Turning Aero Off
Even if you’re not wild about transparency and animation, there’s plenty to like about Aero. Smoother window dragging, the preview icons on the taskbar, and the improved task-switching features (Alt+Tab and Windows logo key+Tab) are well worth the price admission—for most users. Nevertheless, admission is not entirely free; the Aero interface uses more graphics memory than the non-Aero interface—especially because achieving smoother window movement, without tearing artifacts, requires Aero to store the contents of all open windows in video memory, not just the windows that are currently visible.
If Aero slows you down or annoys you for any other reason, you can turn it off. In the Window Color And Appearance dialog box (see Figure 3-1 ...
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