Windows Aero scheme not available

I have been using Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on this machine for about 4
months with no problems. Last week I had a crash that led me to clean
install it all over again. Now I just see that Windows Aero scheme is gone.
It doesn't appear on the list under Apearence Settings.

I noticed that going to Performance Information and Tools gives me a rate of
1.0 (which I think is untrue, my hardware specs are below). I tried
reinstalling my graphic card and sound cards with no success. Even tried
that registry tweak (set HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition = 1
and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition Policy = 2) with no
results.

I noticed this 1.0 rate is determined by Gaming Graphics (1.0) followed by
Graphics (1.9) which I believe is too low for the hardware I have. After
Update My Score, I click on View And Print Details and I notice that windows
hasn't detected Total Available Graphic Memory nor Dedicated Graphics Memory
nor Shared System Memory. BIOS gives me 3 graphic memory sharing options:
64mb, 128mb and 256mb. Tried the three of them.

Again, before I had to reinstall Windows Vista, it was running perfectly on
the very same machine.

Any help will be apreciated.


Hardware Specs:
Intel Core2 Duo 1.87 Ghz
2gb RAM DDR2 666 (currently sharing 256mb with video)
Intel(R) 946GZ Express Chipset Family
300 Gb IDE HardDrive partitioned (20+ gb free disk space on Vista partition)

Problem solved,

Had to download drivers from intel.com



"TMA" <> wrote in message
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>I have been using Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on this machine for about 4
>months with no problems. Last week I had a crash that led me to clean
>install it all over again. Now I just see that Windows Aero scheme is gone.
>It doesn't appear on the list under Apearence Settings.
>
> I noticed that going to Performance Information and Tools gives me a rate
> of 1.0 (which I think is untrue, my hardware specs are below). I tried
> reinstalling my graphic card and sound cards with no success. Even tried
> that registry tweak (set HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition =
> 1 and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition Policy = 2) with no
> results.
>
> I noticed this 1.0 rate is determined by Gaming Graphics (1.0) followed by
> Graphics (1.9) which I believe is too low for the hardware I have. After
> Update My Score, I click on View And Print Details and I notice that
> windows hasn't detected Total Available Graphic Memory nor Dedicated
> Graphics Memory nor Shared System Memory. BIOS gives me 3 graphic memory
> sharing options: 64mb, 128mb and 256mb. Tried the three of them.
>
> Again, before I had to reinstall Windows Vista, it was running perfectly
> on the very same machine.
>
> Any help will be apreciated.
>
>
> Hardware Specs:
> Intel Core2 Duo 1.87 Ghz
> 2gb RAM DDR2 666 (currently sharing 256mb with video)
> Intel(R) 946GZ Express Chipset Family
> 300 Gb IDE HardDrive partitioned (20+ gb free disk space on Vista
> partition)
>