Stuck in "CLASSIC" view

With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly
went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had
installed and then uninstalled an application, but
didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or
other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other
respects.

No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions
Aero or permits recovery. Where should I begin looking?

Thanks!

Ike wrote:

> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly
> went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had
> installed and then uninstalled an application, but
> didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or
> other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other
> respects.
>
> No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions
> Aero or permits recovery. Where should I begin looking?
>
> Thanks!

What was the application you installed/uninstalled? Perhaps you should try a
System Restore to before you did this.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Malke wrote:
> Ike wrote:
>
>> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly
>> went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had
>> installed and then uninstalled an application, but
>> didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or
>> other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other
>> respects.
>>
>> No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions
>> Aero or permits recovery. Where should I begin looking?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> What was the application you installed/uninstalled? Perhaps you should try a
> System Restore to before you did this.
>
> Malke

The app was Battery Tracker.

I've done a Restore - no help. This is mysterious.

Use f8, and try starting up to last known good configuration if you can
reverse what happened using the standard control-panel panes.


--
Znod

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Thanks -- got it, but I had to go back several days. I
have no clue what caused this.

Znod wrote:
> Use f8, and try starting up to last known good configuration if you can
> reverse what happened using the standard control-panel panes.
>
>

I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a
message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like
Windows 2000.
A suspect that the system was busy after first rebooting and I logged on to
quickly, not giving the system enough time to initialize.

Anyway, I simply rebooted and every thing has been fine since.


"Ike" <> wrote in message
news:g1q32q$adl$...
> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly went from
> full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had installed and then uninstalled
> an application, but didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or
> other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other respects.
>
> No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions Aero or permits
> recovery. Where should I begin looking?
>
> Thanks!

On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:04:49 -0700, "Bender"
<> wrote:

>I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a
>message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like
>Windows 2000.
>A suspect that the system was busy after first rebooting and I logged on to
>quickly, not giving the system enough time to initialize.

Actually, it doesn't "initialize" UNTIL you logon.

>
>Anyway, I simply rebooted and every thing has been fine since.
>
>
>"Ike" <> wrote in message
>news:g1q32q$adl$...
>> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly went from
>> full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had installed and then uninstalled
>> an application, but didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or
>> other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other respects.
>>
>> No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions Aero or permits
>> recovery. Where should I begin looking?
>>
>> Thanks!

Its still doing something before I log on. My system is set to show a list
of users after a reboot. I am pretty sure that it starts to run services
before I have logged on.

"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:04:49 -0700, "Bender"
> <> wrote:
>
>>I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a
>>message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like
>>Windows 2000.
>>A suspect that the system was busy after first rebooting and I logged on
>>to
>>quickly, not giving the system enough time to initialize.
>
> Actually, it doesn't "initialize" UNTIL you logon.
>
>>
>>Anyway, I simply rebooted and every thing has been fine since.
>>
>>
>>"Ike" <> wrote in message
>>news:g1q32q$adl$...
>>> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly went from
>>> full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had installed and then
>>> uninstalled
>>> an application, but didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus
>>> or
>>> other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other respects.
>>>
>>> No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions Aero or permits
>>> recovery. Where should I begin looking?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>

Check your Windows Themes service is running, and then run the Windows
Experience Index Rating, get it to re-rate your system
This has fixed it for me before. If you are on a laptop, make sure you put
it into the high performance power profile before running the index.

Marc

On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:39:55 -0700, "Bender"
<> wrote:

>Its still doing something before I log on. My system is set to show a list
>of users after a reboot. I am pretty sure that it starts to run services
>before I have logged on.

It doesn't know which services to run until a user logs on.
That's the case even if it's only one user.

>"Nonny" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:04:49 -0700, "Bender"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a
>>>message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like
>>>Windows 2000.
>>>A suspect that the system was busy after first rebooting and I logged on
>>>to
>>>quickly, not giving the system enough time to initialize.
>>
>> Actually, it doesn't "initialize" UNTIL you logon.
>>
>>>
>>>Anyway, I simply rebooted and every thing has been fine since.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Ike" <> wrote in message
>>>news:g1q32q$adl$.. .
>>>> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly went from
>>>> full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had installed and then
>>>> uninstalled
>>>> an application, but didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus
>>>> or
>>>> other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other respects.
>>>>
>>>> No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions Aero or permits
>>>> recovery. Where should I begin looking?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>