can't find aero

[Guest]

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?

 

[fred_eg_bowinatuck]

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.

 

[Villi Bernaroli]

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.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Vista Home Premium does have Aero.

Windows Vista: Compare Editions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

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Regards,

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

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.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

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


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?

 

[Rick Rogers]

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

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[fred_eg_bowinatuck]

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.

 

[fred_eg_bowinatuck]

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

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx

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

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/eb64dd83-9f49-436d-90a7-a1c287c9821a1033.mspx

 

[Parker]

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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