Someone please tell me that there's some sort of registry hack to disable this hideous shit
I don't want to completely disable transparent glass, just the faux light reflections on the taskbar.
Eh, I don't trust the pirated versions and I don't wanna spend the cash on that. I think there are ways to get the Win8 look on Win7 though, I'll check that out.
I was able to do what I think you are looking for simply using "ClassicStart." Yes it works in windows 7 and will let you change the start button. It seems to have removed the "glare" on the taskbar, but not on windows.
Hope it helps some.
I think display fusion may have effected this for me as well.