DWM is disabled from a lot of different programs, for example my TV card
software and others..
seems to me that the whole Aero concept - engine is flaky technology...
it should have had one step down incriment to it, so it would function like
windowblinds, which of course
does not get disabled when running "non vista aero" compatible apps, yet it
does support transparencies and per pixel rendering of windows.....
what can I say? Vista is shyt
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e8NSLc%23WIHA.5348@xxxxxx
Quote:
> 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.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>
> "CB" <CB@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5CEBB8AB-83AB-494C-A978-B44317C2B1B7@xxxxxx Quote:
>>
>>
>> "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:
>>>
>>> > 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. >
>