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    Vista Aero Problem...

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by techno_techie, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. techno_techie

    techno_techie Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, wondering if someone can help:

    I did a clean install of vista, upgrading my 32-bit to 64-bit. My WinExperience rating is 4.0, but I cannot run Aero - it's not in the presonalization list for selection in the Windows color and appearance tab. Is this a driver problem with my nVidia card? Did I do something wrong with my install? Any help is appreciated!
     
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    Is it Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium?

    Vista Home Basic doesnt have Aero. Maybe you installed that.
     
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    Premium. And I fixed it with a reinstall of the driver and a restart. But, I don't know why it shut off. It's rather curious to me.
     
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    Ok, good. :)

    Sometimes, if you start a program that is incompatable with Aero features, it will switch to Basic and turn of Aero. I had to do the same thing as you when it happened to me... I forgot about that...
     
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    Does Intervideo do this? I can't think of the program that is causing it to happen. I have office ultimate and intervideo and that's about it after the clean install.
     
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    When you start it up, check to see if the screen flashes a little and a popup should display also telling you. I dont know myself, but start it and see if it happened again and if there is a popup.
     
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    Windows media player Classic is incompatible with Aero
     
    Parijat, Oct 22, 2008
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