you can buy stardock windowblinds for transparency and get a 3d flip
program that I have seen around

google flip 3d for xp and you will find them, the same things work for
vista basic




"Gustavo Strabeli" <gustavo.strabeli@terra.com.br> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> We can easily find in several forums the registry change that must be done
> in order to activate the "Aero Glass" style.
>
> Regedit: HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/DWM/
> Composition = 1
> CompositionPolicy = 2
>
> Right click Command Prompt and run as admin:
> net stop uxsms
> net start uxsms
>
> After changing registry I can see Aero was activated, however I don't have
> the glass and transparency styles as well as the Flip 3D. As information,
> my
> system supports Aero.
> Does Vista Home Basic have this feature? How to enable it then?
>
> Thanks,
> Gustavo.
>
>