Win Vista Beta 2 - No desktop just polygons!!!!!

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Hi everyone,
I am hoping someone could shed some light on why i cant see my desktop in
vista everything works fine including all the boot up screens log on section
and even safe mode but when i log into vista all i get it what i can describe
as polygons on screen and no visible desktop... does anyone have any ideas as
a fix for this...

cheers

P4 3.2 dual core
Asus P5ND2-SLI
ATI Radeon x1300
3gb DDR2 533mhz Ram

 

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Keywords: triangles, X1300, X1300PRO, ATI, Vista, grey, preparing desktop,
themes

I have experienced the same problems too, and am glad to report the
suggested fix (see below) worked for me too.


BlacKnight316 6/20/2006 12:30 PM PST
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Boot Into Safe Mode (scleary F8 - with networking)
Run MsConfig
Under Services tab - Disable Themes
Reboot
Installed BETA2 Drivers For My Video Card (Scleary: I used ATI web site)
ReBoot
Enable Themes Service
ReBoot
Tada...