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
    2011-02-08T18:25:13+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

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-11-22T02:45:27+00:00

    For step 5+6+7 you could instead simply do the following.

    1. Press Ctr+Alt+Delete and select Start Task Manager
    2. Go to the Services tab and sign in as an administrator using the bottom right button
    3. Select Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager and than clickRestart

    After this, your theame will be fully restored automaticaly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-08-27T22:09:28+00:00

    Well, Ive tryed all these solutions and i have aero working again but my problem is it never stays working. Every time restart/ shutdown, i have to go threw and enable it again usually by going to search, then typing in services then refreshing Desktop Window Manager Session Manager and Themes, It works fine after! It does this with the Aero themes as well as my own(By my theme i just mean a custom background).  The aero troubleshooter says there is no problems detected. I thought maybe compatablility but it works fine when i refresh it. It just wont ever start up on its own. Am i missing a setting somewhere that i havent found yet? Any advice or ideas is appreciated! thanx!

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-09T19:42:54+00:00

    Webmaster15's solution works for me. It identifies the problem (for some reason my windows desktop manager or something like that was disabled) and fixed it automatically.

    Thanks!!

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