Aero Theme Problem on Vista Ultimate...

Hi,

I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have never had a
problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the sudden my
aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old windows 2000
style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate vista theme,
but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature to try and
manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be loaded
because the theme service is not running".

O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet to find
anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!

TIA

Make sure the following services are running:
Themes
Desktop Windows Manager

You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
> Hi,
>
> I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have never had a
> problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the sudden
> my
> aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old windows 2000
> style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate vista
> theme,
> but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature to try
> and
> manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be loaded
> because the theme service is not running".
>
> O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet to find
> anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
>
> TIA

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Make sure the following services are running:
> Themes
> Desktop Windows Manager
>
> You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
> news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have never had a
> > problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the sudden
> > my
> > aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old windows 2000
> > style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate vista
> > theme,
> > but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature to try
> > and
> > manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be loaded
> > because the theme service is not running".
> >
> > O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet to find
> > anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
> >
> > TIA
>
>
> Thnx for your help. I went and did as you suggested, and then activated both. That allowed me to be able to choose Vista from the drop down list under themes. But everytime I go to apply "aero" under color and scheme, firstly it comes up as a solid black screen under the preview, and then never actually applies (

If you can think of anything else that might help, it would be greatly
appreciated...

Happy NY...

Download the latest driver for your graphics card from the motherboard's or
video card's website.
Save it to your desktop, uninstall the current video driver, then install
the new one.


"Tao Jones" wrote:

>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
> > Make sure the following services are running:
> > Themes
> > Desktop Windows Manager
> >
> > You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
> > --
> > Andre
> > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> > "Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
> > news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have never had a
> > > problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the sudden
> > > my
> > > aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old windows 2000
> > > style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate vista
> > > theme,
> > > but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature to try
> > > and
> > > manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be loaded
> > > because the theme service is not running".
> > >
> > > O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet to find
> > > anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
> > >
> > > TIA
> >
> >
> > Thnx for your help. I went and did as you suggested, and then activated both. That allowed me to be able to choose Vista from the drop down list under themes. But everytime I go to apply "aero" under color and scheme, firstly it comes up as a solid black screen under the preview, and then never actually applies (
>
> If you can think of anything else that might help, it would be greatly
> appreciated...
>
> Happy NY...

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Download the latest driver for your graphics card from the motherboard's or
> video card's website.
> Save it to your desktop, uninstall the current video driver, then install
> the new one.
>
>
> "Tao Jones" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
> >
> > > Make sure the following services are running:
> > > Themes
> > > Desktop Windows Manager
> > >
> > > You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
> > > --
> > > Andre
> > > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> > > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> > > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> > > "Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
> > > news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have never had a
> > > > problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the sudden
> > > > my
> > > > aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old windows 2000
> > > > style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate vista
> > > > theme,
> > > > but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature to try
> > > > and
> > > > manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be loaded
> > > > because the theme service is not running".
> > > >
> > > > O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet to find
> > > > anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > >
> > >
> > > Thnx for your help. I went and did as you suggested, and then activated both. That allowed me to be able to choose Vista from the drop down list under themes. But everytime I go to apply "aero" under color and scheme, firstly it comes up as a solid black screen under the preview, and then never actually applies (
> >
> > If you can think of anything else that might help, it would be greatly
> > appreciated...
> >
> > Happy NY...

Tao and Andre: Have had the same problem, and used the 'cures' suggested,
but the error returns and is very sporatic. At the same time, my graphics
card, Nvidia 6600gt on reboot, oven drops the widescreen resolution down from
1680x1500. The screen resets the usual way. Could these items be connected
in any way? A belated 'welcome back' andre.

