Vista - I can't select Aero anymore, could yesterday.

I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no problems. I
rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as an option
anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are listed.

Relevant System Specs:

AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
1.5GB RAM
ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)

No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere doesn't
work for me.

1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit DWORD)

2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges

- Type 'net stop uxsms'
- Then 'net start uxsms'

Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme, even
though they are listed.

The only themes that are listed are:

Windows Standard
Windows Classic
High Contrast White
High Contrast Black
High Contrast #2
High Contrast #1

There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings, under the
advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes selector.

DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero did work,
I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no results. Vista
was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated in the
control panel. Any ideas?

"l0pus" wrote:

> I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no problems. I
> rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as an option
> anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are listed.
>
> Relevant System Specs:
>
> AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
> 1.5GB RAM
> ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
>
> No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere doesn't
> work for me.
>
> 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit DWORD)
>
> 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges
>
> - Type 'net stop uxsms'
> - Then 'net start uxsms'
>
> Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme, even
> though they are listed.
>
> The only themes that are listed are:
>
> Windows Standard
> Windows Classic
> High Contrast White
> High Contrast Black
> High Contrast #2
> High Contrast #1
>
> There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings, under the
> advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes selector.
>
> DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero did work,
> I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no results. Vista
> was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated in the
> control panel. Any ideas?

Just to clarify a bit, no themes are listed in the theme selector, the
themes I listed are actually color schemes...

DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass, although it
doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems kind of
odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change your
drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's included
drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati releases the
RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they said that a
few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's running Aero
Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it disabling.
Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and 4.9 for
gaming graphics)
"l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
>I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no problems. I
> rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as an
> option
> anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are listed.
>
> Relevant System Specs:
>
> AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
> 1.5GB RAM
> ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
>
> No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere
> doesn't
> work for me.
>
> 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
> DWORD)
>
> 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges
>
> - Type 'net stop uxsms'
> - Then 'net start uxsms'
>
> Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme, even
> though they are listed.
>
> The only themes that are listed are:
>
> Windows Standard
> Windows Classic
> High Contrast White
> High Contrast Black
> High Contrast #2
> High Contrast #1
>
> There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings, under
> the
> advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes selector.
>
> DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero did
> work,
> I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no results.
> Vista
> was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated in the
> control panel. Any ideas?

I would be running the Vista drivers. I have read in discussion groups that
it is the best option at this time.

I find it rather odd as well. I have been beating my head against it for
several hours with no results. Aero ran fine under RC1, and has run fine
under RC2 until this morning.

I checked the error logs, and noticed that DWM crashed a couple of days ago,
but was restarted automatically without incident.

It is as if all of my themes have just disappeared...

"Travis King" wrote:

> DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass, although it
> doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems kind of
> odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change your
> drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's included
> drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati releases the
> RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they said that a
> few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's running Aero
> Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it disabling.
> Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
> AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
> 1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
> Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and 4.9 for
> gaming graphics)
> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
> >I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no problems. I
> > rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as an
> > option
> > anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are listed.
> >
> > Relevant System Specs:
> >
> > AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
> > 1.5GB RAM
> > ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
> >
> > No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere
> > doesn't
> > work for me.
> >
> > 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
> >
> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
> >
> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
> > DWORD)
> >
> > 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges
> >
> > - Type 'net stop uxsms'
> > - Then 'net start uxsms'
> >
> > Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme, even
> > though they are listed.
> >
> > The only themes that are listed are:
> >
> > Windows Standard
> > Windows Classic
> > High Contrast White
> > High Contrast Black
> > High Contrast #2
> > High Contrast #1
> >
> > There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings, under
> > the
> > advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes selector.
> >
> > DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero did
> > work,
> > I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no results.
> > Vista
> > was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated in the
> > control panel. Any ideas?
>
>

I notice on some PC's, Glass seems to automatically get disabled although
the video card fully supports it. You said you try enabling by checking the
Themes component under Personalization, but did you look under Windows Color
and Appearance, it should be listed as Windows Aero Basic there. Thats where
I enable it when Glass is disabled on my system.

