Opaque Taskbar for Windows 8
Most annoying thing in Windows 8's appearance, beside Metro and Charms Bar of Desktop, is transparent Taskbar. It does not fit the opaque window frames and looks ugly.This tool can fix this.Screenshots
Aero8Tuner
It allows you to change all settings of DWM/Aero at Windows 8 RTM+.
With Aero8Tuner you will able:
- to set any color of windows.
- to disable windows coloring. If you will enable this undocumented feature, the color of windows borders in Windows 8 will be always white. The taskbar will use Aero color. So, this is way to have separate color for windows and taskbar.
- to change color balance (affects the intensity).
- to force High Contrast mode for regular themes. The blurless buggy Aero transparency will be appeared in this case.
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WMP12 Library Background Changer
WMP12 Library Background Changer allows you to use six hidden library backgrounds what exist in Windows Media Player 12. Also it allows you to replace any of six WMP12′s default backgrounds with custom image. Special button serves to synchronize Windows Media Player 12 Library Background with you current wallpaper.With WMP12 Library Background Changer you will able:
- to switch between default backgrounds.
- to replace any of WMP12′s default backgrounds with custom image.
- to set WMP12 background to current wallpaper.
- to restore any of six backgrounds to default image.
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Start Screen Animations Tweaker
As you may know, The Start screen in Windows 8 contains several hidden options. Some of them can change the animations behavior. Please read our "Enable advanced animations for the Start Screen in Windows 8" post for more information.Start Screen Animations Tweaker is the new free software which allows you to tweak all parameters related to the animations of the Start screen in Windows 8.- to change behavior of the user name text slide animation.
- to change behavior of the user picture slide animation.
- to change behavior of Tiles slide animation. It has two options:
- left-to-right animation. Tiles will fly from the "far" left corner into the screen. This reminds me effects from the Solitaire windows game.
- right-to-left animation controls the right position from where Tiles will slide to their regular positions
- to enable animations for every time you visit the Start screen in Windows 8, not only at login.
Start Screen Animations Tweaker has user-friendly one-click option, which allows to you to enable all the featured animations at once.You will get them immediately, without re-login.
There is "Reset to defaults" button which allows you to restore the default settings of your Start Screen.
Before you download
As many users report me, Explorer crashes when you press Winkey repeatedly before the animation finishes. Probably that is a Windows bug, and not a bug of Start Screen Animations Tweaker. So, we considering the animations feature as "unstable". Use it at your own risk for non-logon purposes.Screenshots
Tiny Windows Borders for Windows 8
There are many people who do not happy with large (4px) windows borders in Windows 8 RTM(RP,CP and so on). As you may know, Microsoft has removed the classic appearance feature from Windows 8 and you not able to reduce windows borders anymore without hacks.Here is the little tool to help you with size of windows borders:Screenshots
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Taskbar Thumbnails Tuner
Taskbar Thumbnail Tuner allows you to modify several settings of taskbar thumbnails in Windows 7 and Windows 8. You can adjust margins, size of thumbnails, fade in delay as well as some other options what inaccessible through default Windows settings.Screenshots
Sign In Screen Color Changer
Some days ago our good friends from IntoWindows covered how to change the logon screen background color. That is simple tweak, but I do not like color scheme number calculation and direct registry editing, so I decide to create a simple tool which allows you:- to change color of sign in screen in Windows 8
- to set the same color for sign in screen and Start screen with one click
- to get ready-to-use registry tweak with your settings
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User List Enabler for Windows 8
If you have multiple user accounts in Windows 8 (e.g. one for yourself and another for your family member), you may notice a new annoyance in Windows 8 – it signs in the last user automatically who shut down/rebooted the PC. This tool resolves the issue and brings back the users list for you with one click. You will be able to choose your user account at every startup.As the result of our hard research, this tool is completely different from other existing methods, including all our methods we have described in our blog.This is unique and safest tool, because:
- it does not changes access rights on any registry key
- it does not break "Run as different user..." Explorer command
- it uses only built-in Windows features and tools
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