Vista + WinFX + Hardware Acceleration

Intel 82852/82855

After upgrading to Vista, in WinFX, under performance advice, I get

"Your drivers report they fully support the APIs required by WindowFX, but the registry appears to have this disabled"

Is there a way to override this registry setting? I know I probably cant run Aero, but I would at least like to have the same functionality I had in WindowsXP. I also am unable to display any of the transparency features in WindowBlinds that I had in XP.

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Windows Vista has disabled some of the acceleration that WindowFX 3.0 uses.

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Thanks for the reply.

That explains what I am also experiencing with Windowsblinds losing transparency. Bummer, I didnt expect Aero features to work completely, but I figured with the same basic OS kernel and the same hardware I wouldnt lose features in WinFX and WB upgading to Vista.

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