aero
According to my recently-installed (today) Windows 7, my graphics card (GeForce GTS 250) could support Aero with drivers that support Aero. According to NVidia, I have the latest drivers (I upgraded today); I also have DirectX 10 (upgraded ten minutes ago).
At this point, I'm lost; I've nothing to upgrade, yet transparency is not working.
So, what do you need to know to help me get Aero working?
Title bar colors simply don't exist in Aero. Nor are they an indicator for the focus state of an application.
In Aero, there is no distinct title bar. There is just the window chrome, which is the background for the whole window. Now, there is only a single color to be defined that is applied to the whole window.
Focus state of an application is communicated through drop shadows on the window and the colorization of the chrome elements.
If you think the effect is too subtle, you can only adjust it through this slider:
If that's all still too boring for you, maybe something like Aura is for you.
Navigate to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced system settings
Then click Performance -> Settings... Under Visual Effects, select "Adjust for best performance', then click Apply.
This will disable all visual effects associated with the old Aero theme.
Best Answer
Go to the
Control Panel -> Systemthen re-run the Windows Experience Index. It needs to determine that your card is capable of running Aero before it will enable.After that, right-click on the Desktop and go to Personalize and select one of the Aero themes. If you cannot enable it, check at the bottom of that theme screen for a troubleshooting link on why Aero won't enable.
Some mirror drivers (like for remove connection software like VNC) can cause that issue and can other applications that don't like composition. These are rare, however.