No aero in vista

Also, the Windows Experience Index is much higher than with the 5. Contact — Privacy policy — Terms of Use. Login Preferences. Browse Source. Ticket new defect Opened 3 years ago Last modified 2 years ago. This is the feature that analyzes your system according to the hardware you have and the requirements for the operating system to run on this hardware comfortably. In my system, it gives me rating of 2 and am facing the same problem. No Aero.

After doing some research for the same I came to know that when we install Vista on any machine, it first checks your video card or graphic card to see if it can run the Aero. But still you can try updating your video card drivers and see if it can help. Also note that, I guess you need probably more than 3 rating to run the aero. I got your point Big Fish, that is actually the problem I guess. And now I know why - color setting was at 16 bit - set it highest 32 bit Aero option appears.

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Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Using Windows Vista Aero can sometimes slow down your system's performance, especially the Glass effect. Use Aero only if you really want to. How to. Co-authors: Updated: September 16, Categories: Windows. Nederlands: Windows Aero inschakelen in Windows Vista. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read , times.

All other builds: ones which are not listed at the top, that is I don't know whether they work with these methods or not, as I don't have the builds themselves or they do not work for me. If someone can provide a conclusion, I'd gladly provide credit for them. PS: This started out as an experiment for lulz on , but it turned into a reliable way to enable Aero Glass. Thanks, fred30w! Last edited by Courage on Sat Sep 12, pm, edited 17 times in total.

Helped me a lot, thank you. Hounsell's 6. Vista build I remember back when VMware Workstation 7 came out, there was a big rage about the new WDDM support, but this build never really worked. This is a build I always wanted to run Aero on, and now of course after I get a real machine that could run it , it works on a much more convenient virtual machine! Weird thing that the "Aero express" theme has the taskbar and start menu transparent, despite the titlebars are not.

I have no idea what happened I can confirm that my VM survived an upgrade to the host OS namely, to on Workstation Otherwise, get ready for a reinstall with 6. Board index All times are UTC.