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
    2013-05-31T15:22:49+00:00

    Check if windows theme service has been disabled or not. If disabled, please enable it

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-06-10T11:08:04+00:00

    Run "services.msc".

    Then go where it says "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager".

    Look in column "Status",If it is not running then Start it & in column "Startup type" set it to "Automatic".

    I'm sure that it'll work

    Good luck

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-07-31T09:45:40+00:00

    Sweet dude, thanks a load.

    Just updated my graphics driver and my Aero broke. Took me a while to try your post and it worked.

    :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-29T09:04:48+00:00

    When I tried to enable Aero like you suggested and once I have regedited the Registry, once I have put the first command, namely, it told me Net Stop uxsms, the result was: System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied.

    Note that my Aero was working before, but after I have edited the Registry due to LibreOffice not being properly installed, now even the Aero went away.

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