Vista - aero glass ? Need some help.

Ok I have read a little about Aero glass and did a search but I can not find
the info on it on my PC. What is getting to me is I can not find out if I
have it turned on or not. Right now my theme is Vista and I have a PC
rating of 3. I have a BNG 6800OC. Right now it is not OC past the system
specs. The weird part is that I can not run 1024x768 with 32 bit turned on
I can only do it with 16bit turned on. So that is kind of getting to me
because I can do 800x600 with 32 bit. I do not know if this might be the
issue but I can not see drivers for my NEC 17" CRT monitor. I am not sure
if that is why I can not turn on 32 bit since it is just a windows driver.

Thanks for any help

If its running at 16-bit, you don't have AERO Glass. I would check nVidia's
website to see if they have the latest beta 2 drivers for your video card.
If you are still experiencing the resolution issue, right click your desktop
> click Personalize > click "Display Settings > Advanced Settings..." >
under "Adapter" > click "List All Modes..." > select an appropriate Refresh
rate running at 1024 by 768, click OK > OK.
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"Neal" <jarrettracing@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:4F73F4CA-FA9E-430A-A630-22002A57CD3B@microsoft.com...
> Ok I have read a little about Aero glass and did a search but I can not
> find the info on it on my PC. What is getting to me is I can not find out
> if I have it turned on or not. Right now my theme is Vista and I have a
> PC rating of 3. I have a BNG 6800OC. Right now it is not OC past the
> system specs. The weird part is that I can not run 1024x768 with 32 bit
> turned on I can only do it with 16bit turned on. So that is kind of
> getting to me because I can do 800x600 with 32 bit. I do not know if this
> might be the issue but I can not see drivers for my NEC 17" CRT monitor.
> I am not sure if that is why I can not turn on 32 bit since it is just a
> windows driver.
>
> Thanks for any help

Did you update the drivers from Nvidia's site? There not great, but they
may improve things.

"Neal" <jarrettracing@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:4F73F4CA-FA9E-430A-A630-22002A57CD3B@microsoft.com...
> Ok I have read a little about Aero glass and did a search but I can not
> find the info on it on my PC. What is getting to me is I can not find out
> if I have it turned on or not. Right now my theme is Vista and I have a
> PC rating of 3. I have a BNG 6800OC. Right now it is not OC past the
> system specs. The weird part is that I can not run 1024x768 with 32 bit
> turned on I can only do it with 16bit turned on. So that is kind of
> getting to me because I can do 800x600 with 32 bit. I do not know if this
> might be the issue but I can not see drivers for my NEC 17" CRT monitor.
> I am not sure if that is why I can not turn on 32 bit since it is just a
> windows driver.
>
> Thanks for any help

Oops! Sorry about the incorrect time. (-:

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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have installed Vista on 4 different computers now. In each case, if the
>hardware was capable, glass was automatically "enabled" upon the first
>appearance of the desktop.
>
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> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Neal" <jarrettracing@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:4F73F4CA-FA9E-430A-A630-22002A57CD3B@microsoft.com...
>> Ok I have read a little about Aero glass and did a search but I can not
>> find the info on it on my PC. What is getting to me is I can not find
>> out if I have it turned on or not. Right now my theme is Vista and I
>> have a PC rating of 3. I have a BNG 6800OC. Right now it is not OC past
>> the system specs. The weird part is that I can not run 1024x768 with 32
>> bit turned on I can only do it with 16bit turned on. So that is kind of
>> getting to me because I can do 800x600 with 32 bit. I do not know if
>> this might be the issue but I can not see drivers for my NEC 17" CRT
>> monitor. I am not sure if that is why I can not turn on 32 bit since it
>> is just a windows driver.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>
>

The monitor does not matter. If you have an LDDM driver from nVidia
installed you should have Aero Glass.

"Neal" <jarrettracing@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:4F73F4CA-FA9E-430A-A630-22002A57CD3B@microsoft.com...
> Ok I have read a little about Aero glass and did a search but I can not
> find the info on it on my PC. What is getting to me is I can not find out
> if I have it turned on or not. Right now my theme is Vista and I have a
> PC rating of 3. I have a BNG 6800OC. Right now it is not OC past the
> system specs. The weird part is that I can not run 1024x768 with 32 bit
> turned on I can only do it with 16bit turned on. So that is kind of
> getting to me because I can do 800x600 with 32 bit. I do not know if this
> might be the issue but I can not see drivers for my NEC 17" CRT monitor.
> I am not sure if that is why I can not turn on 32 bit since it is just a
> windows driver.
>
> Thanks for any help

I have installed Vista on 4 different computers now. In each case, if the
hardware was capable, glass was automatically "enabled" upon the first
appearance of the desktop.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Neal" <jarrettracing@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:4F73F4CA-FA9E-430A-A630-22002A57CD3B@microsoft.com...
> Ok I have read a little about Aero glass and did a search but I can not
> find the info on it on my PC. What is getting to me is I can not find out
> if I have it turned on or not. Right now my theme is Vista and I have a
> PC rating of 3. I have a BNG 6800OC. Right now it is not OC past the
> system specs. The weird part is that I can not run 1024x768 with 32 bit
> turned on I can only do it with 16bit turned on. So that is kind of
> getting to me because I can do 800x600 with 32 bit. I do not know if this
> might be the issue but I can not see drivers for my NEC 17" CRT monitor.
> I am not sure if that is why I can not turn on 32 bit since it is just a
> windows driver.
>
> Thanks for any help