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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: Zylstra on July 20, 2007, 11:06:57 PM

Title: Aero problems
Post by: Zylstra on July 20, 2007, 11:06:57 PM

I have a Dell E1505 Laptop with a 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7300 (Which, since its using the Turbo Cache, really has 357MB RAM)
The computer itself has 1GB RAM, and a 1.73GHz DuoCore processor

Just yesterday, Aero was working fine. Today, it has stopped working. Its no longer showing up. (No glass, no card flip, etc... all the eye-candy is gone)

The most recent modification I made was a change to the registry, I revered this change, and it did not solve anything. (I made it so that all the Vista code was loaded into the RAM at the computers start, so it would run faster)

Well, anyways, I just cant get it to work

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Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: The Saviour on July 21, 2007, 06:39:32 AM

Zylstra...

Did you try a Restore to a point when it was working?

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: Zylstra on July 21, 2007, 04:27:48 PM

Quote from: The Saviour on July 21, 2007, 06:39:32 AM

Zylstra...

Did you try a Restore to a point when it was working?

Yes

The last thing I did was change a value in the registry, I also restored that.

I restored to around the point before I noticed the problem, and again, today, I also restored back to the last Windows update. Still no dice.

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: Comp Guy on July 21, 2007, 05:30:07 PM

Maybe your computer is not detecting enough RAM to use it, and it turned it off.

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: Zylstra on July 21, 2007, 06:08:29 PM

Quote from: CompGuy17 on July 21, 2007, 05:30:07 PM

Maybe your computer is not detecting enough RAM to use it, and it turned it off.

I cant see that as being a problem, it seems that everything is "OK" and usually, it tells you when you are low on RAM and its going to disable the special features.

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: Comp Guy on July 21, 2007, 06:36:12 PM

True.... have you checked all the display options in the control panel?

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: Zylstra on July 22, 2007, 12:55:51 AM

I dont know how, but I fixed it!!!  ;D

I just sat and messed around with my nVidia settings, and then ran my expirenece index check again.

I noticed that, while I was playing the Sims 2, I was unable to adjust my edge smoothness... so I figured it had to be that I did something wrong the last time I configured the nVidia controls. Well, after messing around again, and then running the expirenece index, it seemed to start working again...

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: The Saviour on July 22, 2007, 05:14:59 AM

Zylstra...

I know you've resolved your problem, but have you had a look at this page?

Troubleshoot Problems With Windows Aero (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx)

Title: Re: Aero problems
Post by: Zylstra on July 22, 2007, 01:48:07 PM

Quote from: The Saviour on July 22, 2007, 05:14:59 AM

Zylstra...

I know you've resolved your problem, but have you had a look at this page?

Troubleshoot Problems With Windows Aero (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx)

Nope, I didn't, but Ill add that to my Solutions for the Future list