@bigmuscle: v1.1 its not retrieving "disableglassonbatt" registry setting in HKCU (I haven't tried it in HKLM). When running on batt you only get the aero effect immediately after install BUT not after the rebooting. This was issue was not present in v1.0 (most of the time I run in batt mode and had no issues). Also, why don't you consider reverting that default setting to an "always on" mode? Seriously, I don't think the majority cares about sacrificing some batt to get this effect. Regards EDIT: BTW, I'm running win8.1 rtm x86