Is It Normal ?

I just installed Windows Vista Ultimate, When I maximize any Window, the aero Effect (transparency), is gone, replaced by the Vista Basic (Black) Task bar. Is it normal? Is there any way to fix it, so that the Aero Theme remains while a window is Maximized?

Thank You for your Comments in Advance.

Tags: aero, problem., vista, windows

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Permalink Reply by Bilal on January 13, 2009 at 6:34am: As far as I know, it's normal, when you maximize your window, the transparency effect goes away...

But to solve all your problems, throw your PC out of the window and get a Mac :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pappu_srkr on January 13, 2009 at 7:06am: It seems you are a Mac Guy, Any Way Thanks!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Santiago on January 13, 2009 at 7:04am: Hiya,

yeah, its completely normal. for some reason Microsoft didnt include the nice glass aero affect in maximized mode.

google a program called "VistaGlazz". it will patch ur theme files and give u aero glass when programs are maximized. looks great and doesnt affect performance or anythin like that.

hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Pappu_srkr on January 13, 2009 at 7:08am: Thank you for the information. All i wanted to know if it is normal. I got my answer from you. It doesn't matter that much if it can not be configured in the windows itself. However it would be nice if Microsoft would have done that. Is this same in all versions of Vista?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Santiago on January 13, 2009 at 9:09am: indeed it is! ( all versions of vista that contain aero that is, so not basic).

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Permalink Reply by Branhower on January 13, 2009 at 9:32am: The transparency is retained in Windows 7 ;) .; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justin Clarke on January 13, 2009 at 9:39am: Hey, what is your PC specs?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pappu_srkr on January 13, 2009 at 5:52pm: I have Dell Vostro Notebook 1400, Core 2 Duo T8100, 2.10 + 2.10 Ghz, 2 GB of DDR2 Ram, Nvidia 8400 GS, Graphics, That is Basically All i Have.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Edvard on January 13, 2009 at 9:51am: It is normal :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cookenstein on January 13, 2009 at 6:39pm: There is some program that is running in the background that is causing your graphics to go wonky. Or so me thinks. How long has this been going on, and have you recently installed anything? The aero should not go away. I use an old Lotus program that causes Aero to revert to "Basic" mode when it opens.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mateus Augusto Lopes on January 13, 2009 at 6:58pm: Completely normal, don't worry.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phill on January 13, 2009 at 7:15pm: Don't worry about pc specs - it's normal ;) However if you want it to come back when you maximize, you can google "retain transparency maximize in vista" or something like that. or try VistaGlazz, which some people report that it's done the job. Cheers; ▶ Reply to This