upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8. everything
runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate it. i turned on the
vista theme but when i go into colors and appearance it doesn't offer me the
choice of aero. how do i activate aero if i can't find it?

"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8.
> everything
> runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate it. i turned on
> the
> vista theme but when i go into colors and appearance it doesn't offer me
> the
> choice of aero. how do i activate aero if i can't find it?

I had the same! Glass is not that interesting or visible. Best
check windows + TAB, if it is working, forget the rest.

mike wrote:

> upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8.
> everything runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate
> it. i turned on the vista theme but when i go into colors and
> appearance it doesn't offer me the choice of aero. how do i activate
> aero if i can't find it?

IIRC, vista home has no Aero.
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News Microsoft

Vista Home Premium does have Aero.

Windows Vista: Compare Editions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Villi Bernaroli" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
mike wrote:

> upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8.
> everything runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate
> it. i turned on the vista theme but when i go into colors and
> appearance it doesn't offer me the choice of aero. how do i activate
> aero if i can't find it?

IIRC, vista home has no Aero.
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News Microsoft

Mike,

Click Start, type Services.msc and press Enter
Double-click Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
Set its Startup type to Automatic
Start the service.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:271DC652-5319-4B3C-879B-(E-Mail Removed)...
upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8. everything
runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate it. i turned on the
vista theme but when i go into colors and appearance it doesn't offer me the
choice of aero. how do i activate aero if i can't find it?

Hi,

Basic = no. Premium = yes.

I suspect an unsupported video adapter is in use. Perhaps Mike will tell us
what display card he's using.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Villi Bernaroli" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> mike wrote:
>
>> upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8.
>> everything runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate
>> it. i turned on the vista theme but when i go into colors and
>> appearance it doesn't offer me the choice of aero. how do i activate
>> aero if i can't find it?
>
> IIRC, vista home has no Aero.
> --
> News Microsoft
>

"Villi Bernaroli" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> mike wrote:
>
>> upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8.
>> everything runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate
>> it. i turned on the vista theme but when i go into colors and
>> appearance it doesn't offer me the choice of aero. how do i activate
>> aero if i can't find it?
>
> IIRC, vista home has no Aero.

Premium does, I am using it.
The ability to see the document behind is of limited value!
The ability to scroll through open documents is worth the change.

"Rick Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e69y4#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Basic = no. Premium = yes.
>
> I suspect an unsupported video adapter is in use. Perhaps Mike will tell
> us what display card he's using.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Villi Bernaroli" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> mike wrote:
>>
>>> upgraded to vista home premium, windows experience index of 4.8.
>>> everything runs fine, except i can't find areo anywhere or activate
>>> it. i turned on the vista theme but when i go into colors and
>>> appearance it doesn't offer me the choice of aero. how do i activate
>>> aero if i can't find it?
>>
>> IIRC, vista home has no Aero.
>> --
>> News Microsoft

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...a2fbf1033.mspx

I did not realise I was already running aero until I saw this

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...9821a1033.mspx

I was looking for an answer, but I might as well tell you what I found. Maybe you'll have more luck. When vista installs, it runs a little check to see if your computer can handle aero. Yours might not be able to.

Mine has this problem because I did a clean install (format) and when it checked, my video card drivers weren't installed. So, the test failed.

I think I need to find new vista-capable drivers.

I think YOU probably need to do that same. See if your manufacturer has released vista drivers. And I'm sorry if you have Nvidia, cus finding the rights drivers is always such a pain >.<

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