You might need to refresh your Windows Experience Index (WEI) rating.
1. Click Start
2. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, hit enter
3. Click the Update my score link
4. Click Continue on the User Account Control dialog
Ensure the following services are running:
- Desktop Windows Manager
- Themes
(Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services).
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Andre
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"ourstanley" <ourstanley@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've just helped a friend install a new nVidia GeForce 7200 video card in
> his
> PC to allow him to run his Tiger Woods Golf game and some games for his
> son.
> His Windows Vista Index (or whatever it is called) has now increased from
> 2.3
> to 3.0 (the lowest score was under Graphics, this has now increased to
> 3.2,
> the Gaming Graphics score was 3.0 and has remained as that).
>
> The games now play OK.
>
> However the Aero experience won't work. When we follow the steps for the
> settings for Colour (32 bit), refresh rate (greater than 10Hz) etc we get
> as
> far as setting the theme from Windows Vista Basic to Windows Aero, hit
> Apply
> then OK, but when we click the Appearance section to turn on transparency
> it
> still comes up as the Themes dialogue box and the theme has been set back
> to
> Windows Vista Basic.
>
> Can anyone advise how we can get Aero to operate?
>
> Many thanks