Have Home Premium but can't Preview Tabs

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tamarakv

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So after spending almost 30 min (yeah yeah I'm a newb or whatever you call people like me these days) trying to figure out how I can preview the tabs as thumbnails when I scroll my mouse over the task bar, I see that IF you have Vista Home Premium or better, you can change your Color and Appearance to Aero and then supposedly the option (under the Taskbar and Menu section in the Control Panel) for previewing tabs as thumbnails is supposed to be click-able...
I have Windows Vista Home Premium, AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56, etc. ... I tried to change the color to Aero and it won't let me, so of course it won't let me preview the tabs as thumbnails either. :confused:
I REALLY want that feature!!! Any advice?
 

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Hi tamarakv and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

What is the make and model number of your laptop/notebook?
 

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    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
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    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
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    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
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tamarakv said:
So after spending almost 30 min (yeah yeah I'm a newb or whatever you call people like me these days) trying to figure out how I can preview the tabs as thumbnails when I scroll my mouse over the task bar, I see that IF you have Vista Home Premium or better, you can change your Color and Appearance to Aero and then supposedly the option (under the Taskbar and Menu section in the Control Panel) for previewing tabs as thumbnails is supposed to be click-able...
I have Windows Vista Home Premium, AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56, etc. ... I tried to change the color to Aero and it won't let me, so of course it won't let me preview the tabs as thumbnails either. :confused:
I REALLY want that feature!!! Any advice?
Click to expand...

Take a look at this article: You may experience issues with the Windows Aero feature on a Windows Vista-based computer

Do you have option to select "Aero" Theme?
if yes, what happens after you select Aero theme and click on apply???

Let us know.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 256MB
    Sound Card
    Creative 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" Viewsonic and Sony 26" S Series TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Sata (1 TB) and IDE (350GB)
    Keyboard
    Multimedia (Wireless)
    Mouse
    Optical (Wireless)
    Internet Speed
    2MB
Yes, I have the option, and when I hit "apply", the pop up window says to wait, the screen goes black and white, then back to how it looked exactly before. Then, when I go to the Taskbar and Start Menu (from control panel) options thing, "Preview tabs as thumbnails" is STILL not clickable! :(
...
In looking at the link you posted, I'm not sure if my system has all the requirements necessary; I'm logged on to a computer away from home, so when I get there I'll double check all that.
Thank you for your advice!
 

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