Getting Window Transparency?

woodman650 · Sep 23, 2005, 01:45 AM

Hey all,
Just got my copy of the beta... and I can't figure out how to get the window transparency going. Any help? thanks!

CDsDontBurn · Sep 23, 2005, 02:15 AM

what kinda hardware do you have? when i installed it, it came on by default

woodman650 · Sep 23, 2005, 02:26 AM

I'm running on my Dell 8500 (nvidia 64mb geforce4 go)...

CDsDontBurn · Sep 23, 2005, 02:31 AM

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...hics-reqs.mspx

BlueAngel · Oct 25, 2005, 04:19 PM

your card must support DX9 ........does it?

BlueAngel · Oct 25, 2005, 04:22 PM

alright dude ........i went to dig that on WVS for you .....
if your card dont support DX9 you can still get the 'glass effect' ....you'll need to bypass the OS check....
http://www.winvistasecrets.com/forum...pic,763.0.html

woodman650 · Oct 25, 2005, 05:26 PM

Hm, i never got a topic reply message... sorry for not replying sooner. Yes, I've been running DX9 on it for a while. But thanks for looking this up for me Angel, it works now! yay!

~~Crash Override~~ · Oct 26, 2005, 04:00 AM

just so you know woodman they weren't asking if you had directx9 installed on the system. they were asking if you had a directx9 card.

the gf4 are directx8.1 bards not directx9 cards so by default you will have issues running glass in hardware mode.

right now its running off of your cpu rather than off the video card.

Sep 23, 2005, 01:45 AM	#1
woodman650 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Getting Window Transparency? Hey all, Just got my copy of the beta... and I can't figure out how to get the window transparency going. Any help? thanks!

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Sep 23, 2005, 02:26 AM	Thread Starter #3
woodman650 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I'm running on my Dell 8500 (nvidia 64mb geforce4 go)...

Oct 25, 2005, 04:19 PM	#5
BlueAngel DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	your card must support DX9 ........does it?

Oct 25, 2005, 04:22 PM	#6
BlueAngel DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	alright dude ........i went to dig that on WVS for you ..... if your card dont support DX9 you can still get the 'glass effect' ....you'll need to bypass the OS check.... http://www.winvistasecrets.com/forum...pic,763.0.html

Oct 25, 2005, 05:26 PM	Thread Starter #7
woodman650 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Hm, i never got a topic reply message... sorry for not replying sooner. Yes, I've been running DX9 on it for a while. But thanks for looking this up for me Angel, it works now! yay!

Oct 26, 2005, 04:00 AM	#8
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	just so you know woodman they weren't asking if you had directx9 installed on the system. they were asking if you had a directx9 card. the gf4 are directx8.1 bards not directx9 cards so by default you will have issues running glass in hardware mode. right now its running off of your cpu rather than off the video card.