Aero Glass: Create Special Effects With The Desktop Window Manager(msdn.microsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 4 years, 6 months ago

I always look forward to new releases of Windows. It's fun to poke around MSDN® and the SDK documentation looking for the latest innovations to play with and build upon, to amaze friends and coworkers and-if you're lucky-your employer. Windows Vista™ contains a lot of goodies in this regard. I've been particularly looking forward to getting my hands on this release ever since I heard that it integrates a 3D/compositing layer into the desktop. I've written a ton of 3D applications over the years, and one thing I always found annoying was being able to provide cool user-interface eye-candy in a 3D application but not in a non-3D app. With Windows Vista and the Desktop Window Manager (DWM), this is starting to change (see Figure 1). read more...

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How to Enable Vista Aero glass under Virtual PC 2007(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 5 years, 2 months ago

If you install Windows Vista as our guest OS using Virtual PC 2007 (or Virtual Server for that matter), you may initially be disappointed by the fact that you only get the Windows Vista Basic theme. Have no fear, there IS a way to get the Windows Vista Aero theme for your guest OS. read more...

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Vista look on Non-Aero themes(blogs.msdn.com)

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Vista look on Non-Aero themes read more...

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New release of My Exposé, an Exposé-like application for Windows Vista(blogs.labo-dotnet.com)

submitted by madd0(50) 5 years, 6 months ago

Simon Ferquel has released a new version of My Exposé, the application that provides a similar feature to Mac's Exposé, giving you an overview of all open windows on your screen. Display your windows using the keyboard, the mouse or even your voice! This is still a pre-release (he calls it CTP) version, but it's pretty stable and bug-free. read more...

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New release of My Exposé, an Exposé-like application for Windows Vista(blogs.labo-dotnet.com)

submitted by madd0(50) 5 years, 6 months ago

Simon Ferquel has released a new version of My Exposé, the application that provides a similar feature to Mac's Exposé, giving you an overview of all open windows on your screen. Display your windows using the keyboard, the mouse or even your voice! This is still a pre-release (he calls it CTP) version, but it's pretty stable and bug-free. read more...

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