Vista Registry Hack ..

[mantoadmire]

Here are a few registry tweaks for Vista .

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DWM]
"EnableMachineCheck"=dword:00000000
"Glass"=dword:00000001
"Blur"=dword:00000001
"UseAlternateButtons"=dword:00000000
"Animations"=dword:00000001
"AnimationsShiftKey"=dword:00000001

'EnableMachineCheck' – 0 will disable the hardware checking, 1 will enable it.
'Glass' - 1 enables the Aero Glass, 0 changes it to the Aero.
'Blur' - 1 will enable blur, 0 changes it back to transparent.
UseAlternateButtons – 0 elongates the buttons, 1 makes them square.
'Animations' – 0 disables animations, 1 enables animations.
'AnimationsShiftKey' – 0 will disable the slow animations with shift key, 1 will enable it.

 

[KSoD]

This was for the Beta and RC versions of Vista. They are not for the final version