Vista - Windows aero in vista basic

please help me i really want aero to work in vista basic and microsoft know
the proper way of doing this so i want to hear from microsoft but if anyone
else knows it please tell me and i have ati readon as my video card 1gb ram
and a toshiba laptop i tried changing regestry values but that dont work so i
just change it back to normal so don't suggest doing it that way cause it
dont work for me.

again microsoft is who i like to hear from and if anyone else knows the
proper way reply aswell. thanks

Windows Basic is not Aero capable. You would need to upgrade
to another edition of Vista in order to have Vista Aero.

Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...41b981033.mspx

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Carey Frisch
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"Jamjame" <Jamjame@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5025E1AA-87AE-460E-8DC2-226BCD7BC71B@xxxxxx
please help me i really want aero to work in vista basic and microsoft know
the proper way of doing this so i want to hear from microsoft but if anyone
else knows it please tell me and i have ati readon as my video card 1gb ram
and a toshiba laptop i tried changing regestry values but that dont work so i
just change it back to normal so don't suggest doing it that way cause it
dont work for me.

again microsoft is who i like to hear from and if anyone else knows the
proper way reply aswell. thanks

"Jamjame" wrote in message
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Vista Home Basic only includes a very Basic version of the Aero theme,
without the glass effect, mainly because hardware capable of running Vista
Home Basic might not be capable of running the full Aero settings. You need
to upgrade to at least Vista Home Premium, but first you need to be certain
your computer can run it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx

"Jamjame" <Jamjame@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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The registry hack is the only way to do other than upgrade to a version
which includes Aero, it so if it didn't work for you then you did something
wrong..

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Aero is only available in versions other than Home Basic. The registry hack
is something that allows a PC that doesn't meet the hardware specs to use
aero, but the software does support it.

About the only way to get it to work is to upgrade to a different version of
Vista.

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"Jamjame" <Jamjame@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Dustin Harper" <dharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I looked into the registry hack that has been published, and apparently it
doesn't work. I believe the hack was first worked by somebody when the lost
Aero capability in Ultimate edition, and it was assumed, wrongly, that the
hack would work in ALL editions..

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Here's how to do it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx

Easy as pie.

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"Jamjame" <Jamjame@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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thanks to everyone who helped me. i know that it dont work in vista basic but
im asking if there is just some programme or way to enable aero on my
computer but if there is a way to enable aero in the future please reply.
thanks

That's kind of the point of the Basic version - it excludes features found
in the more advanced versions. There's no way to turn it on, if there were
there would be little point in selling the other versions, would there?

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"Jamjame" <Jamjame@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:419C1653-3EA5-48A3-ACD0-7BB006DB6CF0@xxxxxxThere are two things you'd have to do, and only one of them is upgrading to
a non-Basic version. The other is installing hardware that is sufficient
for the Aero interface to be loaded and run. That means the processor,
memory and video hardware must all meet or exceed certain levels.

If your system came with Vista Basic, it's possible that it does not have
the hardware needed. If that is the case, and you could tell by running
the Vista Upgrade Advisor, consider replacing the entire system if you want
the Aero interface.

HTH
-pk