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Recent Update Killed Aero

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Robb, Oct 6, 2009.

  1. Robb

    Robb Guest

    This got lost beneath the troll trash so I thought I'd repost...

    I have a two year old OEM Vista Premium PC. I just installed a number of
    updates and when I restarted, the PC looks like Win95. In the Performance
    section I have it set to Best Apperance with every checkbox checked... and
    those settings are ignored. Checking them one at a time doesn't do anything
    either. I tried going in via the desktop but found no aero settings. It seems
    the recent updates reset to the PC to Vista "Basic". I thought these setback
    problems were dealt with two years ago. (If MS didn't have this ridiculous
    setback feature, this crap wouldn't happen to legit customers. Idiots!)
     
    Robb, Oct 6, 2009
    #1
  3. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "Robb" <Robb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:7ADA8ED9-6921-481F-B8AD-2D895EDA6B1B@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > This got lost beneath the troll trash so I thought I'd repost...
    >
    > I have a two year old OEM Vista Premium PC. I just installed a number of
    > updates and when I restarted, the PC looks like Win95. In the Performance
    > section I have it set to Best Apperance with every checkbox checked... and
    > those settings are ignored. Checking them one at a time doesn't do
    > anything
    > either. I tried going in via the desktop but found no aero settings. It
    > seems
    > the recent updates reset to the PC to Vista "Basic". I thought these
    > setback
    > problems were dealt with two years ago. (If MS didn't have this ridiculous
    > setback feature, this crap wouldn't happen to legit customers. Idiots!)
    >
    ><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Did you update your Video card driver via Windows Update? If so try rolling
    it back to the previous one.
    It's never a good idea to use Windows update for hardware drivers...
     
    Gordon, Oct 6, 2009
    #2
  4. Robb

    Robb Guest

    Thanks for responding Gordon. Nope... the most recent batch of updates were
    security related... plus one for Silverlight, and one for an audio driver.
    None the less I should try uninstalling some of them.

    "Gordon" wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Did you update your Video card driver via Windows Update? If so try rolling
    > it back to the previous one.
    > It's never a good idea to use Windows update for hardware drivers...
    >
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    Robb, Oct 6, 2009
    #3
  5. CrucialHoax

    CrucialHoax Guest

    In device manager does does any option show a yellow triangle or a gray
    square? Either of those signify a non-working device.


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    CrucialHoax
     
    CrucialHoax, Oct 6, 2009
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  6. Robb

    Robb Guest

    Thanks for responding CrucialHoax.... nope... all the entries in Device
    Manager seem to be fine.

    "CrucialHoax" wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > In device manager does does any option show a yellow triangle or a gray
    > square? Either of those signify a non-working device.
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    Robb, Oct 7, 2009
    #5
  7. CrucialHoax

    CrucialHoax Guest

    Have you updated the video driver? Whats the mfg of the pc and the
    model? ie HP Pavilion dv4


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    CrucialHoax, Oct 7, 2009
    #6
  8. smlunatick

    smlunatick Guest

    On Oct 7, 3:54 pm, CrucialHoax <gu...@unknown-email.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Have you updated the video driver? Whats the mfg of the pc and the
    > model? ie HP Pavilion dv4
    >
    > --
    > CrucialHoax<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Another possibility is to recheck the Vista performance score?
     
    smlunatick, Oct 7, 2009
    #7
  9. Robb

    Robb Guest

    Thanks again for sticking with this.

    If I have updated the driver it wasn't recently. The problem started with
    the last few updates... as described before. PC is an HP m8100n. It was a
    3gig RAM system but I had to pull a defective 1 gig stick. But that was a
    month ago. The problem is days old. The PC still describes the PC has having
    Vista Premium... so I assume it's not a set-back to Basic issue...

    "CrucialHoax" wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Have you updated the video driver? Whats the mfg of the pc and the
    > model? ie HP Pavilion dv4<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    Robb, Oct 7, 2009
    #8
  10. Robb

    Robb Guest

    Greetings smlunatick... thanks for responding. The video score remains the
    same... "3". When I go into visual settings and pick "let computer decide" or
    "best appearance" they are all checked. I should do a DXDIAG. I hope I have a
    baseline report.

    "smlunatick" wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Another possibility is to recheck the Vista performance score?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    Robb, Oct 7, 2009
    #9

  11. Guest

    Type in a command prompt

    winsat -v

    which gives some basic info

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    "Robb" <Robb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:DC4C7B28-E081-4C67-AEDC-A97C5C46CBD2@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Greetings smlunatick... thanks for responding. The video score remains the
    > same... "3". When I go into visual settings and pick "let computer decide"
    > or
    > "best appearance" they are all checked. I should do a DXDIAG. I hope I
    > have a
    > baseline report.
    >
    > "smlunatick" wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> Another possibility is to recheck the Vista performance score?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    , Oct 7, 2009
    #10
  12. Robb

    Robb Guest

    Double-checked the video driver. It's from 8-08.

    "CrucialHoax" wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Have you updated the video driver? Whats the mfg of the pc and the
    > model? ie HP Pavilion dv4<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    Robb, Oct 7, 2009
    #11
  13. CrucialHoax

    CrucialHoax Guest

    Definitely want to update that then...


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    CrucialHoax
     
    CrucialHoax, Oct 7, 2009
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  14. smlunatick

    smlunatick Guest

    On Oct 8, 12:16 am, Robb <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Thanks again for sticking with this.
    >
    > If I have updated the driver it wasn't recently. The problem started with
    > the last few updates... as described before. PC is an HP m8100n. It was a
    > 3gig RAM system but I had to pull a defective 1 gig stick. But that was a
    > month ago. The problem is days old. The PC still describes the PC has having
    > Vista Premium... so I assume it's not a set-back to Basic issue...  
    >
    > "CrucialHoax" wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > Have you updated the video driver? Whats the mfg of the pc and the
    > > model? ie HP Pavilion dv4<!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Did you check the Personalization section and make sure that the Aero
    enabled setting is selected? I have experience an application which
    changed my Vista Desktop scheme to a non-Aero one.
     
    smlunatick, Oct 8, 2009
    #13

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