I notice since installing the RC2 5744 x64 build though, I don't get Glass
anymore, it seems the problem seems to be related to the amount of system
ram, which is currently at 512.
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:887519EF-10E1-435E-87EE-64FA4C06A387@microsoft.com...
>I would be running the Vista drivers. I have read in discussion groups that
> it is the best option at this time.
>
> I find it rather odd as well. I have been beating my head against it for
> several hours with no results. Aero ran fine under RC1, and has run fine
> under RC2 until this morning.
>
> I checked the error logs, and noticed that DWM crashed a couple of days
> ago,
> but was restarted automatically without incident.
>
> It is as if all of my themes have just disappeared...
>
> "Travis King" wrote:
>
>> DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass, although it
>> doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems kind of
>> odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change your
>> drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's included
>> drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati releases
>> the
>> RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they said
>> that a
>> few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's running
>> Aero
>> Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it
>> disabling.
>> Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
>> AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
>> 1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
>> Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and 4.9
>> for
>> gaming graphics)
>> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
>> >I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no problems.
>> >I
>> > rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as an
>> > option
>> > anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are listed.
>> >
>> > Relevant System Specs:
>> >
>> > AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
>> > 1.5GB RAM
>> > ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
>> >
>> > No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere
>> > doesn't
>> > work for me.
>> >
>> > 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
>> >
>> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
>> >
>> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
>> > DWORD)
>> >
>> > 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative
>> > privileges
>> >
>> > - Type 'net stop uxsms'
>> > - Then 'net start uxsms'
>> >
>> > Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme, even
>> > though they are listed.
>> >
>> > The only themes that are listed are:
>> >
>> > Windows Standard
>> > Windows Classic
>> > High Contrast White
>> > High Contrast Black
>> > High Contrast #2
>> > High Contrast #1
>> >
>> > There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings,
>> > under
>> > the
>> > advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes
>> > selector.
>> >
>> > DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero did
>> > work,
>> > I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no results.
>> > Vista
>> > was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated in
>> > the
>> > control panel. Any ideas?
>>
>>

Yeah, I looked there... the only color schemes available there are:

Windows Standard
Windows Classic
High Contrast White
High Contrast Black
High Contrast #2
High Contrast #1


