Download Border Skin

The program comes with 17 Aero Skins.

Border Skin is a new free program that skins your
border and adds effects like blur and reflection on XP

Author
Mohamed Kamal

Requirements
Needs at Least .Net Framework 2.0
Works Better with .Net Framework 3.5

Download Border Skin v0.2

 

Download TrueTransparency 1.0

Unfortunately it does not have blur :( but there are a lot of skins on deviantart. (search for TT )

TrueTransparency is a freeware that changes the windows border adding png support and so true transparency.

Download TrueTransparency 1.0

WMP11 style  

True glass flare :)

Download FastAero 1.3

FastAero is a Windows XP utility that adds a transparency effect to some program windows. The effect is similar to one of the components of the Aero Glass interface on Windows Vista: You can see through borders of some programs and more easily see what's going on behind the program window.

The utility is an executable file, which means you can unzip the program and run it without installing anything to your system. You can also decide whether to add a blur effect that partially obscures what's going on behind your window. If you disable this feature, you get a nice crisp clear, and somewhat blue look at what's behind window number 1.

Download FastAero v1.3 
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