Mum Tries Out DWMBlurGlass 2.2.0 (2024) & RetroBar 1.16 (2024)

[@OsFirstTimer]

Pretty short OSFirstTimer episode today, DWMBlurGlass was too short for a single episode so I teamed it up with RetroBar and it was still short :P The next episode (ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode) will be a long one ;)

[@Lazymanzoid]

Love your videos :)

[@SamTheSpammer]

I love the long videos!

[@winelectronic101]

I hope you're aware that there's a 15 minute timer on ChatGPT Advanced voice for free users.

[@winelectronic101]

Also, have you heard of character ai?

[@tscottw5215]

Wish you did open-shell too

[@Lazymanzoid]

I am happy to see OSFirstTimer uploading more often. It feels like 2017 again :)

[@OsFirstTimer]

2017 feels so far away now, come to think of it, it really is far away :O

[@realbeedorXDD]

@@OsFirstTimerit really does

[@realbeedorXDD]

@@OsFirstTimerit really does

[@realbeedorXDD]

@@OsFirstTimerit really does

[@robloxian7761]

@@OsFirstTimer we really lost our perception of time during covid

[@UriahStuff]

This is awesome, you've upload so many videos recently.

[@OsFirstTimer]

A bit of a crazy time for OSFirstTimer, enjoy the tidal wave of content :)

[@kirbster57]

I've been playing around with DWMBlur recently, so it's a great coincidence you've uploaded a video on it! Really enjoying having you both back so often!

[@postal2forthe3ds]

im having a pretty terrible day so thank you for uploading, and it being a video about a program im a big fan of too (retrobar). makes me feel a lil better

[@OsFirstTimer]

Aww, I'm glad I turned someones day around :)

[@twilysparks]

Great video!! Really liked these two programs, especially the RetroBar one since I've always preferred the taskbar from older Windows OS's to more modern ones like Windows 10 and 11, thanks for sharing these!

[@vicr123]

I’m awaiting the return of radioactive pink and green

[@MSNeptuned]

This has gotta be the best OSFT video released in ages lol. I'm loving the mix of both AI, OSes and programs - only doing AI for example would certainly be redundant haha

[@AllOSes1234]

Hey friend

[@carlos_did_a_thing]

It's nice to see that you're uploading again! Hope everything's going well.

[@NatK2010]

I love Diana's laugh! She cheers me up! :) Awesome video by the way. Making me considering installing it.

[@Somebrainrot]

Wow it just hit my fyp again havent seen you guys since 2018 or so whenever the vista video was gotta steal a packet of crisps from target

[@youngThrashbarg]

Mum gets spied on by Recall.

[@nugg3tmusic]

LOL

[@youngThrashbarg]

@@OsFirstTimer Even if you don't care about the mass survaillance don't you still think its a big security risk?

[@ngspace9829]

​@@OsFirstTimerTheir targets are not criminals committing crimes, their target is innocent people wanting to use their computers and being harrassed with targetted advertisements. I think that saying "It helps catch criminals so it's good" is delusional, limitting freespeech can also help catch criminals yet it is still immoral because it harms non criminals more than it helps them catch criminals.

[@bitterlemonboy]

@@OsFirstTimer Unfortunately I can't tell if you're trolling or you've actually lost your grasp on reality... Recall isn't even supposed to send any data outside your computer, it's all local, supposedly. I assume you're also willing to let the government install a live camera right inside your bathroom and in your bedroom to "prevent crime"?

[@juniorwmg]

The only thing that Microsoft would need to do is to make Recall encrypt the screenshots in some way or form. Thats it.

[@HaniSYD]

This is Amazing ty Philip we aprecitate all your hard work ooh and I've been looking forward to see some more vlogs

[@simsiously]

I love DWMBlurGlass! Windows 10 theming has gotten really good the past couple years and thanks to DWMBG, a theme, and some other tweaks it’s easier than ever to get an almost perfect version of Windows 10 21h2 that looks like Windows 7

[@alolanfigment9822]

Really cool to see a upload schedule this fast for the first time in what feels like years.

