# Vista aero
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980 "2007-07-06T19:05:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/1 "2007-07-06T19:05:22Z")
i got this vista skin for xp, which basically makes all of xp look and act like vista, without all the bugs.
What exactly is aero supposed to do?
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/2 "2007-07-06T19:21:59Z")
does it actually make the top of the windows transparent though?
also I am running two vista system’s neither have bugs with aero from what i’ve seen ?
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### Author:  [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/3 "2007-07-06T19:33:50Z")
Aero is directx on the desktop. It uses your graphics card for 3d effects and transparency.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/4 "2007-07-06T20:22:53Z")
i ment the bugs in vista in general
lol
ok cool then it works.
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/5 "2007-07-06T21:04:29Z")
Aero is dumb
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/6 "2007-07-06T21:05:02Z")
> **[Windows Aero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero)**
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> Windows Aero (a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open, or simply AERO or Aero), also known as Aero Glass, is a design language introduced by the Windows Vista operating system. The changes made in the Aero interface affected many elements of the Windows interface, including the incorporation of a new look, along with changes in interface guidelines reflecting appearance, layout, and the phrasing and tone of instructions and other text in applications. Windows Aero was in force ...
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/7 "2007-07-06T23:58:25Z")
Aero is like Compiz on linux. Its sooo sexy at first then just gets fucking annoying
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/8 "2007-07-07T08:02:59Z")
lol i dunno i am a gui whore… so i like it, i hate bland looking desktops. it makes the work day more interesting i guess? :gotme:
if your computer sucks it probably is annoying though.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2007, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/9 "2007-07-07T08:37:57Z")
i got it working, its ok i guess, nothing too special.
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### Author:  [@GhettoDaxx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GhettoDaxx)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/10 "2007-07-07T15:34:10Z")
hold the windows key and then hit tab
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-aero/31980/11 "2007-07-07T15:36:18Z")
that would be with actual vista though, he just has a skin/theme for xp