Making inactive windows semi-transparent

This group has been such a great resource for other questions that I thought
I'd pose a tweak that's been driving me crazy.
I'd love to have Windows automatically adjust the opacity of inactive
windows on the desktop. There are a number of utilities that can do this
(e.g., Actual Tools), but some don't work well with Vista, and most are part
of a larger desktop managment suite (which I don't want or need).
Is this a tweak that I can perform in Vista without the use of 3rd party
tools? I'm not above using a registry hack. Thanks!
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- Greg

http://gregsedwards.spaces.live.com

not without 3rd party but this can do it (if i can recal correctly) and its
very small and lite
http://www.nuonsoft.net/shellenhancer/



"Greg Edwards" <gregsedwards at hotmail.com (no spam, please)> wrote in
message news:1BF64C1A-0F49-4E65-9507-...
> This group has been such a great resource for other questions that I
> thought
> I'd pose a tweak that's been driving me crazy.
> I'd love to have Windows automatically adjust the opacity of inactive
> windows on the desktop. There are a number of utilities that can do this
> (e.g., Actual Tools), but some don't work well with Vista, and most are
> part
> of a larger desktop managment suite (which I don't want or need).
> Is this a tweak that I can perform in Vista without the use of 3rd party
> tools? I'm not above using a registry hack. Thanks!
> --
> - Greg
>
> http://gregsedwards.spaces.live.com