HELP ME! AERO SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED!

[thistle123]

After an automatic upgrade (I think) last fall, my AERO disappeared. Though
it still shows up on the list of choices under "appearance settings" (and the
AERO file exists in the themes folder) AND I have chosen VISTA theme, AND I
have enabled transparency, etc, I still cannot get it to work.

ALSO
My computer was preinstalled with Vista, bought last year, and more than
fulfills all requirements to run.
I have tried to "flush" aero using the rundll32.exe
Dwmapi.dll,DwmEnableComposition
I can run WINSAT, and it says I have LDDM

I have a dell Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.4GHhz, 2046 RAM, 32 bit, ATI
Radeon X1300PRO 256MB driver version 8.31, DX10, 255MB video memory

I can find my way around a computer, but don't have any technical
background, so please respond! In simple terms! I have tried just about
every fix I could find on line!

ETERNALLY GRATEFUL!

 

[Sascha Jazbec]

See if any Aero-incompatible Software is autostarting each Windows
session.Those can prevent running Aero until they are not executed anymore.
( Apple Quicktime before 7.3 was such software for example )
use either Msconfig or the Sofware Explorer in Windows Defender to review
and disable autostart apps.

Sascha

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Make sure the following services are running:

Themes
Desktop Windows Manager

(Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services)

 

[TechniMan]

YES! THANKYOU, ANDRE DA COSTA! YOU ARE MY (and I'm sure many other peoples')
SAVIOUR!

-TechniMan