aero working great but no transparency

I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.

SOLUTION: This problem was occuring when using ATI's Vista Drivers. When i rolled back the driver to the version used under windows XP, aero including transparency is working. Maybe this simple solution will solve others' problems as well!
"rbyrd8100" wrote:

I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:07:01 -0700, rbyrd8100 wrote:

I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.

What display adapter?
Had this happen once to me when using hardware and drivers that could support glass. Fixed by running "winstat aurora" from the Run box. After it has run for a bit, press Esc to stop it. The press Ctrl+Shift+F9. If still no glass, go to Personalize> Visual Appearance to open classic Appearance. Re-select Windows Aero here and OK way back to desktop.
-- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

ATI Mobility Radeon X300 64MB. Using the driver that came with windows xp aero works, but using ATI's vista driver, it doesent work.
"Sharon F" wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:07:01 -0700, rbyrd8100 wrote:
I have windows aero working just fine on my compliant system, but i cannot get the transparency to turn on. I click on the aero visual style and then check the enable transparent checkbox and click ok- nothing happens. I go back in and windows unchecked the transparency box, and rechecking it does nothing. All the other visual aspects of windows aero are working just fine.
What display adapter?
Had this happen once to me when using hardware and drivers that could support glass. Fixed by running "winstat aurora" from the Run box. After it has run for a bit, press Esc to stop it. The press Ctrl+Shift+F9. If still no glass, go to Personalize> Visual Appearance to open classic Appearance. Re-select Windows Aero here and OK way back to desktop.
-- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User