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
    2013-07-31T09:45:40+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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  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
    2013-05-31T15:22:49+00:00

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

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-05-15T20:41:11+00:00

    Please note that, in the case of an incompatible program turning off Aero (you get a message saying an incompatibility has forced your computer to switch to Basic mode), clicking on your 'current' Aero theme (the one you had before the switch) will not work.  For some odd reason, you have to select a different theme, then select the one you had before, if you want it back the way it was.

    Hope this helps someone.

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