Vista - cascade windows?

I'm not to computer savy, and I'm new to vista. But, the icon on the tool bar
to switch between windows used to cascade my open windows in that pretty
fashion. But now it has gone back to the old xp version of displaying a
dialog box of my open windows...anybody know how to get back to the eye
pleasing vista version of this function?

Some program or website has probably forced Vista out of Aero.
To get it back, close all programs.
If this doesn't get Aero back, then right-click on the desktop, and select
Personalize
click on Window color and appearance
select the Windows Aero color scheme



"Spider-Man" <Spider-Man@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not to computer savy, and I'm new to vista. But, the icon on the tool
> bar
> to switch between windows used to cascade my open windows in that pretty
> fashion. But now it has gone back to the old xp version of displaying a
> dialog box of my open windows...anybody know how to get back to the eye
> pleasing vista version of this function?

Hi Spider-Man,

Here are those instructions Dave gave with screenshots if you need them.

Color Scheme

Shawn

Thanks yall. You know i never really thought that these discussions would
have worked. Yall are pretty cool people.

Your welcome Spider-Man,

Glad to hear we were of help for you.

Thank you for the feedback,
Shawn

hi i have 2 computer on one i selected vista aero but on my other one it
doesn't have vista aero? did i accidently delete it maybe if anyone knows how
i can get it back please reply thank you again

"brink" wrote:

Click Start > type 'Services' > click it > search for Desktop Window ManagerWindows Experience Index (WEI):

1. Click Start
2. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, hit enter
3. Click the Update my score link
4. Click Continue on the User Account Control dialog

Windows AERO Glass requires that you have a minimum of 128 MBs video RAM
that is Direct X 9 compliant and supports the Windows Display Driver Model
(WDDM). If your video card does not meet these requirements, it's the likely
cause why you are not seeing it. For onboard/integrated cards, you need to
have 1 GB of dual channel memory installed with 512 MBs of RAM allocated to
the system. The amount of Video RAM also determines the resolution size your
Display can use.

My video card supports Windows AERO Glass but it's not available and I
cannot turn it on, are there any workarounds?

Again, this might be result of your video card not being Direct X 9
compatible or the system RAM is not enough to run it. Microsoft it seems has
recently implemented a requirement for systems with 512 MB or less with
slower cards. For instance, one of my systems running Vista has a 128 MB AGP
video card with 512 MBs of RAM but I only get the AERO Basic experience.
Fortunately I am able to work around this to get the Glass effects but, I
only get Glass in my Standard Administrator account.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry

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