No More Aero

[TheGeek]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me why I wouldnt be able to use Aero in Vista all of a sudden. This morning I had it, and then I was using OS X for a while, and when I booted back into windows, I had no more Aero. It's not even an option for me. I'm not sure why. My video drivers are fine, they havent changed. I can still run DirectX games fine, I just cant enable Aero. It doesnt show up in the list for me. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[ShawnD1]

I had a similar problem with Vista Business - it wasn't listed. Followed the tweak on this site and now it works. Ignore the comments at the bottom of the link saying it doesn't work; that's only for Home Basic that it won't work.

Locate the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

Modify the following value (REG_DWORD): Composition

Change the existing value to 1.

Modify the following value (REG_DWORD): CompositionPolicy

Change the existing value to 2.

Close Registry Editor.

Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. You can also type CMD in the search box of the Start menu, and when you see the Command Prompt icon click on it to select it, hold CTRL+SHIFT and press ENTER.

In the Command Prompt window, type: net stop uxsms

press Enter.

Wait for the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service to stop, then type in: net start uxsms

press Enter.

Wait for the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service to start. You *might* need to restart your computer.