You may have noticed in Windows Vista underneath icons and mouse pointers there is a slight shadow, to most people they have no care about this slight graphic but some may find it annoying.

You can easily disable this effect in Vista by doing this;

  • Open control panel
  • Click system (system and maintenance - system)
  • Click advanced system settings
  • Click the advanced tab
  • Under performance open settings
  • Scroll down to show shadows under menus/mouse pointers
  • Uncheck these
  • Click apply and ok

Note: You can also play with other visual effects settings in this area.

Disable Shadow Effects