A Win8 Question

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I have a pretty nice background on my notebook, but I want it to display through any window I have open, like my Media Player. I saw the Aero Glass thing, but the text area is still opaque. I'd much like it to be transparent as well. Is there a way to do that?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

While Aero features such as the Aero peek is still available in Windows 8 RTM (see how to enable Aero peek in Windows 8), the newest version of Windows doesn’t ship with aero visual styles and there is no option to enable Aero transparency under Personalization. As a result of this, users can’t enable Aero in Windows 8.

Users who have upgraded from Windows 7 and can’t live without the Aero transparency will be glad to know that there is actually a workaround available to enable the missing feature in Windows 8. Though the workaround doesn’t enable a smooth Aero experience, you may still want to try it.

Here's the link with some additional tips.

http://www.intowindows.com/enable-aero- ... windows-8/

Personally, I never liked Aero. In a day when we need cheap, fast computers and have to work with 2 GB of RAM, Aero Glass hogs RAM. I disabled it as soon as I got my Dell.

Another feature that was lost in the transition from Windows Vista to Window 7 was the DreamScene feature. Again there is a work around for that and fortunately it works on Windows 8 as well but be warned if you do not have good specs you might as well not put it on.

DreamScene? Now you got me curious.
The thing I have with Aero Glass is that the text body isn't transparent, like how your Icons' text is on your desktop. I'm not concerned about RAM. 8GB seems reasonable

There is a trick with the transparency glitch on the internet. 8Gigs is more than good for DreamScene so you'll be fine.

This is not W7, I am lost!! !