[@emilydaemon]

It *has* been years :^)

[@WindowsOnWindows]

Nice to see you two back, Phil and Diana! How are you getting on in your new house, Phil?

[@OsFirstTimer]

Fostering was a great experience, just taking a break from it for a bit so enjoy the video overload :)

[@World_of_OSes]

@@OsFirstTimer Are you living back home with Diana now or are you still living in your own house?

[@lechanlabs]

I have spent hours to try to do this on Windows 10 years ago. also have been enjoying the constant burst of OSFT content, been with you all since around 2015

[@macinjosh2223]

Huh! I use these 2 programs daily on windows 11, made my PC look exactly like Vista! Nice to see you uploading again Phil, takes me right back.

[@DJ_Rainy]

From being "dead" to uploading at least one video a week is amazing! Great videos guys :>

[@XeZrunner]

What a short, nice little episode :) Wouldn’t mind more of these 😁

[@JessicaFEREM]

probably could've combined this with Open Shell too at the end to replace the start menu I recon but what's done is done

[@RoverMation]

6:15 sounds like you're thinking of something like Open-Shell / Classic Shell

[@OsFirstTimer]

Yep, found Classic Shell while I was editing this video. Something like Windows Blinds was in the days of Windows XP is what I was thinking of during filming the video.

[@randomgamingin144p]

its unfortunate microsoft seems to be making it only harder to customize windows... 24h2 saw the 10 taskbar code be removed so explorerpatcher however what if i told you its still possible to run the windows 10 taskbar on windows 11 24h2 but they simply just deleted the code from the existing explorer.exe file..?

[@AnonymousNyanCat-qg6bb]

DWMBlurGlass: window transparency RetroBar: 95-Vista taskbar StartAllBack: old start menu What else?

[@arestrepo228]

ExplorerPatcher: 10 taskbar, start menu and file explorer

[@xoascf]

Windhawk: Advanced tweaking and customization of the system and applications without having to change files. It offers very useful mods created and improved by the community. PS: All these 3 programs you mention have a little bit of me in them, funny that I found them here!

[@mdmusic]

I was literally just thinking of you, guys

[@ChrisTech-Games]

To expand on this, you guys should look at some of the community made Windows 10 to 7 transformation packs or something similar, they really have come an EXTREMELY long way since they first came out. Awesome video!

[@OsFirstTimer]

I remember the days of Vista/XP and the Vista transformation pack back then was super popular!

[@arthurmartinsgoncalves6468]

Request: Jasmine tries out Hannah Montana Linux (2009) with Mum watching

[@8PStudios]

There are programs like StartAllBack that let you change the start menu! It's definitely not perfect and doesn't exactly replicate the old style rather tries to make it more customizable, but I thought it'd be worth mentioning!

[@ThatRandomToast]

Next: Mum Tries Out Windhawk

[@mancerrss]

God I wish I could bond with my mom about user interface of my computer 😂 Good lookin out on you mate!

[@TheInsane104]

3:00 aww no, Phil! That preset recreates Windows 7’s EXACT Aero effects, which are actually different from Vista’s. Windows Vista has a two layers: a generic blur layer and solid colour layer (whose opacity you modify). Nothing special. Windows 7 uses a multiply blend effect combined with the three effects you saw as sliders in the program. You could modify these effects in 7 too, but you needed an extra program to do so. These effects allow for wacky results when you change them! It’s a shame you didn’t explore more of the program. I was waiting to see some laughs from Diana at some of the looks you could have played with.

[@OsFirstTimer]

Oops :P Thanks for the detailed information, I never knew Vista and Windows 7 had such different Aero effects.

[@MrVuckFiacom]

I love the Win7 aero effect! We desperately need to go back to classic designs in general.We need color and vibrance. Everything has this depressing and boring look to it nowadays. Not just computers either, ever go into Mcdonald's recently and notice how much it looks like a prison?

[@davinp]

I miss the Windows 7 Aero Glass and transparency. I think it was the most beautiful version of Windows. Windows 8 became flat and ug;y

[@OsFirstTimer]

I remember when I said I liked Windows 7 more than 8 and everyone called me old fashion...