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> I notice on some PC's, Glass seems to automatically get disabled although
> the video card fully supports it. You said you try enabling by checking the
> Themes component under Personalization, but did you look under Windows Color
> and Appearance, it should be listed as Windows Aero Basic there. Thats where
> I enable it when Glass is disabled on my system.
>
> I notice since installing the RC2 5744 x64 build though, I don't get Glass
> anymore, it seems the problem seems to be related to the amount of system
> ram, which is currently at 512.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:887519EF-10E1-435E-87EE-64FA4C06A387@microsoft.com...
> >I would be running the Vista drivers. I have read in discussion groups that
> > it is the best option at this time.
> >
> > I find it rather odd as well. I have been beating my head against it for
> > several hours with no results. Aero ran fine under RC1, and has run fine
> > under RC2 until this morning.
> >
> > I checked the error logs, and noticed that DWM crashed a couple of days
> > ago,
> > but was restarted automatically without incident.
> >
> > It is as if all of my themes have just disappeared...
> >
> > "Travis King" wrote:
> >
> >> DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass, although it
> >> doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems kind of
> >> odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change your
> >> drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's included
> >> drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati releases
> >> the
> >> RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they said
> >> that a
> >> few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's running
> >> Aero
> >> Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it
> >> disabling.
> >> Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
> >> AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
> >> 1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
> >> Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and 4.9
> >> for
> >> gaming graphics)
> >> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
> >> >I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no problems.
> >> >I
> >> > rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as an
> >> > option
> >> > anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are listed.
> >> >
> >> > Relevant System Specs:
> >> >
> >> > AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
> >> > 1.5GB RAM
> >> > ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
> >> >
> >> > No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere
> >> > doesn't
> >> > work for me.
> >> >
> >> > 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
> >> >
> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
> >> >
> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
> >> > DWORD)
> >> >
> >> > 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative
> >> > privileges
> >> >
> >> > - Type 'net stop uxsms'
> >> > - Then 'net start uxsms'
> >> >
> >> > Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme, even
> >> > though they are listed.
> >> >
> >> > The only themes that are listed are:
> >> >
> >> > Windows Standard
> >> > Windows Classic
> >> > High Contrast White
> >> > High Contrast Black
> >> > High Contrast #2
> >> > High Contrast #1
> >> >
> >> > There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings,
> >> > under
> >> > the
> >> > advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes
> >> > selector.
> >> >
> >> > DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero did
> >> > work,
> >> > I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no results.
> >> > Vista
> >> > was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated in
> >> > the
> >> > control panel. Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Does this occur in other user accounts also? I notice you don't even have
Windows Aero Basic listed which is not as graphically intense as Aero and
will run on slower cards with little video ram. If I were you, I would do a
reinstall.
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news8C75D62-688E-4930-BF75-A7B734CBD66D@microsoft.com...
> Yeah, I looked there... the only color schemes available there are:
>
> Windows Standard
> Windows Classic
> High Contrast White
> High Contrast Black
> High Contrast #2
> High Contrast #1
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> I notice on some PC's, Glass seems to automatically get disabled although
>> the video card fully supports it. You said you try enabling by checking
>> the
>> Themes component under Personalization, but did you look under Windows
>> Color
>> and Appearance, it should be listed as Windows Aero Basic there. Thats
>> where
>> I enable it when Glass is disabled on my system.
>>
>> I notice since installing the RC2 5744 x64 build though, I don't get
>> Glass
>> anymore, it seems the problem seems to be related to the amount of system
>> ram, which is currently at 512.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:887519EF-10E1-435E-87EE-64FA4C06A387@microsoft.com...
>> >I would be running the Vista drivers. I have read in discussion groups
>> >that
>> > it is the best option at this time.
>> >
>> > I find it rather odd as well. I have been beating my head against it
>> > for
>> > several hours with no results. Aero ran fine under RC1, and has run
>> > fine
>> > under RC2 until this morning.
>> >
>> > I checked the error logs, and noticed that DWM crashed a couple of days
>> > ago,
>> > but was restarted automatically without incident.
>> >
>> > It is as if all of my themes have just disappeared...
>> >
>> > "Travis King" wrote:
>> >
>> >> DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass, although
>> >> it
>> >> doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems kind
>> >> of
>> >> odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change your
>> >> drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's
>> >> included
>> >> drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati
>> >> releases
>> >> the
>> >> RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they said
>> >> that a
>> >> few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's running
>> >> Aero
>> >> Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it
>> >> disabling.
>> >> Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
>> >> AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
>> >> 1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
>> >> Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and
>> >> 4.9
>> >> for
>> >> gaming graphics)
>> >> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no
>> >> >problems.
>> >> >I
>> >> > rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as
>> >> > an
>> >> > option
>> >> > anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are
>> >> > listed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Relevant System Specs:
>> >> >
>> >> > AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
>> >> > 1.5GB RAM
>> >> > ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
>> >> >
>> >> > No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere
>> >> > doesn't
>> >> > work for me.
>> >> >
>> >> > 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
>> >> >
>> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit
>> >> > DWORD)
>> >> >
>> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2
>> >> > (32-bit
>> >> > DWORD)
>> >> >
>> >> > 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative
>> >> > privileges
>> >> >
>> >> > - Type 'net stop uxsms'
>> >> > - Then 'net start uxsms'
>> >> >
>> >> > Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme,
>> >> > even
>> >> > though they are listed.
>> >> >
>> >> > The only themes that are listed are:
>> >> >
>> >> > Windows Standard
>> >> > Windows Classic
>> >> > High Contrast White
>> >> > High Contrast Black
>> >> > High Contrast #2
>> >> > High Contrast #1
>> >> >
>> >> > There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings,
>> >> > under
>> >> > the
>> >> > advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes
>> >> > selector.
>> >> >
>> >> > DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero
>> >> > did
>> >> > work,
>> >> > I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no
>> >> > results.
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated
>> >> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> > control panel. Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

It happens in all user accounts...

My main problem with doing a reinstall is that if I don't know what caused
it, I don't know how to fix it if it happens again. Not to mention the fact
that if I continually have to reinstall for problems with this release, I
will run out of activations soon enough. I have already used 3 activations
for separate reinstalls with this release so far, and it's only been 3 weeks.

