Vista Aero not available after SP1 install

I have Vista Ultimate (Windows Experience Index: 5.9) running Aero and I
had no issues. Yesterday I d/l and install the SP1 Public Beta. Which
went fine (at first). Aero worked and everything performed normally.

This afternoon I decided to install a new bios update for my video
card. The first step was to uninstall the NV display drivers and
reboot. I did the uninstall and rebooted. THEN, after reading more on
the bios update, I decided to save the bios update for later.
I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers (169.25, signed) but I cannot get Aero
back on.
Under "Appearance Settings" "Color Scheme" I get to choose from
"Windows Vista Basic", "...Standard", "...Classic", etc.

Index is still 5.9.
I tried a system restore, but since the SP1 update was so recent, the
only restore point available was AFTER I uninstalled and reinstalled my
video drivers.

I am stumped.


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Posting the EXACT same question twice within 12 minutes, using different
names, is totally IGNORANT!

"CURaven" wrote:

>
> I have Vista Ultimate (Windows Experience Index: 5.9) running Aero and I
> had no issues. Yesterday I d/l and install the SP1 Public Beta. Which
> went fine (at first). Aero worked and everything performed normally.
>
> This afternoon I decided to install a new bios update for my video
> card. The first step was to uninstall the NV display drivers and
> reboot. I did the uninstall and rebooted. THEN, after reading more on
> the bios update, I decided to save the bios update for later.
> I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers (169.25, signed) but I cannot get Aero
> back on.
> Under "Appearance Settings" "Color Scheme" I get to choose from
> "Windows Vista Basic", "...Standard", "...Classic", etc.
>
> Index is still 5.9.
> I tried a system restore, but since the SP1 update was so recent, the
> only restore point available was AFTER I uninstalled and reinstalled my
> video drivers.
>
> I am stumped.
>
>
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On Jan 18, 2:13*am, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Posting the EXACT same question twice within 12 minutes, using different
> names, is totally IGNORANT!
>
>
>
> "CURaven" wrote:
>
> > I have Vista Ultimate (Windows Experience Index: 5.9) running Aero and I
> > had no issues. *Yesterday I d/l and install the SP1 Public Beta. *Which
> > went fine (at first). *Aero worked and everything performed normally.
>
> > This afternoon I decided to install a new bios update for my video
> > card. *The first step was to uninstall the NV display drivers and
> > reboot. *I did the uninstall and rebooted. *THEN, after reading moreon
> > the bios update, I decided to save the bios update for later. *
> > I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers (169.25, signed) but I cannot get Aero
> > back on. *
> > Under "Appearance Settings" "Color Scheme" I get to choose from
> > "Windows Vista Basic", "...Standard", "...Classic", etc.
>
> > Index is still 5.9.
> > I tried a system restore, but since the SP1 update was so recent, the
> > only restore point available was AFTER I uninstalled and reinstalled my
> > video drivers.
>
> > I am stumped.
>
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> > CURaven
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> > CURaven's Profile:http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=39825
> > View this thread:http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=895153
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Yelling at a complete stranger for no good reason is GAY! And a good
way to get your ass kicked.

my settings were at 16-bit ... once I changed them back to 32-bit I
was able to select Aero.