Dreamscene depends on AERO which depends on the Desktop Window Manager.
Usually DWM is disabled by incompatible Java based programs if you don't
have a compatible version of JAVA installed.
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Andre
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"CB" <CB@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Jim" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I feel like a dumb bass... as it turned out, Windows Aero is NOT A
>> DESKTOP
>> THEME, rather it is a COLOR THEME.
>>
>> There are only two desktop themes: Windows Vista and Windows Classic.
>>
>> To turn on/off Aero, I have to go to Personalize -> Window Color and
>> Appearance -> [Open classic appearance properties for more color options]
>> if
>> it is current aero -> choose between Windows Aero and Windows Vista Basic
>> from the list...
>>
>> thank you all.
>>
>> "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,
>
> Just a note: DreamScene will not function, and will be disabled, if
> you
> are running software that is not compatible with Vista. The same MAY hold
> true concerning Aero. I don't know.
> Have a nice day.
>
> C.B.