Registry edit for some of the TweakUI features

X-Mouse auto-raise / hot-tracking; animation; etc

Should work for any version of Windows, including Windows Vista

You need to edit this registry key depending on what features you want:
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\UserPreferencesMask
Real: 
Edit:

Bit 0 Active window tracking Active window tracking disabled.
Bit 1 Menu animation Menu animation enabled; menu effect depends on value of bit 9.
Bit 2 Combo box animation Slide-open effect for combo boxes enabled.
Bit 3 List box smooth scrolling Smooth-scrolling effect for list boxes enabled.
Bit 4 Gradient captions Gradient effect for window title bars enabled.
Bit 5 Keyboard cues Menu access key letters underlined only when the menu is activated from the keyboard.
Bit 6 Active window tracking Z order Windows activated through active window tracking are not brought to the top.
Bit 7 Hot tracking Hot tracking enabled.
Bit 8 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 9 Menu fade Menu fade animation enabled. If menu fade animation is disabled, menus use slide animation. This bit is ignored if menu animation (bit 1) is disabled.
Bit 10 Selection fade Selection fade enabled; the selected menu will remain on the screen briefly and then fade out after the user makes a selection.
Bit 11 Tool tip animation Tool tip animation enabled; effect depends on value of bit 12.
Bit 12 Tool tip fade Tool tip fade animation enabled. If tool tip fade animation is disabled, tool tips use slide animation. This bit is ignored if tool tip animation (bit 11) is disabled.
Bit 13 Cursor shadow Cursor shadow is enabled. This effect only appears if the system has a color depth of more than 256 colors.
Bit 14 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 15 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 16 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 17 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 18 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 19 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 20 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 21 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 22 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 23 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 24 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 25 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 26 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 27 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 28 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 29 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 30 reserved reserved reserved
Bit 31 UI effects All UI effects (combo box animation, cursor shadow, gradient captions, hot tracking, list box smooth scrolling, menu animation, menu underlines, selection fade, tool tip animation) are enabled.

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