windows vista aero problems

dangerousmouse · 15 Dec 2007 at 12:14

okay, so i have had vista home premium about a months now, and starting to get a little hacked off with it. i am willing to give it more of a chance though, as it could just be me having problems getting used to a new os.

anyway, last night a message randomly came on the screen about having to revert the colour scheme to basic/normal/defualt (cant remember exactly).

following this, i tried switching it back to aero, and all i get is the basic vista scheme. flip 3d isnt working either.

anybody know how i need to go about getting this working again??? (short of installing xp pro back onto my machine!!!)

Speedy · 20 Dec 2007 at 10:16

Did you try to reinstall your graphics driver?

If that doesn't solve it, try the following:

Right-click on your Desktop and select Personalize. Choose Display Settings.
Click on Advanced Settings > Troubleshoot. Click on Change settings. Make sure that the hardware acceleration is set to Full Acceleration.

Snakedoctor · 20 Dec 2007 at 10:19

Hmm, does a reboot clear it? As said, check you GPU drivers

Ewanb75 · 20 Dec 2007 at 10:22

I got that message the other night, I was tryin to run a program that didnt like aero so it reverted to basic scheme, then when i finished with the prog, it went back to normal.

Snakedoctor · 20 Dec 2007 at 10:25

Ewanb75 said:
I got that message the other night, I was tryin to run a program that didnt like aero so it reverted to basic scheme, then when i finished with the prog, it went back to normal.

Thats normal for many programs. It's not normal for it to stay or happen for no reason.

this_is_gav · 21 Dec 2007 at 00:16

Turophobic said:
Thats normal for many programs. It's not normal for it to stay or happen for no reason.

The original poster didn't specify whether or not he closed the program, only that he tried to revert back to Aero Glass.

rah^ · 21 Dec 2007 at 01:19

i get it with divx trying to play something in my browser it reverts and wont go back .. just a quick reboot and your on your way tho

bledd · 21 Dec 2007 at 01:26

i just leave it disabled, got annoyed with it turning off when i used media player classic, seems a bit snappier now