Registry Trick to Enable / Activate Aero Glass Theme in Windows Vista and 7 Home Basic Edition

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As we all know the new Aero theme is not provided in "Windows Vista and 7 Home Basic Edition", all other editions provide this new cool interface.

But there is a registry trick to enable the Aero interface in Vista and 7 Home Basic edition:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

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3. In right-side pane, change value of "Composition" to 1 and "CompositionPolicy" to 2. If you don't see the keys, create them manually using right-click options.

4. Restart your system and you'll be able to select the Aero interface from Desktop Properties.

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If you want a ready-made code for doing this, then download following ZIP file, extract it, run the extracted .REG file and accept the confirmation:

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NOTE: Your system must meet the minimum requirements to use Aero interface in Vista and 7.

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