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
    2012-01-12T22:48:48+00:00

    This worked perfectly!!

    I will add though, that before you open CMD, that you right click on it and select 'Open as Administrator'.

    Again, this fixed my Aero issue.

    I accidentally stopped the dwm.exe in the tack manager. Just follow the steps provided by Renjith and you can get your colors working again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-29T18:29:08+00:00

    You sir are a genius, I signed up here just to tell you that.

    Worked a treat and now I must bookmark. Thanks alot.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-28T16:02:03+00:00

    i recently changed my theme to high contrast black  and my aeroview went away.  the change was the problem.  i changed it again to one of my canned toshiba themes and it came back....obviously some themes support it some do not.  therefore an easy fix if you're not in love with the theme that doesn't supprt it...sorry all of you emo fans.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-16T01:47:29+00:00

    Thank you very much

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