Hi JackM,

Thanks for the welcome back. I can only attribute this issue to the video
driver, its either not properly written or something else installed on the
system is triggering it. Could you list some of applications you have
installed including devices?
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"JackM" <> wrote in message
news:8AC59346-F8D2-4CD3-8BA7-...
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>
>> Download the latest driver for your graphics card from the motherboard's
>> or
>> video card's website.
>> Save it to your desktop, uninstall the current video driver, then install
>> the new one.
>>
>>
>> "Tao Jones" wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Make sure the following services are running:
>> > > Themes
>> > > Desktop Windows Manager
>> > >
>> > > You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
>> > > --
>> > > Andre
>> > > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> > > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> > > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> > > "Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
>> > > news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have
>> > > > never had a
>> > > > problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the
>> > > > sudden
>> > > > my
>> > > > aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old
>> > > > windows 2000
>> > > > style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate
>> > > > vista
>> > > > theme,
>> > > > but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature
>> > > > to try
>> > > > and
>> > > > manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be
>> > > > loaded
>> > > > because the theme service is not running".
>> > > >
>> > > > O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet
>> > > > to find
>> > > > anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
>> > > >
>> > > > TIA
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thnx for your help. I went and did as you suggested, and then
>> > > activated both. That allowed me to be able to choose Vista from the
>> > > drop down list under themes. But everytime I go to apply "aero" under
>> > > color and scheme, firstly it comes up as a solid black screen under
>> > > the preview, and then never actually applies (
>> >
>> > If you can think of anything else that might help, it would be greatly
>> > appreciated...
>> >
>> > Happy NY...
>
> Tao and Andre: Have had the same problem, and used the 'cures' suggested,
> but the error returns and is very sporatic. At the same time, my graphics
> card, Nvidia 6600gt on reboot, oven drops the widescreen resolution down
> from
> 1680x1500. The screen resets the usual way. Could these items be
> connected
> in any way? A belated 'welcome back' andre.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Hi JackM,
>
> Thanks for the welcome back. I can only attribute this issue to the video
> driver, its either not properly written or something else installed on the
> system is triggering it. Could you list some of applications you have
> installed including devices?
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "JackM" <> wrote in message
> news:8AC59346-F8D2-4CD3-8BA7-...
> >
> >
> > "Mick Murphy" wrote:
> >
> >> Download the latest driver for your graphics card from the motherboard's
> >> or
> >> video card's website.
> >> Save it to your desktop, uninstall the current video driver, then install
> >> the new one.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tao Jones" wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Make sure the following services are running:
> >> > > Themes
> >> > > Desktop Windows Manager
> >> > >
> >> > > You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
> >> > > --
> >> > > Andre
> >> > > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> >> > > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> >> > > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> >> > > "Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
> >> > > news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
> >> > > > Hi,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have
> >> > > > never had a
> >> > > > problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the
> >> > > > sudden
> >> > > > my
> >> > > > aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old
> >> > > > windows 2000
> >> > > > style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate
> >> > > > vista
> >> > > > theme,
> >> > > > but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature
> >> > > > to try
> >> > > > and
> >> > > > manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be
> >> > > > loaded
> >> > > > because the theme service is not running".
> >> > > >
> >> > > > O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet
> >> > > > to find
> >> > > > anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > TIA
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Thnx for your help. I went and did as you suggested, and then
> >> > > activated both. That allowed me to be able to choose Vista from the
> >> > > drop down list under themes. But everytime I go to apply "aero" under
> >> > > color and scheme, firstly it comes up as a solid black screen under
> >> > > the preview, and then never actually applies (
> >> >
> >> > If you can think of anything else that might help, it would be greatly
> >> > appreciated...
> >> >
> >> > Happy NY...
> >
> > Tao and Andre: Have had the same problem, and used the 'cures' suggested,
> > but the error returns and is very sporatic. At the same time, my graphics
> > card, Nvidia 6600gt on reboot, oven drops the widescreen resolution down
> > from
> > 1680x1500. The screen resets the usual way. Could these items be
> > connected
> > in any way? A belated 'welcome back' andre.
>
>
>

Thnx everyone for your help. I'm running an Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS. I just
now downloaded the updated drivers from the Nvidia site, but it dosen't seem
to have made any difference at all

I can change the "theme" to "windows vista", but when I go to change the
"color scheme" to aero, something seems corrupt. The preview is all black for
some reason and it just dosen't load a thing...

I'm totally lost here as I'm not too good with computers.

Any further help would be MUCH appreciated...

