Completely lost Aero features

[akuma]

It's a long time that it has been disappeared. I have tried too many fixes
but still can't get back the aero. Here is the step that I tried:

* ran sfc /sannow to repair original system files.
* looked for incompatible apps in task manager and msconfig.
* started and restarted themes and dwmsm in Services.
* refresh Windows Experience Index
* run winsat dwm
* run rundll32.exe Dwmapi.dll,DwmEnableComposition

also tried the solution from the MS support page, but still has no effect. I
had seen it when Vista installed but don't when it disappeared.

The following is my system specifications:

OS: Vista x64 Ultimate SP1
Ram: 4GB
Display card: Intel GMA 3100
Settings: 32 bit color 1024x768 75Hz with the most updated driver
WEI for running Aero Desktop: 4.1

Is there any other way to fix this? I don't want to reinstall Vista since
thousands of applications need to be reinstalled including Vista SP1 and VS
2009.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Update video drivers from here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...32-bit+version&lang=eng&strOSs=153&submit=Go!

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Lang Murphy]

It's a long time that it has been disappeared. I have tried too many fixes
but still can't get back the aero. Here is the step that I tried:

* ran sfc /sannow to repair original system files.
* looked for incompatible apps in task manager and msconfig.
* started and restarted themes and dwmsm in Services.
* refresh Windows Experience Index
* run winsat dwm
* run rundll32.exe Dwmapi.dll,DwmEnableComposition

also tried the solution from the MS support page, but still has no effect. I
had seen it when Vista installed but don't when it disappeared.

The following is my system specifications:

OS: Vista x64 Ultimate SP1
Ram: 4GB
Display card: Intel GMA 3100
Settings: 32 bit color 1024x768 75Hz with the most updated driver
WEI for running Aero Desktop: 4.1

Is there any other way to fix this? I don't want to reinstall Vista since
thousands of applications need to be reinstalled including Vista SP1 and VS
2009.

You can try this... no guarantee that it will work, never having tried
it in x64...

1/ Ensure that you have the following registry values set to :
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
DWORD)

2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges :
- Type 'net stop uxsms'
- Then 'net start uxsms'

Good luck!

Lang