Windows Vista - Need help with windows aero

[Disney8704]

Hey everyone. I just got my windows vista premium today and am having a hard time finding out how to enable Windows Aero. I have everything enabled I am supposed to have enabled but yet my windows arent still flipping in 3D. If anyone can help me, please do so. Thanks!

 

[Beca]

Hi,

I'm not really Beca, but I'm her DH, and I've been running Vista (beta and release) for a while at work. The key to getting Aero to work is having solid driver support. Make sure you have the most current drivers for your hardware - with the Vista release yesterday, many vendors will probably be posting frequent updates, so you might want to check on a pretty regular basis until your system is performing the way you want it to.

As far as enabling Aero, there is no 'turn on' or 'turn off' that I know of. Instead, the OS looks to see if the Video card/driver combination can support it. If so, it turns on. If not, it is disabled.

The way you can 'force' the OS to check again for Aero compatibility is by updating the Windows Experience Index. There are a couple of ways to get there, but I usually use System properties (either from the control panel, or by right clicking Computer in the start menu and choosing properties.)

The Windows Experience Index shows up as a number in a blue box. If you click the label, it's a hyperlink which takes you to 'Control Panel/Performance Information and Tools.' From there, you can click "Update my score" which will run the tests again and validate the system for Aero compatibility. If it doesn't work from there, then barring a driver update, I don't know of another way to turn it on.

I hope this helps,

Russ

 

[Disney8704]

Hi Russ. Thanks. I did see my score earlier but really didnt pay attention what the number meant. Unfortuantly my computer is a base score of 2 and thats because of my graphics card. My graphics card is a 2 but everything else is 3 or more.
Processor - 4.8
Memory - 5.3 (have 3 gigs of ram)
Graphics - 2.0
Gaming Graphics - 3.2
Primary Hark Disk - 5.3
BASE SCORE - 2.0

With 2.0 it says: A computer with a base score of 1 or 2 usually has sufficient performance to do most general computing tasks, such as run office productivity applications and search the Internet. However, a computer with this base score is generally not powerful enough to run Windows Aero, or the advanced multimedia experiences that are available with Windows Vista.

So Im really needing to get my computer up to a 5 so I can have the full potential. I know that I need to upgrade my graphics card so hopefully that will boost both the graphics and gaming graphics. Im wanting to get a new graphics card anyways because i play rollercoaster tycoon 3 on my computer and its needs a new video card bad. Right now I have a ATI Radeon 300/550. I guess its time to start saving up for a better one. Thanks again!

Teresa

Hi,

I'm not really Beca, but I'm her DH, and I've been running Vista (beta and release) for a while at work. The key to getting Aero to work is having solid driver support. Make sure you have the most current drivers for your hardware - with the Vista release yesterday, many vendors will probably be posting frequent updates, so you might want to check on a pretty regular basis until your system is performing the way you want it to.

As far as enabling Aero, there is no 'turn on' or 'turn off' that I know of. Instead, the OS looks to see if the Video card/driver combination can support it. If so, it turns on. If not, it is disabled.

The way you can 'force' the OS to check again for Aero compatibility is by updating the Windows Experience Index. There are a couple of ways to get there, but I usually use System properties (either from the control panel, or by right clicking Computer in the start menu and choosing properties.)

The Windows Experience Index shows up as a number in a blue box. If you click the label, it's a hyperlink which takes you to 'Control Panel/Performance Information and Tools.' From there, you can click "Update my score" which will run the tests again and validate the system for Aero compatibility. If it doesn't work from there, then barring a driver update, I don't know of another way to turn it on.

I hope this helps,

Russ