NoelC

>Downgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1 I think the word you were looking for was "Upgrading". Reality demands that something actually be "better" before considered an "up"grade. And yes, Win 8.1 is decidedly better than 10, assuming we're talking about efficacy in being an actual OPERATING SYSTEM, not an ad and store delivery tool. -Noel

Oh, geez, I thought it went without saying that one had to use the new beta version for Win 10 RS1 / Anniversary Update. -Noel

The only other thing I saw was that most folks I think create a root folder while you put yours in your Users area. Maybe a path length limitation could be interfering? Try making a C:\AeroGlass folder, drop both files into it, then specify C:\AeroGlass\RoundedCorners.png in the AeroGlassGUI tool. -Noel

It seems to work okay for me most of the time, but isn't that special. Thanks again to Microsoft for making something simple into something complicated and screwing it up in the process. And thanks to you for trying to unscrew it as best you can. Saw a couple more glitches today when multiple overlapping windows were present on the Win 10 desktop. At one point a continuously updating Process Hacker 2 window that was in the background was occasionally flashing to the top for what looked like about one monitor scan, then being hidden again. It led me to think that the process you're using to determine what's in front of what else might need a little more work. -Noel

At which point, the appropriate response is... Or, if you saved the receipt and it's not long since the purchase, take it back to the seller. -Noel

It is the age of stupidity having reached critical mass, so it's not about what you DO, it's about what you SAY, only. Microsoft realizes that forums blank out words that describe their strategy, so how bad could the customer feedback be? "No curse words were found in the descriptions of our strategy, so we must be doing something right." -Noel

I caught some small glitches. I think the flashing cursor in a CMD window (or updates of displayed data) might be helping to bring them out... Note that the CMD window cursor happens to be over the top of the edge of the PowerShell window... The cursor happened to be flashed off at the moment of this screen grab. That's a bit of the edge of the underlying window showing. http://Noel.ProDigitalSoftware.com/ForumPosts/Win10/14393/SmallGlitches.png -Noel

Is it the Windows 10 RELEASED build 14393 (Anniversary Update, AKA Redstone 1, AKA version 1607)? That file is only for the released software. If it is the right version of Windows, did you save BOTH the .png and .png.layout files in the same folder? Are you using any non-standard theme? -Noel

How's the trip to Mars going, dh? I presume you're posting from your capsule... -Noel

As far as I can see, it affects all the corners. Keep in mind, in order to get it to take effect you either have to log off/on - or cause an immediate update to Aero Glass by changing the value using the AeroGlassGUI tool. If even in light of the above information you're seeing inconsistent corner radius handling, you should go ahead and report it as a bug to Big Muscle in the Experimental Builds thread. -Noel

Just think... What does all that regression really say about the new and improved Metro/Modern/Universal Windows Platform? This is 2016. We have now been doing software for more than half a century. Shouldn't we have systems that are easy to program, forgiving of transgressions, and which work robustly even in the presence of inaccurate and messy humans? Microsoft has based its entire strategy on: The brave new application system they have now called by so many different names it's clear it was never actually designed. Leave the old stuff alone so as not to destabilize the platform on which to hang #1 above. Which means there will be no improvements to it. -Noel

Thank you! I corrected my post above. I usually test links but somehow I must have rushed through that one. Use a RoundRectRadius value of 11 with that, by the way, for the cleanest looking corners. You're welcome. Here's a very quick shot at that. Please let me know if you find anything wrong with it: http://Noel.ProDigitalSoftware.com/ForumPosts/Win10/14393/SquareCorners.zip -Noel

You're absolutely right; I just tested it myself. Inactive windows' buttons are composited with partial transparency. I stand corrected. I shouldn't have imagined you'd make a basic mistake. -Noel

Mark my words, they'll remove the ability to disable it after claiming telemetry showed most people didn't turn it off. -Noel

I think Big Muscle's AeroGlassGUI tool, once he updates it, will cover all your requests for settings tweaks, MrGRIM. RoundRectRadius is working for me. With my RoundedCorners theme atlas with my desktop metrics it's got to be 11 to be just about right, and those corners aren't huge. The numbers do have to be pretty large - clearly they're not measured in pixels. I believe the inactive caption buttons are just separate resources in the theme atlas. If you want full-time opaque buttons, you just need to make the appropriate ones opaque in your theme atlas. -Noel

Hate to say it, but your hardware (as well as mine) is way out of date. In all seriousness, they're trying to create a vicious cycle, where new software makes you crave more powerful new hardware. Then you get new hardware that comes with - you guessed it - new software. If you don't get new hardware right away, the software updates itself. -Noel

Yes, but who needs SVT testers anyway? They're SO expensive to keep employed, and all they do is cause the precious dear engineers programmers trouble. -Noel

Super! I can confirm that the build 639 changes resolve the problem with starting up Aero Glass on bootup, without any delay added in the Task Scheduler trigger. And of course the translucency and colors are now persistent across reboots. EnableBlurBlend may improve the color saturation a little bit, but I find the results without it (as shown above) completely acceptable. -Noel

Thanks for the new build! Is there any chance you might follow up with a new build of the AeroGlassGUI tool that matches these changes? That thing is super handy for getting everything to look just right. -Noel

(Emphasis mine) Yeah, and they haven't learned a bit from that. In later posts did you notice how Mike M says they have to "Flight" the H.264 changes through the insider program to make sure the missing functionality is put back correctly? Expanding on your statement... Beyond their mistake in thinking they could rely on the insider program to tell them all about every customer issue they would ever imagine to encounter (just think how ridiculous that sounds), note how the fundamental meaning of "meant good" is being changed... Now it implies "meant good for Microsoft". Even though he is trying to write professionally to a high-level audience, Mike M sure uses the term "we" quite a bit. They actually think they own all Windows developers. Almost everything nowadays can have "...for Microsoft" added and the world makes a lot more sense. When did that become okay? So... My understanding is that they inserted the new (botched design) OS layer between hardware and software so as to be able to ensure the data from the camera would be available to the OS and any other software package that wants to sample it at any time. Do people really want some unspecified group of "other products and features" watching them through their camera full-time? -Noel

Trouble is, their paying me 3,000 dollars would probably only cover the time it takes to unbox the thing. To get me to actually install Windows 10 and use it would take considerably more. "Steal" definitely applies (w/regard to data) though. -Noel

Without a UI to control a thing, why would they maintain support for making the thing controllable? -Noel

I don't think I left that enabled... As I recall there were aspects of it I didn't like. Can you remind me again what registry entry to look for to confirm that I have it disabled? Win 10 RS1 is definitely reverting something at every startup. -Noel

I like the PassMark site for what-if and comparison exercises... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ See: http://www.passmark.com/baselines/V8/display.php?id=671342726 For what it's worth, I had to stay back on the Catalyst 15.11.1 driver suite released by AMD back in December. The ATI driver writers have been systematically removing features I actually need (e.g., per-channel calibration and preset management). Typical modern software development; it is the era of feature shrinkage. -Noel

I have dual X5690s, 48GB, Radeon HD 7850. Lots of cores is good for keeping a system from bogging down. -Noel