Thank you all for replying. I don't care for windows dream scene. Actually
I dont care for aero either, only that when I thought it was missing, I was a
little concerned what else could be wrong.
Vista has some new concepts, especially security-wise, that people had been
long wanting to see. But of course, Aero is not nearly as good as they made
it to be. When I first saw aero, I was like "that's it?" Linux and Mac has
been doing this for ages...
"CB" wrote:
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> "Jim" wrote:
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> > 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.