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Why is transparency retained, even when windows are maximized in Windows 7

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By anandk on 23 November 2008

In Windows Vista, when aero transparency is enabled, you may have noticed that this transparency goes away when you maximize the window. Microsoft was at pains to tell that this was actually performance optimization ! Hence my question : Why is transparency now retained, even when windows are maximized in Windows 7 ?

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viewfinder
On my machine transparency is maintained when the window is maximized.Vista Home Premium.
Cheers Viewfinder
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^ Maximise any explorer window. You see the top border turning black/grey, right ? Now click on the middle resize button (top RHS) so that the window becomes smaller. Now see the top border. Its tranparent, right ? Thats waht I am talking about. So unless you have patched your system files, on a default Vista theme, what you say is not possible. :)
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