Windows Vista comes in 4 editions which can be found here. But the new Aero theme is not provided in "Windows Vista Home Basic Edition", all other editions provide this new cool interface.
But there is a registry trick to enable the Aero interface in Vista Home Basic edition as well:
1. Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
2. In right-side pane change value of "Composition" to 1 and "CompositionPolicy" to 2.
3. Restart your system and you'll be able to select the Aero interface from Desktop Properties.
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:
NOTE: Your system must meet the minimum requirements to use Aero interface in Vista.
This article was posted in Troubleshooting, Windows Vista.
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Gunman
full aero experience will not be enabled in vista home basic, but there are 3rd party softwares that can be used to enable some basic features like the glass effect (in maximized window) i recommend TuneUp Uilities 2009, its better than vistaglazz.
jon
This hack will not work with vista basic if you have Service pack 1 installed !!
Carlos
Do someone knows if this will work with the RTM of Service Pack 2?
Someone
Can you disable Aero in Windows 7 RC?
VG
^^ Of course. You can apply Basic theme from Desktop Properties. Or disable Aero from System Properties. You can also completely disable "DWM" service using "services.msc".
jojo
i dont know if it is just me, but turning off dwm seem to make everything slow in some way...
Arkad
well, i try to do that, i thing my pc got the minimum required to aero ion to work...in regedit i most go to DWM, but do i change the binare or only double click on composition?