Activate Vista Aero Interface on Windows Vista Basic Edition

Here is a quick tips to active the Vista Aero Interface on Windows Vista Basic Edition. Normally Windows Vista Basic doesn’t come with Windows vista Aero interface or no activated via Windows vista basic edition. I no sure why Microsoft doesn’t active Aero interface at Windows Vista Home Basic but here a trick i found at windowvistatweaks.com to active the Aero interface in the windows vista basic edition.

The activate Aero interfaces at windows vista basic edition is easy. All you need is editing two registry keys and restart your computer afterward. The activate aero interfaces step like below:-

1. Click the Start button, type regedit into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to both registry keys under  ” Hkey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ DWM \ “
3. Change the values of the entry Composition to 1 and the value of CompositionPolicy to 0
4. Restart your computer

After restart your computer, Aero interfaces can been activated by right-clicking your desktop and selecting personalize from the menu.

Here is the difference compare normally Windows vista normal interfaces and Windows Visa Aero Interfaces. Vista Aero on the left and Vista basic on the right