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ckburnham   06-01-2007 at 10:09:09 AM

How do I turn this function on? Does it just start up automatically or do I have to turn something on? I think my graphics card should be able to handle it as on the box it says "Made For Vista" or something like that...

I use an XFX 8600GTS XXX

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pkellmey   06-01-2007 at 11:52:08 AM
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Aero kicks in when you turn on certain types of eye-candy. Use a video for your background (Dreamscenes), change to animated icons or themes, etc. The only time you know it is definitely Aero is when there is an error, an app that can't run natively in Vista and has to go to compatibility mode or too many CPU resources are being used and it tells you it has to go back to Basic mode.

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coronaz   06-01-2007 at 12:05:51 PM
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Aero is a theme.. right-click desktop and click on personalise.. and then click on desktop themes/wallpaper.. aero should be on the drop down box on that screen.

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pkellmey   06-01-2007 at 12:25:34 PM
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Other things to show you are using the Aero interface:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/p [...] /aero.mspx

Edit: I meant to link to this:
http://download.microsoft.com/down [...] _rules.doc

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vdubpdx82   11-06-2008 at 08:21:10 AM
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If you are not seeing that aero is working al you have to do is run the Windows system performance test and update your score as soon as that is done and Windows Vista has determined you can use aero it will turn on automaticly

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Rela   04-19-2009 at 01:31:37 AM
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vdubpdx82 wrote :

If you are not seeing that aero is working al you have to do is run the Windows system performance test and update your score as soon as that is done and Windows Vista has determined you can use aero it will turn on automaticly



Hi, my aero isn't working. It died after I installed Asus gamer OSD. I uninstalled it but it's still not working.
I can't refresh my scores fore some time because I get this "Cannot complete assessment. The assessment or other operation did not complete successfully. This is due to an error being reported from the operating system, driver, or other component."

And this is true because every 5 minute I have a error window pop-up, saying "Host Process for Windows Tasks has stopped working" and than I have 2 options send information and cancel. And I have no idea, what does this mean???

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