Basic Theme Visual ToolTip?

Mitchell4500

Mitchell4500

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Well i just got windows 7 and as i figured it dose not like my graphics card (Nor did Windows Vista). This is becuase Intel is to lazy to make a WDDM driver for the 915 chipset (I have a Dell B130)

This is the start of my probelm do to the fact that the Windows 7 Basic theme is UGLY... So i went about and found the Deep Blue theme of it. That helped and now it looks nicer.

Next i downloaded "TrueTransparecy" to make my windows look tranparent. All is well... But sadly the little box that shows up when you hover the mouse over a program and then shows the programs name or tabs is very annoying... Its ugly and in the way. Can i turn that off? or is there a program that i can use like TrueTransparecy for windows 7 that will allow me to replace it with Windows Previews (Like Vista Transformation pack... And VisualToolTip)?

Also... Im new! :D

Here is a picture of the thing im talking about i wish to change... (attached)
 

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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
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Sigmatel
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Yes i have the drivers installed. My WEI is a 1.0 becuase of my grapics not supporting aero. Unless there is some sort of software i dont know about. But i have googled and googled looking for WDDM drivers for intel 915 and there appently is no such thing.

Thanks for the fast reply!
 

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Dell B130
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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
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Intel Celeron M
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Intel
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1GB DDR2
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
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Intel Intergrated 915
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1200 x 800
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OK, now let me look around here for a tutorial that might help with the problem of displaying the program names when you hover.

BRB (may take a minute, there are a LOT of tutorials here... :)
 

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Intel, Intel, Asus
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8G, 3G, 3G
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On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
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on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
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Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
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Thanks! :D I tryed to search but i didnt see anything... Mabey im blind...

Also do you happen to know of any programs like visualtooltip (vista and XP only) for Win7. I downloaded it to try it out and it ran but the previews never showed up. Mabey if i disable the list they will... Hmm.
 

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Dell B130
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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
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Intel Celeron M
Motherboard
Intel
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1GB DDR2
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
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1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
Mitchell4500 said:
Thanks! :D I tryed to search but i didnt see anything... Mabey im blind...

Also do you happen to know of any programs like visualtooltip (vista and XP only) for Win7. I downloaded it to try it out and it ran but the previews never showed up. Mabey if i disable the list they will... Hmm.
Click to expand...

No joy if you cannot change the setting for "enable desktop composition" - it is off now, from your screenshot, and if it is turned on, you will get thumbnail pictures of the tabs.

Go to Control Panel > view by small icons > System > Advanced System Settings > Performance. "Enable desktop composition" is the fifth one down. See if you can check it.

As for Visual Tooltip, check out Chris'n'Soft » Visual Tooltip and see if that's what you're looking for.
 

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Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
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Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory
8G, 3G, 3G
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On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card
on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
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Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
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default (all)
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1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
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6M down, 768K up
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It is checked yet still no preview. Also that program is what i was talking about. It dose not support windows 7.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell B130
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
CPU
Intel Celeron M
Motherboard
Intel
Memory
1GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
Screen Resolution
1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
Mitchell4500 said:
It is checked yet still no preview. Also that program is what i was talking about. It dose not support windows 7.
Click to expand...

I was able to duplicate what you see.

At the very bottom of the Performance settings is "Use visual styles on windows and buttons". See if that is checked. It probably isn't. See if you can check it.
 

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Intel, Intel, Asus
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On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
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6M down, 768K up
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Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
They are all checked. My main goal is to get the gray box with the programs listed to go away. (the picture) and if possible replace i with window previews.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
Screen Resolution
1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs

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Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
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Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
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Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
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Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory
8G, 3G, 3G
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On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card
on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
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Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
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300w, unk, 650w
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Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
It is a 1.0 (lowest sub score... (Graphics) )

Okay well thanks anyway. Ill leave this thread open if anyone else has ideas.
 

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Intel Celeron M
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1GB DDR2
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
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Intel Intergrated 915
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1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
Okay... Something odd... For some reason the ulgy gray boxes are no loger showing up, but at the same time... they do.. Once in a while they will show up but most of the time they are not...

2 of 10 times they show up... Hmm...

My Visual Performance Settings:

All ON besides... "Fade or Slide ToolTips into veiw"
 

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Dell B130
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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
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Intel Celeron M
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Intel
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1GB DDR2
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
Screen Resolution
1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
Did you try the registry hack? Did the switching show up before or after that?
 

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Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
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Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory
8G, 3G, 3G
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On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card
on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
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Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
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default (all)
Hard Drives
1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
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300w, unk, 650w
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black, black, grey
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air (all)
Keyboard
standard wired (all)
Mouse
standard wired (all)
Internet Speed
6M down, 768K up
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Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
Okay... Something odd... For some reason the ulgy gray boxes are no loger showing up, but at the same time... they do.. Once in a while they will show up but most of the time they are not...

2 of 10 times they show up... Hmm...

My Visual Performance Settings:

All ON besides... "Fade or Slide ToolTips into veiw"
Click to expand...

Never mind... It still doing it. And yes i did the regisristy hack to try to Force Aero. Should i remove the hack?
 

My Computer

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Dell B130
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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
CPU
Intel Celeron M
Motherboard
Intel
Memory
1GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
Screen Resolution
1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
I would try turning off all the visual performance settings except the two we discussed. It sounds like your video is struggling with the registry change. This mod is putting a load on your video system and you have to lighten it as much as possible.

Turn them off one by one, doing an "Apply" for each change and checking the effect.

If it still does it, I'd remove the registry mod just in case it is straining the components too much.
 

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Intel, Intel, Asus
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8G, 3G, 3G
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On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card
on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
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Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
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6M down, 768K up
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No change... But all the fonts got ugly looking.
 

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Dell B130
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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
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Intel Celeron M
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Intel
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1GB DDR2
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
Screen Resolution
1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
I'd pull that registry mod then - it isn't helping and it sounds like it is stressing your system.
 

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Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
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Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory
8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card(s)
On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card
on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays
Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution
default (all)
Hard Drives
1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
PSU
300w, unk, 650w
Case
black, black, grey
Cooling
air (all)
Keyboard
standard wired (all)
Mouse
standard wired (all)
Internet Speed
6M down, 768K up
Other Info
Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
I did. and i noticed 2 things in teh reg.

Composition = 1
CompositionPolicy = 2

Would that serve any use?
 

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Intel Celeron M
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Intel 915 (... Sucks)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
Intel Intergrated 915
Screen Resolution
1200 x 800
Internet Speed
5mbs
I'm afraid with the hardware you have it would not.

My concern is that the registry change worked some of the time. That tells me that the system was stressing.

Running your system that hard can cause the video to fail completly, which arguably is worse than having to put up with the tabs...:)
 

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Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
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Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory
8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card(s)
On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card
on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays
Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution
default (all)
Hard Drives
1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
PSU
300w, unk, 650w
Case
black, black, grey
Cooling
air (all)
Keyboard
standard wired (all)
Mouse
standard wired (all)
Internet Speed
6M down, 768K up
Other Info
Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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