tweaking XP visuals

[rallynavvie]

I've become spoiled with Panther at work so I need to make some changes to my XP GUI. Namely I'd like to be able to set transparency on the Start menu and right-click menus (can't recall what their proper name is ATM). I can set windows to become transparent when I move them with nVidia's desktop manager but I'd much rather have transparent start menus and the like. I'd also like to change the colors of my taskbar but ThemeXP or whatever that program was really messed up my last computer attempting that. I figure I have resources to spare and I can always change it back to get the most power out of the system. I'd also like hotkeys like Panther has to reduce all windows to fit on screen at once to select from them instead of alt-tabbing through them or hitting the taskbar for them. Or the hotkey that does the same for just the current application. Those are some very handy features when doing some big projects in several different programs.

Again, list of things I want to change:
Start menu transparency and the transparency of other menus.
Colors of taskbar and windows in XP style
hotkeys similar to Panther's for showing all application windows at once

[housepig]

take a look over at Shell Extension City = tons of freeware programs and tweaks to freak XP like you want it.

[stiltman]

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