Windows 7 Aero Disabled - How can I enable it again?

Anonymous
2009-11-19T07:12:25+00:00

I purchased a new HP Envy 15 which had Windows 7 installed in it.  Aero was activated.  A few days later, Aero has been somehow disabled and I can't activate it again.  I used the Troubleshooting utility in Windows 7 for Aero -- it says that nothing is wrong.  I also tried un-checking and checking the various options in the visual effects menu.  

Can somebody please help me?  I'm not sure when or how Aero was disabled; the computer did crash and went blank once, and I had to reboot.  I'm not sure if that disabled Aero.  

Thanks.

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Anonymous
2009-12-10T16:52:33+00:00

Actually, I just found another thread on the HP website (  http://www.thenextbench.com/t5/HP-Envy-Notebooks/seems-that-all-my-Envy-15-problems-are-not-unique/m-p/50174 ) that reveals that the Aero problems on the Envy 15 are a commmon situation.

The suggested solution is uninstalling stardock.

I uninstalled Stardock and my Aero problem was instantlly fixed

. . . and HP tech support wanted me to do a System recovery/system restore--good grief!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-08-20T19:12:51+00:00

    enviar repuesta

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-12T12:25:53+00:00

    Thank you. That actually worked!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-10T12:19:18+00:00

    i have the same problem with aero i installed flight sim x  and it told me that it changed  to windows basic and that it sould come to normal when i exit flight sim but everything remained the same i tryed to detect problems but nothing showed up my graphic ratings is 3.3 which i think is low but i never had any probs untill i installed microsoft flight sim x how can i put up its ratings pls ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-09T06:45:11+00:00

    If you are using "LogMeIn", then you sometimes have to disavailable the "LogMeIn screen driver"

    1. Go to "Device Manager" by searching in the startup feild or what ever
    2. Then locate "Video cards" (I think it's called, I'm not from an English speaking land)
    3. Then locate "LogMeIn Mirror Drive"
    4. Right click and press "Deactivate"

    Now will the PC restart, and every thing should be all-right :D

    This worked for me. I went to Device Manager and just disabled LogMeIn mirror driver. After the required restart, Aero is back again.

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