Aero failure after upgrade.

Hello,
I just updates my 32 bit installation of Windows Vista Ultimate and the Aero
theme no longer works. After two failed attempts at upgrading (the Windows
Upgrade itself didn't go), as well as my video card driver upgrade failing
once (two 8500s in SLI), I went to download both current updates manually
from their respective distributors. I installed both updates with no
problems.
However, when I tried to re-enable SLI, my screen went blank, then my cursor
appeared. I could not do anything, including alt-F4 to end program. I also
tried pushing escape to cancel the setting. I hit control-alt-delete and
tried running task manager, which did not show. I then went to accessibility
options and checked the option to enable high-contrast, in hopes of
refreshing my display. I was able to see my desktop again and switched to
Vista Basic theme. I have tried everything but a system-rollback to before I
updated and still cannot get anything to respond while using Aero. Any ideas,
or should I try a rollback?

In article <7AF9B791-4636-40F7-883F->,
says...
> I hit control-alt-delete and
> tried running task manager, which did not show.

I can't really help you with your problem. But for Task Manager, try
CTRL-SHIFT-ESC next time.
--


Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

It sounds like a driver issue - Aero desktop won't even be an option unless
you have 'enough resources' - if you have a seperate video card then you
have - I suggest you persue getting the correct driver installed for your
video card - once you have the right driver Vista will let you run Aero
desktop



"Tristan" <> wrote in message
news:7AF9B791-4636-40F7-883F-...
> Hello,
> I just updates my 32 bit installation of Windows Vista Ultimate and the
> Aero
> theme no longer works. After two failed attempts at upgrading (the Windows
> Upgrade itself didn't go), as well as my video card driver upgrade failing
> once (two 8500s in SLI), I went to download both current updates manually
> from their respective distributors. I installed both updates with no
> problems.
> However, when I tried to re-enable SLI, my screen went blank, then my
> cursor
> appeared. I could not do anything, including alt-F4 to end program. I also
> tried pushing escape to cancel the setting. I hit control-alt-delete and
> tried running task manager, which did not show. I then went to
> accessibility
> options and checked the option to enable high-contrast, in hopes of
> refreshing my display. I was able to see my desktop again and switched to
> Vista Basic theme. I have tried everything but a system-rollback to before
> I
> updated and still cannot get anything to respond while using Aero. Any
> ideas,
> or should I try a rollback?

Thanks, I will give it a try.

"Mark Veldhuis" wrote:

> In article <7AF9B791-4636-40F7-883F->,
> says...
> > I hit control-alt-delete and
> > tried running task manager, which did not show.
>
> I can't really help you with your problem. But for Task Manager, try
> CTRL-SHIFT-ESC next time.
> --
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Mark Veldhuis.
>

Thanks, I just upgraded to the new beta drivers and it seems to be working
better.

"JethroUK©" wrote:

> It sounds like a driver issue - Aero desktop won't even be an option unless
> you have 'enough resources' - if you have a seperate video card then you
> have - I suggest you persue getting the correct driver installed for your
> video card - once you have the right driver Vista will let you run Aero
> desktop
>
>
>
> "Tristan" <> wrote in message
> news:7AF9B791-4636-40F7-883F-...
> > Hello,
> > I just updates my 32 bit installation of Windows Vista Ultimate and the
> > Aero
> > theme no longer works. After two failed attempts at upgrading (the Windows
> > Upgrade itself didn't go), as well as my video card driver upgrade failing
> > once (two 8500s in SLI), I went to download both current updates manually
> > from their respective distributors. I installed both updates with no
> > problems.
> > However, when I tried to re-enable SLI, my screen went blank, then my
> > cursor
> > appeared. I could not do anything, including alt-F4 to end program. I also
> > tried pushing escape to cancel the setting. I hit control-alt-delete and
> > tried running task manager, which did not show. I then went to
> > accessibility
> > options and checked the option to enable high-contrast, in hopes of
> > refreshing my display. I was able to see my desktop again and switched to
> > Vista Basic theme. I have tried everything but a system-rollback to before
> > I
> > updated and still cannot get anything to respond while using Aero. Any
> > ideas,
> > or should I try a rollback?
>
>