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01-20-2008

"Jim" wrote:

Quote:

> When I first installed windows vista ultimate, I had three themes, Windows
> Aero, Windows Vista, and Windows Classic. Then yesterday, I noticed that
> Windows Aero theme was missing from the list of themes, but my desktop was
> actually using aero (with transparency, and with the cool windows + tab task
> switching).
>
> I had some problems with theme and Nero 7, so I thought maybe it messed it
> up. Since the box was newly setup, I formatted C:\ drive and did a clean
> install of Windows vista ultimate again. To my surprise, as soon as I
> installed the correct video driver (and rebooted of course), my desktop
> theme automatically went to aero, but aero was still not listed at all. My
> theme manager says I was using "modified theme", but if I switched it to
> "windows vista", it still had transparency and all that, only the desktop
> background changed to the greenish vista picture.
>
> I wonder why this was the case. At first, I suspected some windows updates
> removed aero and forced vista theme to be aero, but it couldn've been the
> case because that happened right after I did a fresh install, before any
> updates were done. My box uses nVidia GeForce 8400 GS... could the nvidia
> video card driver be causing this? Has anyone else seen this problem?
>
> Worth mentioning here, is that my laptop (running vista ultimate, using
> nvidia geForce 8400M GS) is also seeing this problem, but with a twist - aero
> is not listed among the themes. To conserve power, I initially chose not to
> use aero, and currently it doesn't have transparency.
>
> Can someone help?
>
>
>

Jim,

To the best of my knowledge, once you start running a DreamScene
desktop your theme settings are changed to "Modified". Are you using a
DreamScene desktop?

Have a nice day.

C.B.

01-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
CB n/a posts	RE: Aero theme missing, vista theme were actually aero "Jim" wrote: Quote: > When I first installed windows vista ultimate, I had three themes, Windows > Aero, Windows Vista, and Windows Classic. Then yesterday, I noticed that > Windows Aero theme was missing from the list of themes, but my desktop was > actually using aero (with transparency, and with the cool windows + tab task > switching). > > I had some problems with theme and Nero 7, so I thought maybe it messed it > up. Since the box was newly setup, I formatted C:\ drive and did a clean > install of Windows vista ultimate again. To my surprise, as soon as I > installed the correct video driver (and rebooted of course), my desktop > theme automatically went to aero, but aero was still not listed at all. My > theme manager says I was using "modified theme", but if I switched it to > "windows vista", it still had transparency and all that, only the desktop > background changed to the greenish vista picture. > > I wonder why this was the case. At first, I suspected some windows updates > removed aero and forced vista theme to be aero, but it couldn've been the > case because that happened right after I did a fresh install, before any > updates were done. My box uses nVidia GeForce 8400 GS... could the nvidia > video card driver be causing this? Has anyone else seen this problem? > > Worth mentioning here, is that my laptop (running vista ultimate, using > nvidia geForce 8400M GS) is also seeing this problem, but with a twist - aero > is not listed among the themes. To conserve power, I initially chose not to > use aero, and currently it doesn't have transparency. > > Can someone help? > > > Jim, To the best of my knowledge, once you start running a DreamScene desktop your theme settings are changed to "Modified". Are you using a DreamScene desktop? Have a nice day. C.B.
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