient on the glass without turning Aero off. This involved some registry editing(not much) so be careful.
If you're not sure what you're doing make a backup of the registy first -- Registry - Backup and Restore
Go to the start menu and type in Regedit and open Regedit.exe
Once it's open hit the Control Button + F(CTRL+F) to use the find option and type in ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity
This will take you to the registy you'll want to edit, can also be navigated to at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
Now you want to modify the registy.
And enter the value 0
After you restart your computer, it should remove the diagonal gradient and have a smooth glass effect.
Last edited by Billy; 18 Apr 2010 at 14:56. Reason: grammer :-/
This DOES work, but be aware, if you mess around with the "Enable Transparency" checkmark, the lines come back! Would be nice to delete it permanently.It is possible to remove the diagonal gradient on the glass without turning Aero off. This involved some registry editing(not much) so be careful.
If you're not sure what you're doing make a backup of the registy first -- Registry - Backup and Restore
Go to the start menu and type in Regedit and open Regedit.exe
Once it's open hit the Control Button + F(CTRL+F) to use the find option and type in ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity
This will take you to the registy you'll want to edit, can also be navigated to at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
Now you want to modify the registy.
And enter the value 0
After you restart your computer, it should remove the diagonal gradient and have a smooth glass effect.
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