3.0 is the bare minimum score in WEI to run Aero.
Did you update the drivers from nvidia?
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Curt
"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