There is no "fix" other then to disable Windows AERO before running Maya. Aero is the transparent look of windows in windows 7 and above. Unless you are using active stereo it's really a non-issue. There is a command line way to turn aero on and off and for a while I was using a powershell script to stop and start aero when opening and closing maya but stopped using it lately. Here is a batch script that will toggle aero on and off. Code: @echo off sc interrogate uxsms | find "1062" if %errorlevel%==0 goto :sc_start sc stop uxsms exit :sc_start sc start uxsms exit Thank you ctbram for replying , but the script didn't work and give me that // Error: Line 1.1: Syntax error // I wonder if I ignore it that cause a crush on maya ??