[@alifmumtaaz]

Wow, OSFirstTImer tapped into customization software again hahaha

[@ethandahlberg07]

As much as Aero is nostalgic, I cannot for the life of me let myself customise Windows 😭I use computers in a whole variety of spots (i.e school uses Windows 10) and I get used to them all looking and functioning the same. That's why I have the Windows 11 taskbar to the left. A good tip as that third program for the start menu is OpenShell, but that doesn't have the start menu exactly like the one from previous operating systems.

[@frink456]

We've been blessed with another OSFirstTimer video 😁

[@winelectronic101]

I'm pretty sure this constitutes the world's shortest Mum Tries out video ever.

[@OsFirstTimer]

Yea, I think so :)

[@Stjorn]

I want a mix of windows 7 and 11 design languages. Mica + Aero would be perfect

[@LanTriBlox]

10 minute video? Quite rare on OSFirstTimer but honestly i prefer it in a way due to it being more easy to watch in one sitting because usually half way through i gotta take a break to do something.

[@TheRealBattleboy96]

OMG THEY POSTED!❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@OsFirstTimer]

You must have missed the 6 other OSFirstTimer videos posted within the last month, plenty more videos where this came from :)

[@TheRealBattleboy96]

@@OsFirstTimer Noted! I’ll find them tomorrow!

[@TeleviseGuy]

You should also let Diana try SeelenUI, which aims to be a replacement for the Windows UI by replacing the taskbar entirely with a dock at the bottom and a panel at the top

[@Pokycraftgamer9]

i needed to know DWMBlurGlass :0

[@TechLovingHuman]

You should have had her try openshell!! (I’m also downloading DWMBlurGlass right now)

[@SocialMaster762]

I've seen a video about a program called "Start Menu Styler", which allows users to customize the Windows 11 start menu (adding the app list to the first page, etc). Perhaps you can let her take a look at it, if you show her other customization software for Windows

[@fuseegelee]

You’re alive!

[@Wazzia]

6:17 well phil, there is a third program. you could use classic shell and just get rid of all of the taskbar modifications. and then set the task menu to whatever you want and you can also install themes online!

[@ThatRandomToast]

Classic Shell's taskbar settings only allow changing color and texture. Also, Classic Shell has been abandoned, use Open-Shell instead.

[@Wazzia]

@@ThatRandomToast oh yea i forgot that classic shell is abandoned, i keep on forgetting. but cant you use a custom start menu like windows 7 etc?

[@ThatRandomToast]

@@Wazzia Sorry for late reply, but of course you can use a Start menu replacement

[@muuktoi2]

thank you for another great video!

[@Aryx_]

I've been using DWMBlurGlass since 2023, it's really good for me as I hate simple title bars

[@TheInsane104]

DWMBG only came out in January 2024 lol

[@karddooo]

You should have your mum make Windows 11 look for example like Windows XP or 7, would be interesting to look at.

[@Drago1995]

windowsBlinds always crashed my explorer, i'd have to try this one i guess

[@Daftrio]

hey osfirsttimer, i tried to use dwmblurglass (i downloaded it from github), i clicked install and it doesnt do the blur effect, please help me! (im on windows 11 home 23h2, dark mode)

[@blakebedford-palmer6676]

I hope Microsoft adds some transparent window borders back to Windows 12

[@robertsnider8865]

There’s other ways you could do that and you could have the start look like the previous version

[@cyberlizardcouk]

They should enable options like these in windows 11 without the need to install 3rd party addons.

[@budgerigarer]

One thing I want to mention about DWMBlurGlass to anyone who might want to use it, is that the blur only starts after the window animation has finished. So when the window is still popping up, it has that completely transparent, zero blur look, the same one as when Diana put the blur radius all the way down. So that may drive you nuts if you plan on using it if you're anything like me.

[@ThatRandomToast]

Why is that an impact?

[@budgerigarer]

@@ThatRandomToast Looks really ugly, try it for yourself. Windows 7 and Vista have that nice animation, this doesn't. Cool program regardless but it ruins it for me.

