Vista Aero unavailable after SP1 beta

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.

Hi Scott,

Uninstall the display drivers, uninstall SP1, then reinstall the display
drivers.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Scott" <> wrote in message
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>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.
>
>

I tried that, thanks. My settings were at 16-bit ... once I changed
them back to 32-bit I was able to select Aero.


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CURaven, Scott or whatever your name is,

It takes a man to apologize for an inadvertant act. Well done. Have a
nice day.

C.B.