Window animations fade in/out

Now I do remember windows basic having a basic fade in out animation for max
min windows....but I seem to have lost this in the process of sorting out
another vista problem.

Here is the story: pc was running at max 100% cpu usage all of the time,
drained my bat completely all the time. I tracked the problem down litterally
by turning off all services and enabling them in small blocks at a time.
Turns out it was office 2007 for me.

Now what I think I might have done disabled a service directly associated
with window animations. What are the services directly relating to window
animations, or even the themes services.

Thanks in advance.
Adam

Service - Desktop Windows Manager DWM

You sure you have not just turned it it off? Click Start > type "System
Properties" enter > go to the Advanced (tab) > under 'Performance' > click
'Settings' > select the Adjust for best appearance click OK > OK.
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Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Adam" <> wrote in message
news:A9D6B2BA-B39D-45F3-8851-...
> Now I do remember windows basic having a basic fade in out animation for
> max
> min windows....but I seem to have lost this in the process of sorting out
> another vista problem.
>
> Here is the story: pc was running at max 100% cpu usage all of the time,
> drained my bat completely all the time. I tracked the problem down
> litterally
> by turning off all services and enabling them in small blocks at a time.
> Turns out it was office 2007 for me.
>
> Now what I think I might have done disabled a service directly associated
> with window animations. What are the services directly relating to window
> animations, or even the themes services.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Adam

Thanks, but nope these were the two things I checked straight away. Before I
continue trying to solve this problem, can someone tell me this:

Does Vista home basic support animated fade in/out on windows minimizing and
maximizing? Or am I going loopy??

If they do, please could someone else give me a direction to look at?

Thanks again,
Adam

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Service - Desktop Windows Manager DWM
>
> You sure you have not just turned it it off? Click Start > type "System
> Properties" enter > go to the Advanced (tab) > under 'Performance' > click
> 'Settings' > select the Adjust for best appearance click OK > OK.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Adam" <> wrote in message
> news:A9D6B2BA-B39D-45F3-8851-...
> > Now I do remember windows basic having a basic fade in out animation for
> > max
> > min windows....but I seem to have lost this in the process of sorting out
> > another vista problem.
> >
> > Here is the story: pc was running at max 100% cpu usage all of the time,
> > drained my bat completely all the time. I tracked the problem down
> > litterally
> > by turning off all services and enabling them in small blocks at a time.
> > Turns out it was office 2007 for me.
> >
> > Now what I think I might have done disabled a service directly associated
> > with window animations. What are the services directly relating to window
> > animations, or even the themes services.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Adam
>
>
>

I am on Ultimate, but I know that Vista Home Basic does support all the
visual effects of the premium SKUs such as AERO Glass.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Adam" <> wrote in message
news:94993F47-4518-4D25-996B-...
> Thanks, but nope these were the two things I checked straight away. Before
> I
> continue trying to solve this problem, can someone tell me this:
>
> Does Vista home basic support animated fade in/out on windows minimizing
> and
> maximizing? Or am I going loopy??
>
> If they do, please could someone else give me a direction to look at?
>
> Thanks again,
> Adam
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Service - Desktop Windows Manager DWM
>>
>> You sure you have not just turned it it off? Click Start > type "System
>> Properties" enter > go to the Advanced (tab) > under 'Performance' >
>> click
>> 'Settings' > select the Adjust for best appearance click OK > OK.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Adam" <> wrote in message
>> news:A9D6B2BA-B39D-45F3-8851-...
>> > Now I do remember windows basic having a basic fade in out animation
>> > for
>> > max
>> > min windows....but I seem to have lost this in the process of sorting
>> > out
>> > another vista problem.
>> >
>> > Here is the story: pc was running at max 100% cpu usage all of the
>> > time,
>> > drained my bat completely all the time. I tracked the problem down
>> > litterally
>> > by turning off all services and enabling them in small blocks at a
>> > time.
>> > Turns out it was office 2007 for me.
>> >
>> > Now what I think I might have done disabled a service directly
>> > associated
>> > with window animations. What are the services directly relating to
>> > window
>> > animations, or even the themes services.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> > Adam
>>
>>
>>

thats great thought I was going nuts then.

Ok, well im still in the same boat. Has anyone else come across this problem
before? Its really annoying stuck in basic min max functions.

I have checked the system properties diag box, ive changed it to custom,
back to windows controlling it, and so forth. All with a reboot between them.

Anyone any idea??