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
    2012-12-21T09:46:54+00:00

    i try all solution and it didn't work. when i go to personalisation the aero theme which are in colors are now balck-withe. this problem happen i thought when i install custopack on my computer

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-12T01:03:36+00:00

    i had the same problem and i tried all the recommendations i had read all over the internet. so many "fixes" nothing worked. then i thought back to what had changed since i last remember aero working. i had installed rdm+ after i had read a review for it. as soon as i uninstalled this and rebooted my system was back to normal. aero is now working, incidentally i noticed that my graphics had gone down to 6.8 in win 7 index rating from 7.8.

    now it is back to 7.8 after rebooting once i had uninstalled rdm+

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-26T04:57:30+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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  4. Anonymous
    2012-09-16T23:13:37+00:00

    i have the same situation

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