I'd rather find a fix if possible.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Does this occur in other user accounts also? I notice you don't even have
> Windows Aero Basic listed which is not as graphically intense as Aero and
> will run on slower cards with little video ram. If I were you, I would do a
> reinstall.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news8C75D62-688E-4930-BF75-A7B734CBD66D@microsoft.com...
> > Yeah, I looked there... the only color schemes available there are:
> >
> > Windows Standard
> > Windows Classic
> > High Contrast White
> > High Contrast Black
> > High Contrast #2
> > High Contrast #1
> >
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> >
> >> I notice on some PC's, Glass seems to automatically get disabled although
> >> the video card fully supports it. You said you try enabling by checking
> >> the
> >> Themes component under Personalization, but did you look under Windows
> >> Color
> >> and Appearance, it should be listed as Windows Aero Basic there. Thats
> >> where
> >> I enable it when Glass is disabled on my system.
> >>
> >> I notice since installing the RC2 5744 x64 build though, I don't get
> >> Glass
> >> anymore, it seems the problem seems to be related to the amount of system
> >> ram, which is currently at 512.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:887519EF-10E1-435E-87EE-64FA4C06A387@microsoft.com...
> >> >I would be running the Vista drivers. I have read in discussion groups
> >> >that
> >> > it is the best option at this time.
> >> >
> >> > I find it rather odd as well. I have been beating my head against it
> >> > for
> >> > several hours with no results. Aero ran fine under RC1, and has run
> >> > fine
> >> > under RC2 until this morning.
> >> >
> >> > I checked the error logs, and noticed that DWM crashed a couple of days
> >> > ago,
> >> > but was restarted automatically without incident.
> >> >
> >> > It is as if all of my themes have just disappeared...
> >> >
> >> > "Travis King" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass, although
> >> >> it
> >> >> doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems kind
> >> >> of
> >> >> odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change your
> >> >> drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's
> >> >> included
> >> >> drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati
> >> >> releases
> >> >> the
> >> >> RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they said
> >> >> that a
> >> >> few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's running
> >> >> Aero
> >> >> Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it
> >> >> disabling.
> >> >> Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
> >> >> AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
> >> >> 1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
> >> >> Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and
> >> >> 4.9
> >> >> for
> >> >> gaming graphics)
> >> >> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no
> >> >> >problems.
> >> >> >I
> >> >> > rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed as
> >> >> > an
> >> >> > option
> >> >> > anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are
> >> >> > listed.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Relevant System Specs:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
> >> >> > 1.5GB RAM
> >> >> > ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted everywhere
> >> >> > doesn't
> >> >> > work for me.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
> >> >> >
> >> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit
> >> >> > DWORD)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2
> >> >> > (32-bit
> >> >> > DWORD)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative
> >> >> > privileges
> >> >> >
> >> >> > - Type 'net stop uxsms'
> >> >> > - Then 'net start uxsms'
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme,
> >> >> > even
> >> >> > though they are listed.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The only themes that are listed are:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Windows Standard
> >> >> > Windows Classic
> >> >> > High Contrast White
> >> >> > High Contrast Black
> >> >> > High Contrast #2
> >> >> > High Contrast #1
> >> >> >
> >> >> > There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance settings,
> >> >> > under
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes
> >> >> > selector.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero
> >> >> > did
> >> >> > work,
> >> >> > I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no
> >> >> > results.
> >> >> > Vista
> >> >> > was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is activated
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > control panel. Any ideas?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

