vista rc2 no aero for me

[egghead]

hi!

Been having weird problems with my 6600gt and aero.

on rc1 fresh install I would install nvidia drivers 96.33. during install the screen would flicker balck endlessly until I finally shut it off. After trying to re-install nvidia drivers I gave up and they were actually installed and i was able to select aero theme and everything was fine.

rc2 and the same black flickering not sure why. But rc2 has no aero option ans I am mad as hell :(

What can I do????

p4p800 2.6ghz 6600gt

arghhh

[rik]

What usability rating does it give you?

[egghead]

aero i think it said 4.5

but cannot locate aero theme

only basic or classic or high contrast
darn

[egghead]

Heard the problem is a bug in rc2 with computers on 512 ram

possible workaround

open regedit and change:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit DWORD)

Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges :

- Type 'net stop uxsms'
- Then 'net start uxsms'

found in neowin.net

will try it tonight after work

Egghead

[egghead]

that worked :D

if your not sure how to get admin privledges in vista you should right click start menu and select explore

go to c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

simply right click the file and choose run as administrator

Aero fix in Vista RC2 problem solved

Egghead

[rik]

I have an issue with mine where I was running RC1 and was able to run Aero. Since installing RC2 Aero isn't an option even though I have the same useablility rating of 2.9. Weird.

[egghead]

I had the same problem and this fixed it

I love aero

[rik]

It worked for me too. Thanks egghead!