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i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows
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hysteria wrote:
i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? Maybe with third party applications. Not natively. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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hysteria wrote:
i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? Maybe with third party applications. Not natively. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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....and bear in mind that translucent windows suck up graphics resources.
You'll need at least 256MB of memory on your graphics card and a fast clock. All for eye candy. I predict that translucent windows will be the first feature of Aero that Windows 7 users eventually turn off. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Shenan Stanley wrote: hysteria wrote: i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? Maybe with third party applications. Not natively. |
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....and bear in mind that translucent windows suck up graphics resources.
You'll need at least 256MB of memory on your graphics card and a fast clock. All for eye candy. I predict that translucent windows will be the first feature of Aero that Windows 7 users eventually turn off. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Shenan Stanley wrote: hysteria wrote: i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? Maybe with third party applications. Not natively. |
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:38:23 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote: ...and bear in mind that translucent windows suck up graphics resources. You'll need at least 256MB of memory on your graphics card and a fast clock. All for eye candy. I predict that translucent windows will be the first feature of Aero that Windows 7 users eventually turn off. I've been a Windows 7 user for almost a year now, and I still have it on. Not that I think it's a wonderful feature, but I don't dislike it and I'm not unhappy with the performance on my machine. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:38:23 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote: ...and bear in mind that translucent windows suck up graphics resources. You'll need at least 256MB of memory on your graphics card and a fast clock. All for eye candy. I predict that translucent windows will be the first feature of Aero that Windows 7 users eventually turn off. I've been a Windows 7 user for almost a year now, and I still have it on. Not that I think it's a wonderful feature, but I don't dislike it and I'm not unhappy with the performance on my machine. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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As Mr Shenan Stanley says; not natively, in WinXP, but it *is* possible to change the
opacity of any window, to any level of opacity, by downloading the very small, very powerful, free utility - NIRCMD.EXE Amongst many of it's varied functions is the ability to set the level of opacity of any window, thus : nircmd.exe win trans title "Calculator" 192 ....this command, with the parameter "192", would set the opacity of Calculator to 25% - total opacity of 100% would be "255" and you would use this parameter to bring the appearance back to normal. You can also use the parameter "0" to make the window "disappear" altogether!! Just download the zip-file by clicking on the link below - extract and copy : nircmd.exe to your "windows" or "system32" directory (or any dir that appears in your "path" variable). Then extract and read the help-file : nircmd.chm Download "nircmd.exe" from : http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "hysteria" wrote in message ... i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? |
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As Mr Shenan Stanley says; not natively, in WinXP, but it *is* possible to change the
opacity of any window, to any level of opacity, by downloading the very small, very powerful, free utility - NIRCMD.EXE Amongst many of it's varied functions is the ability to set the level of opacity of any window, thus : nircmd.exe win trans title "Calculator" 192 ....this command, with the parameter "192", would set the opacity of Calculator to 25% - total opacity of 100% would be "255" and you would use this parameter to bring the appearance back to normal. You can also use the parameter "0" to make the window "disappear" altogether!! Just download the zip-file by clicking on the link below - extract and copy : nircmd.exe to your "windows" or "system32" directory (or any dir that appears in your "path" variable). Then extract and read the help-file : nircmd.chm Download "nircmd.exe" from : http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "hysteria" wrote in message ... i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? |
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In ,
hysteria typed: i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? That depends on your video card mostly. My nVidia card lets me do it and it's quite handy when I want to see somethign in an underlying windows and a few other uses. The multiple desktops are pretty handy, too. If your video card can't do it then there are 3rd party apps already recommended that you could look at. No idea how good or bad they may be. HTH, Twayne -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |
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In ,
hysteria typed: i was wondering if anyone knows of a way to change the opacity of windows with xp? That depends on your video card mostly. My nVidia card lets me do it and it's quite handy when I want to see somethign in an underlying windows and a few other uses. The multiple desktops are pretty handy, too. If your video card can't do it then there are 3rd party apps already recommended that you could look at. No idea how good or bad they may be. HTH, Twayne -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |
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