If you reactivate on the same hardware, you using the same activation you
did the first time you activated. Also, you should have up to a total of 10
activations, so you have an ample amount left.
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A39E56A-B23C-47A4-A085-106E8AFDA9B8@microsoft.com...
> It happens in all user accounts...
>
> My main problem with doing a reinstall is that if I don't know what caused
> it, I don't know how to fix it if it happens again. Not to mention the
> fact
> that if I continually have to reinstall for problems with this release, I
> will run out of activations soon enough. I have already used 3 activations
> for separate reinstalls with this release so far, and it's only been 3
> weeks.
>
> I'd rather find a fix if possible.
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Does this occur in other user accounts also? I notice you don't even have
>> Windows Aero Basic listed which is not as graphically intense as Aero and
>> will run on slower cards with little video ram. If I were you, I would do
>> a
>> reinstall.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news8C75D62-688E-4930-BF75-A7B734CBD66D@microsoft.com...
>> > Yeah, I looked there... the only color schemes available there are:
>> >
>> > Windows Standard
>> > Windows Classic
>> > High Contrast White
>> > High Contrast Black
>> > High Contrast #2
>> > High Contrast #1
>> >
>> >
>> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I notice on some PC's, Glass seems to automatically get disabled
>> >> although
>> >> the video card fully supports it. You said you try enabling by
>> >> checking
>> >> the
>> >> Themes component under Personalization, but did you look under Windows
>> >> Color
>> >> and Appearance, it should be listed as Windows Aero Basic there. Thats
>> >> where
>> >> I enable it when Glass is disabled on my system.
>> >>
>> >> I notice since installing the RC2 5744 x64 build though, I don't get
>> >> Glass
>> >> anymore, it seems the problem seems to be related to the amount of
>> >> system
>> >> ram, which is currently at 512.
>> >> --
>> >> Andre
>> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> >> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:887519EF-10E1-435E-87EE-64FA4C06A387@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I would be running the Vista drivers. I have read in discussion
>> >> >groups
>> >> >that
>> >> > it is the best option at this time.
>> >> >
>> >> > I find it rather odd as well. I have been beating my head against it
>> >> > for
>> >> > several hours with no results. Aero ran fine under RC1, and has run
>> >> > fine
>> >> > under RC2 until this morning.
>> >> >
>> >> > I checked the error logs, and noticed that DWM crashed a couple of
>> >> > days
>> >> > ago,
>> >> > but was restarted automatically without incident.
>> >> >
>> >> > It is as if all of my themes have just disappeared...
>> >> >
>> >> > "Travis King" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> DWM shows up on my computer even when I turn off Aero Glass,
>> >> >> although
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> doesn't use as much resources. No Glass problems here. It seems
>> >> >> kind
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> odd for you to be having this problem. By chance did you change
>> >> >> your
>> >> >> drivers? On RC2, are you using Ati's RC1 drivers or Microsoft's
>> >> >> included
>> >> >> drivers? You should use Microsoft's included drivers until Ati
>> >> >> releases
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> RC2 drivers, which are supposed to be coming 'shortly', but they
>> >> >> said
>> >> >> that a
>> >> >> few weeks ago. My computer's very similar to yours, and it's
>> >> >> running
>> >> >> Aero
>> >> >> Glass just fine and has since Beta 2, without any problems of it
>> >> >> disabling.
>> >> >> Windows Vista Build 5744 x86 (32-bit) Ultimate
>> >> >> AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.8GHz (OC'd) (3.7 rating)
>> >> >> 1.5GB PC-2700 RAM (4.1 rating)
>> >> >> Ati Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 (rated 4.4 for graphics and
>> >> >> 4.9
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> gaming graphics)
>> >> >> "l0pus" <l0pus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:5735B959-3B60-470D-9852-34F197ACA926@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >I was running Aero Glass in RC2 up until this morning with no
>> >> >> >problems.
>> >> >> >I
>> >> >> > rebooted today, it isn't running any longer, and it isn't listed
>> >> >> > as
>> >> >> > an
>> >> >> > option
>> >> >> > anymore. In addition, I can't set any themes at all: none are
>> >> >> > listed.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Relevant System Specs:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz
>> >> >> > 1.5GB RAM
>> >> >> > ATI 9600XT 256MB (WDDM Driver) (rated 4.1)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > No idea what has happened, but the following hack posted
>> >> >> > everywhere
>> >> >> > doesn't
>> >> >> > work for me.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit
>> >> >> > DWORD)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2
>> >> >> > (32-bit
>> >> >> > DWORD)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative
>> >> >> > privileges
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > - Type 'net stop uxsms'
>> >> >> > - Then 'net start uxsms'
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Any theme I change to I get an error that it isn't a valid theme,
>> >> >> > even
>> >> >> > though they are listed.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > The only themes that are listed are:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Windows Standard
>> >> >> > Windows Classic
>> >> >> > High Contrast White
>> >> >> > High Contrast Black
>> >> >> > High Contrast #2
>> >> >> > High Contrast #1
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > There is no way to enable transparency on the appearance
>> >> >> > settings,
>> >> >> > under
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > advanced settings there, and no themes are listed in the themes
>> >> >> > selector.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > DWM is running. I have tried a system restore to a date when Aero
>> >> >> > did
>> >> >> > work,
>> >> >> > I tried to also run the startup recovery and checkdisk with no
>> >> >> > results.
>> >> >> > Vista
>> >> >> > was activated over a week ago, and it reports that it is
>> >> >> > activated
>> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > control panel. Any ideas?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23dFag2h$GHA.3572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If you reactivate on the same hardware, you using the same activation you
> did the first time you activated. Also, you should have up to a total of
> 10 activations, so you have an ample amount left.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta


Just too add a bit to Andre's explanation;

The 10 activations mentioned indicates you can install on 10 different
computers, not that you can install 10 times on one computer.

Once activated you can install on the same computer 900 times with no
problem, as long as the hardware hasn't changed.

Mic