Yes, and it still was not available as a choice when selecting Colors.
However, I continued to do some more research and finally came across a
white paper from Microsoft called Windows Vista Rules for Enabling Windows
Aero. Here is the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...ero_rules.mspx
I ended up tracing the problem to the DWM service being disabled. As soon
as I restarted it and waited a minute, Aero immediately came back as a
choice. I was able to successfully get it running again. I am know going
through the log files in event viewer to track the problem down. I have two
apps that require Vista Basic, one of which is Flight Simulator X and the
logs note when it asks to switch to Vista Basic. The other is a neat program
called DosBox that allows you to run older DOS programs (still have a few of
them I use once in a while) in a full DOS environment with sound and video
loaded. I think that may be the problem, so I uninstalled it for now.
Thanks for your replies and assistance. I am very grateful.
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> And after running WEI did you try enabling AERO through the usual
> procedures? Personalization > Themes > Windows AERO.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Disp350" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I have been using Aero since I got the system about a month ago. I did
>>swap video cards a few days after I received it, but after installing the
>>drivers, Aero was running fine with no problems. My system is a Dell E520
>>with a dual core 2.13 CPU, 2GB of RAM and the video card is an ATI Radeon
>>X1300 with 256MB of RAM. The card does support WDDM and after I posted
>>the original message, I did find a suggestion to run the WEI index again.
>>I found that it had never been run. I was unable to run it a first, but
>>after finding a fix, it did run successfully. The Base score was 4.1, with
>>Graphics coming in at 4.6.
>>
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Did you have AERO before? How much RAM is in the system? Also, does your
>>> card support the Windows Display Driver Model? Try refreshing your WEI
>>> indexing rating and see if it fixes the problem. Click start > type
>>> Performance Information and Tools > then click the Refresh Now button.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>> "Disp350" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>>I noticed today that I could not use the Aero flip screen. When I went
>>>>into the Window Color and Appearance settings, there was not even a
>>>>choice to switch to the Aero interface. First I did a System Restore
>>>>from 3 days ago with no luck. Then I found a newer driver for my ATI
>>>>Radeon X1300 video card and installed it. Still no luck. Any suggestions
>>>>on how to restore the Aero interface?
>>>
>>>
>>
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