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How To Easily Enable Aero Transparency In Windows 7 Home Basic Edition

Posted December 29, 2009 – 9:24 am in: Windows 7 Guides
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It’s a well known fact that the Home Basic edition of Windows 7 doesn’t support Aero by default. In order to enable Aero feature in Windows 7, you need to have Home Premium or higher editions.

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Sometimes, if your PC doesn’t meet Windows 7 minimum system requirements, you will not be able to see Aero. To get  Aero in Windows 7 Home Basic edition, here is a small tool that aids you enable Aero feature in Windows 7.

Aero Enabler

Aero Enabler is a small tool for Windows 7 that can enable Aero on Home Basic edition and additionally disable hardware check if required. So if your PC running Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate without Windows Display Driver Model specifications, you will be able enable Aero with this tool.

Download Aero Enabler

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10 Comments

  1. admin
    Posted December 29, 2009 at 7:20 pm | Permalink

    It also works for Windows Vista Home Basic edition (according to the author). Note that I haven’t tried it on my system.

  2. chaitanya
    Posted January 9, 2010 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

    hi.
    I downloaded this tool and i have windows 7 home basic but this does not work . It always shows to enable aero but never does .
    help me.
    I have 32 bit windows and all requirements.

  3. Dan
    Posted February 18, 2010 at 4:16 am | Permalink

    Doesn’t work for me either. Win7 home basic spanish.

  4. Damian
    Posted March 17, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    Same thing happens with me. I click enable aero and nothing happens. it would be amazing if someone could get this working.

  5. EP
    Posted August 19, 2010 at 10:11 am | Permalink

    Forget it, Damian. Aero Enabler can NOT enable Aero Transparency. On the Aero Enabler’s web site it says the following:

    “On Windows Vista / 7 Home Basic, it’s not possible to enabler transparency. However, you can enable the taskbar-preview”

    Sorry folks, Aero Enabler can NOT fully enable Aero on Home Basic edition of Windows 7.

    And if your computer uses an Intel Graphics chipsets, see this Intel page on troubleshooting Windows Aero:
    http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-023607.htm

    If you want FULL support for Aero (not partial support), step up to Windows 7 Home Premium or greater as the Aero Enabler tool isn’t worth it.

  6. raman
    Posted September 24, 2010 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

    i used aero enabler in windows 7 home basic.my pc meets ll the requirememts .it is having very complicated hardware but i still cannot enable transparency.overall it doesn’t work.can you tell me another methods to run windows 7 ultimate themes.

  7. ami
    Posted November 12, 2010 at 11:15 pm | Permalink

    please attach the all requirments files for enable aero theme

  8. ami
    Posted November 12, 2010 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

    like directx9 acceleration

  9. Katuji
    Posted December 7, 2010 at 1:59 am | Permalink

    128MB video card.
    Intel 945+ WDDM Driver or 910/ 915 (if you can make a driver)
    Pixel shading 2.0+
    Host Controller
    Task Scheduling
    BIOS with 8 MB on start up.

    Just FYI- it wont work on the 915 chipset.. yet. I know it can though because it worked in the 2006/7 release models of Vista Beta.

  10. Katuji
    Posted December 7, 2010 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    It can work however….

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