[@TheInsane104]

I don't care about that brief animation. However, if it bothers you that much, you can either disable all Windows animations or try OpenGlass, which is an updated remake of DWMBG with fewer bugs and better performance. Unforunately, it has no GUI; you have to make and edit registry keys for the customisation, which is why I don't use it.

[@TheInsane104]

YAAAYY My dream video come true! Did you see my suggestion?

[@OsFirstTimer]

I did see someone mention DWMBlurGlass, can't remember who though, but I added RetroBar to the video to keep the video above 5 minutes :P

[@lilalexthe1stofficial]

I love this episode :3

[@nvyefex]

nice video i like it

[@AllOSes1234]

2:52 ohh so me and you two have the same opinion as me

[@ssflabasement]

retrobar would be better if you could add toolbars

[@BitByter]

stupid idea but what if you tried to make her completely transform windows 10 into windows 7/vista? that'd probably have a fairly interesting outcome

[@nugg3tmusic]

Can't wait to watch this, also when is the next osft archive series episode coming out? Or is it cancelled? I've watched it at least like 6 times over, I find it really entertaining and I'm just sad there hasn't been any new episodes in forever.

[@OsFirstTimer]

Yeah, I'm so sorry about that. I need to focus on content that is more relevant to a wider audience :( But don't worry, plenty of fun OSFirstTimer videos are on the way :)

[@nugg3tmusic]

@@OsFirstTimer Sounds good, I just finished watching and I thought this video was pretty good, I think I liked the NotebookLM video a bit better tho

[@HexOverride]

Hi nugg3t :)

[@GabrielKnightz]

I wonder how she would respond to The Stanley Parable.

[@OsFirstTimer]

She saw it off camera around the time it was released so sadly her raw reaction wouldn't work as she has already seen it.

[@WindowsAurora]

im noticing a lot of uploads recently :)

[@eliasalamzoai87]

Nice video!

[@OSDailyTimer]

Who was drilling in the background and I'm not used to OSFirstTimer videos being so short I was like "it's over already?"

[@OsFirstTimer]

That's Ben chopping veggies in the kitchen, not drilling 🤣

[@OSDailyTimer]

@@OsFirstTimer I would not want to be in a veggie chopping competition with Ben!

[@misoupfnf]

LETS GOO

[@ThzP1kaa]

The more i watch OSFirstTimer the more i want to have a better PC so i can open a virtual machine and do viruses and stuff

[@OsFirstTimer]

Even with a good PC you'll notice VMs are slower than the virtual specs you set. Fun Fact, I've had 32gb of ram since 2014, now in 2024, 32gb of ram is still doing well more me in every aspect except AI, that's where more ram would help, but then again, you really need VRAM for AI, not system ram. :P

[@sabisa-324]

yay new vid

[@AllOSes1234]

Nice!

[@xgui4-studios]

let go a new video on this channel !!!!!

[@kealeynate]

That's cool

[@AllOSes1234]

Also why 22H2 24H2 launched

[@OrdinarySonicfanMmKay]

Are you using it in 24h2?

[@windowsme1330]

Yes yes yes yes

[@AlexithinkSpeedruns]

CHAT THEYRE ALIVE

[@Connie_TinuityError]

how many times will I be before victor tran?

[@KoenDoesThings]

Is there a reason that you used 22h2 instead of 23h2?

[@OsFirstTimer]

Honestly it was the fastest ISO I could find that wasn't the latest version of Windows 11, so no particular reason :P

[@slurpp_]

new vid yay!!!!!1

[@OlafAlanDygacz]

bro where have you been the windows canary insider 11 24h2 update is out

[@CreeperDaGuy]

Yay

[@ngspace9829]

Linux users: "Look what they need to do to mimic a fraction of our power"

[@randomgamingin144p]

i mean you arent wrong

[@Autumn_red_fox]

certified KDE hood classic

[@OwenGamezYT]

Hello!

[@Domziiee]

hows hobart treating you?

[@OsFirstTimer]

Most of it's good :)

[@oldstars4621]

Openglass is way better

[@TheInsane104]

True but without a GUI it's extremely inaccessible

[@senge1337]

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[@sabisa-324]

i remember when it was 0s ago