Try this: Copy-paste the following command in Vista Start Menus Search Box,
and hit Enter.

rundll32.exe Dwmapi.dll,DwmEnableComposition

This should hopefully re-enable Aero by flushing it.
More on this at http://www.winvistaclub.com/t22.html

--
http://www.WinVistaClub.com




"Tao Jones" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have never had a
> problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all the sudden my
> aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old windows 2000
> style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate vista theme,
> but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse feature to try and
> manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not be loaded
> because the theme service is not running".
>
> O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have yet to find
> anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
>
> TIA

Maybe you could try refreshing your Windows Experience Index:
If none of the above work, you might need to refresh your Windows Experience
Index (WEI) rating.
1. Click Start
2. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, hit enter
3. Click the Update my score link
4. Click Continue on the User Account Control dialog
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Tao Jones" <> wrote in message
news:FACE2FD5-AB16-4A03-A27E-...
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Hi JackM,
>>
>> Thanks for the welcome back. I can only attribute this issue to the video
>> driver, its either not properly written or something else installed on
>> the
>> system is triggering it. Could you list some of applications you have
>> installed including devices?
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "JackM" <> wrote in message
>> news:8AC59346-F8D2-4CD3-8BA7-...
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Download the latest driver for your graphics card from the
>> >> motherboard's
>> >> or
>> >> video card's website.
>> >> Save it to your desktop, uninstall the current video driver, then
>> >> install
>> >> the new one.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Tao Jones" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > Make sure the following services are running:
>> >> > > Themes
>> >> > > Desktop Windows Manager
>> >> > >
>> >> > > You can find them in Control Panel > Administrative Tools >
>> >> > > Services.
>> >> > > --
>> >> > > Andre
>> >> > > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> >> > > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> >> > > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> >> > > "Tao Jones" <Tao > wrote in message
>> >> > > news:F1E68702-4972-47B5-8818-...
>> >> > > > Hi,
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > I've been using Vista Ultimate for a few months now and I have
>> >> > > > never had a
>> >> > > > problem running in aero glass theme. Today, after a reboot, all
>> >> > > > the
>> >> > > > sudden
>> >> > > > my
>> >> > > > aero glass them e was suddenly gone and I was running in old
>> >> > > > windows 2000
>> >> > > > style. So I went to personalization>theme to try and reactivate
>> >> > > > vista
>> >> > > > theme,
>> >> > > > but to my dismay it was not listed. I then used the browse
>> >> > > > feature
>> >> > > > to try
>> >> > > > and
>> >> > > > manualy load it, but everytime i do it says "The theme could not
>> >> > > > be
>> >> > > > loaded
>> >> > > > because the theme service is not running".
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > O have tried to scour the net to look for a solution, but have
>> >> > > > yet
>> >> > > > to find
>> >> > > > anything. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > TIA
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thnx for your help. I went and did as you suggested, and then
>> >> > > activated both. That allowed me to be able to choose Vista from
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > drop down list under themes. But everytime I go to apply "aero"
>> >> > > under
>> >> > > color and scheme, firstly it comes up as a solid black screen
>> >> > > under
>> >> > > the preview, and then never actually applies (
>> >> >
>> >> > If you can think of anything else that might help, it would be
>> >> > greatly
>> >> > appreciated...
>> >> >
>> >> > Happy NY...
>> >
>> > Tao and Andre: Have had the same problem, and used the 'cures'
>> > suggested,
>> > but the error returns and is very sporatic. At the same time, my
>> > graphics
>> > card, Nvidia 6600gt on reboot, oven drops the widescreen resolution
>> > down
>> > from
>> > 1680x1500. The screen resets the usual way. Could these items be
>> > connected
>> > in any way? A belated 'welcome back' andre.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thnx everyone for your help. I'm running an Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS. I
> just
> now downloaded the updated drivers from the Nvidia site, but it dosen't
> seem
> to have made any difference at all
>
> I can change the "theme" to "windows vista", but when I go to change the
> "color scheme" to aero, something seems corrupt. The preview is all black
> for
> some reason and it just dosen't load a thing...
>
> I'm totally lost here as I'm not too good with computers.
>
> Any further help would be MUCH appreciated...

This issue got resolved by restarting "Themes" service in Vista.

- Rohan Reddy