Get Missing Aero Glass and Other Personalization Features in Windows 7 Home Basic and Starter Edition [Downloads]

Windows 7: The Starter and Home Basic editions of Windows 7 are crippled when it comes to customization. If you want Aero Glass, Aero Peek, or just wallpaper switching from the desktop context menu, here's a handy patch.

The small EXE file, created by a "Mr. Dusha" and posted by Microsoft MVP Vishal Gupta (known as VG here on Lifehacker), patches system files to enable all the personalization features of Windows Ultimate.

(Note: lacking a Home Basic or Starter machine, we haven't personally tested this out, but from the comments the patch works simply and as promised. To uninstall, Vishal writes you can re-run the patch or type in sfc /scannow at the command prompt.)

Download Simple Patch to Enable Aero Glass and All Other Personalization Features in Windows 7 Home Basic and Starter Edition | Tweaking with Vishal

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Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/wqDp_VsEoY4/get-missing-aero-glass-and-other-personalization-features-in-windows-7-home-basic-and-starter-edition

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