"Turn off all unnecessary animations" in Windows 7 and Vista

"Turn off all unnecessary animations" in Windows 7 and Vista

without affecting Aero Snap, Aero Peek, Aero Shake, Transparency, etc.

 "Turn off all Aero animations" in Windows 7 and Vista

 Aero Shake
NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows]

 DWORD (32-bit) Value
"NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts"=1
1


Aero Snap
Control Panel (Ease of Access > Mouse settings)

WindowArrangementActive
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"WindowArrangementActive"=0
0 disable Aero Snap, 1 enable Aero Snap.



Aero Peek
taskbar properties (right-click the taskbar and use Properties)


“Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop”.

DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

 DWORD (32-bit) Value
DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime
default value is 500, or half a second.

Transparency
Personalization > Windows Color > Enable transparency box.
Adjust your Color intensity slider for how transparent you want it.

• Slide LEFT = More transparent
• Slide RIGHT = Less to not transparent

ColorizationOpaqueBlend

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM]

 DWORD (32-bit) Value
"ColorizationOpaqueBlend"=dword:00000000

HideBlur

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM] 

“HideBlur”=dword:00000001


Reference:
http://www.pctools.com/
http://www.sevenforums.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/
http://support.microsoft.com/
http://technet.microsoft.com/
http://windowsitpro.com/
http://lifehacker.com/
http://www.msfn.org/
http://www.howtogeek.com/
http://www.ghacks.net/
\http://www.mydigitallife.info/

"C:\Windows\System32\SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe"