Windows Aero effects gets lost sometimes

While listening to Pandora, if I click forward to another song (or any other link) the browser loses the aero affects and the colors then become really washed out.

Also, this never happens in IE8 or the new beta of 9.

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Windows Aero Effects

Hi everyone :)
My problem is that the Aero effects are not working. Currently, windows is running Windows 7 basic theme. The problem occurred on 9th of January 2015 when I was downloading a file and several problems happened (the file wouldn't download, the laptop became
slower), i figured it might have been a virus so i ran an antivirus and system cleaner but still that didn't solve the problem. My laptop is running Windows 7 Ultimate and is up for the minimum system requirements and the Aero effects were working perfectly
fine before.
I tried many solutions but none of them worked, including :-
1- Trying to restart Desktop Window Manager which didn't change a thing.
2- Tried running the troubleshooting wizard which pointed out the problem (Desktop Window Manager is disabled) but was useless when it came to actually solve the problem.
3- System restore which restored my laptop's settings to 9th Jan 2015 (and that was the furthest thing it could return to) but the problem was still there.
4- I tried updating my Intel graphic driver.
5- I tried many other solutions which were presented on this thread: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/a5ec19b3-4cea-43ab-8ca8-509ef60578b4/windows-aero-no-longer-worksfixed
I ran out of options and i'm considering doing a format but i'm not sure if this is gonna fix the problem or not. Are there other solutions I can try? Do you have any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance :)

Hi,
Based on my research, this problem can also relate with these Windows componments and settings below:
1. Register the following dll files
            Regsvr32 udwm.dll
            Regsvr32 milcore.dll
2. Group Policy, make sure following policy was disabled or unconfigured
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Desktop WindowManager\ "Do not allow desktop composition"
3. Check the following registry keys:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition                   set to 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy           set to 2
4. Download and Install latest Java Runtime Environment from
http://www.java.com/en/
If problem persists, maybe we have to make system restore to revert your system to a former normal time point to fix this problem.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

T420s not getting Windows 7 Aero effect with newest 8.15.10.2769 Intel HD Graphics driver

Updated with the lenovo update tool to the newes Graphics driver.
Now i do not see the Aero effect in Windows 7.
My Machine: 4170CTO with Intel Graphics
When running the Win7 Aero effect troubleshooting tool it says that the "color depth is set too low".
When trying to open up the Intel graphics panel it will not show the GUI.
Opening the Lenovo ThinkVantage tool it will not show on the screen as well.
And the PC is slower.
I am happy to roll back to a previous driver version, however do not know how to get access to one.
Thanks, R.

Hey Robohofo,
I'm glad you were able to fix your computer, though its never fun to have to do a Clean wipe to get an issue fixed. Though I know this is late maybe if you come across this issue again one other thing you could do is Un-install the driver and then Re-install it.
Best Regards,
Hiro
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Aero Effects in Windows 7?

Hey, so I have a macbook pro 2010 13 inch. and i recently installed windows 7 ultimate using bootcamp and installed the windows support software downloaded by bootcamp utility (I installed OSX Lion). however, it seems I still cannot get the aero effects to work in windows 7. even though the drivers are all installed properly! help please? anyone? any help appreciated! thanks!

Should be able to repair/reinstall the driver disc, then fill in any gaps using Windows Update.
Run the WinSAT afterward (Computer > System properties, look for System rating).
Nate

I have a t61 thinkpad and after update to w7 ultimate I can't get aero effects

I have tried everything and I can't get aero effects to work. I updated all of the graphics drivers, and anything else the internet had to offer and I got nothing. There is a possibility though. I have a windows old folder from all the files I had from xp. Would that affect it? If not other suggestions?

Hello,
What is the model type of your ThinkPad T61? That should be on a label on the bottom of the unit and look something like 1234-ABC.
Try running the ThinkVantage System Update software followed by the Microsoft Update to make sure the system is up-to-date with respect to all ThinkPad-specific software as well as any Windows 7 components, including optional and low-priority updates. After all those are complete, are you then able to switch Aero effects on for graphics?
Regards,
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On my G5 mac at work, I am getting - don't know what to call it - looks like extraneous matrix type code around prompt windows and in applications. Sometimes I will get large shapes of colors, yellows, magentas, cyans. Anyone else experience this?

On my G5 mac at work, I am getting - don't know what to call it - looks like extraneous matrix type code around prompt windows and in applications. Sometimes I will get large shapes of colors, yellows, magentas, cyans. Anyone else experience this?
I will attach a recent screen shot of a print window I opened and the extra code is above and below the window. There are matrix type blocks of code and then lines under the window. I get this all the time and it is getting worse.
Any help to get rid of it would be appreciated.
Thanks
TatteredSkull

It's likely the Video card, or possibly heat.
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 10 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
iStat Menus...
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
And/or iStat Pro...
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
If you have any temps in the 70°C/160°F range, that's likely it.

With Windows 7 Home Premium, whenever I start iTunes, I get a message that colors have been reverted to Windows Basic because iTunes won't support my Windows Aero configuration. Is there a fix for the incompatibility?

With Windows 7 Home Premium, whenever I start iTunes, I get a message that colors have been reverted to Windows Basic because iTunes won't support my Windows Aero configuration. Is there a fix for the incompatibility? I don't mind the color changes, but I'm having an external speaker problem that could be related to the incompatibility (at random times--usually several hours after start-up, my external speakers--connected via my Samsung Central Station's wireless docking station and computer-installed dongle--shut off and won't play until I restart. I've investigated other options, but iTunes may be the problem.) Thanks.

Perhaps let's first try updating your Apple Software Update.
Launch Apple Software Update ("Start > All Programs > Apple Software Update"). Does it launch and offer you a newer version of Apple Software Update? If so, choose to install just that update to Apple Software Update. (Deselect any other software offered at the same time.)
If the ASU update goes through okay, try another iTunes install. Does it go through without the errors this time?

X3100 does not support Aero effects on Windows 7 (VMware Fusion)?

It is a shame that from the moment apple moved on from Intel GMA X3100 chipset to the newest Nvidia 9400, drivers are not being developed so that Win 7 users on Vmware can have the full OS experience regarding the Aero effects. Certainly, I did not expect to do any hardcore gaming when I purchased my macbook, but to feel that a little over a year after I spent 1,150 euros, this machine in terms of graphics is somewhat obsolete or just old to say the least is just infuriating. I am only hoping that if enough people happen to have the same feeling of disappointment and post it, they'll think it over and they'll provide us with some sort of drivers update to our X3100 graphics card in order to be albe to run Aero effects on our virtual machine.
Don't you guys think it would be just a fair thing to do for your customers?

Don't you guys think it would be just a fair thing to do for your customers?
These are user to user forums. You are not addressing anyone from Apple by posting here.
Also, this forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to your issue, or Fusion.

Pasted images in work item HTML fields sometimes get lost

I have the curious problem that sometimes the images which have been pasted to HTML fields of work item (e.g. Description field) get lost. SQL data analysis showed that this only happens in ~4% of the cases (16 missing, 443 ok).
When looking at HTML text in field you realize that there are empty image tags.
<img alt="">
In correct work items you always (sure!) have correctly set image tags.
<img style="width:665px;" src="?FileNameGuid=06686f67-9fe1-4a73-8ed3-98b00a20e3e6&FileName=temp1429775841167.png">
<img height=204 style="width:352px;height:166px;" src="?FileNameGuid=06686f67-9fe1-4a73-8ed3-98b00a20e3e6&FileName=temp1429775841167.png">
Within web access it then looks like the following when you click into work item field:
I can't reproduce the behavior. Might it be due to different web browsers (as far as I know IE, Chrome and Firefox are used)?

Hi Robin,
Thanks for your post.
What’s the version of your TFS and VS?
According your description, it seems the image HTML text not stored correctly in TFS database for that work items. If you paste the image the same ‘issue’ work item’s Description field again, the image can shows correctly in this same
work item?
Do you mean this issue only happened when you paste image to work item field in TFS Web Access? If you paste image to work item field using VS, all the work items are correctly?
To resolve this issue, I need to reproduce it in my TFS Server environment, please try to filter out how this issue will happen in work item field in your TFS Server environment.
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Ipod nano 5th is unrecognized and rejected after downloading new itunes on Windows 8. Everything works on both- can use ipod and charge, but no recognition, no sync. Whassup? Did something get lost in the itunes update?

Ipod nano 5th is unrecognized and rejected after downloading new itunes on Windows 8. Everything works on both- can use ipod and charge, but no recognition, no sync. Whassup? Did something get lost in the itunes update?

I'm having the same problem. I wish someone could respond with a solution for this! I've paid money for new songs and can't listen to them because of this! WTH APPLE?!?!?!?!

Aero effects

i have bought new hp laptop but now its creating problem regarding to its aero effects. it has lost its aero effect and now windows is showing XP looks. what should i do to get rid of this?

Hi:
Did you install the W7 32 bit graphics driver?
If not, see if this one works...
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24786/Intel-Iris-and-HD-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-7-8-8-...

IPhoto gets lost when I try to edit

Hello all,
I am completely new to Mac's and iphoto and I'm having a terrible problem when I try to view pics in iPhoto. I've imported a couple hundred photos (busy christmas) and moved them into neatly organized albums. I've rotated them this way and that while viewing them at thumbnail size. My problem is, when I double click on a photo to edit, my machine seems to get lost. Sometimes nothing happens, sometimes I get a little gray spinning thing. The machine has not crashed (I can still go back to another album / library) but I can't view my photos close up. I've done all the "software updates" and I have checked that the photos are actually on my HD (I can call them up in "Preview") Any thoughts?
--Idiot

Paul,
Those two folders are not supposed to be there, so drag them out into the Pictures folder for now.
Since you have only had your computer a month, I think it is best to just create a new library and import the images from the old back into it.
Close iPhoto
Rename your messed up iPhoto Library to "iPhoto Library_old"
Drag this library to your desktop
Hold down the Option key and launch iPhoto
This is the window you will get
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library
Once this new empty library is open it is time to import the images from your old library
Go to File>add to library
Navigate to the old library on your desktop and highlight it in the window, then click the "open" button.
iPhoto will start importing the images from your old library
This is what to expect:
Your images will be imported in nice dated rolls. (make sure your view is set to sort by rolls to see it) There are a couple of caveats to this. You will get rolls named "Originals" These rolls will contain your video clips and your original images that you had edited. If you had RAW files they would be in those rolls too (I don't do RAW, so I don't know for sure) Delete what you don't want from those rolls. You will also get the jpeg pointer files to your video clips imported. They will just be jpegs and will not point to the video clips anymore as iPhoto made new ones when the clips were imported again. You can delete those. they should be in a roll right next to the newly imported video clips so they are not hard to find. The thumbnail files don't get imported as iPhoto makes new ones when the images are imported.
Once all you images have been imported, check through the library and make sure everything looks ok.
You can now start making your Albums, and do your keywords or any other organizational steps.
You can also delete the old library on the desktop.
It is also a good time to backup this new library to CD/DVD by burning the iPhoto LIbrary folder in the Finder, or copying the iPhoto Library folder to an external drive formatted for Macs, or copying the iPhoto LIbrary folder to an iPod.
After the new library is created and your images imported into I want you to check those two folders I had you drag to the Pictures folder and see if those images are in your library. If not then drag those two folders into an open iPhoto Library viewing window. You can also just use the File>add to library command and navigate to a folder at a time and choose it to import.
let me know how it goes.
Lori

Windows Aero no longer works,*FIXED*

**************NOW FIXED, SEE POST 11 FOR INFO******************
Hi all,
Ok, well I noticed today that my aero system was no longer working (am left with the default solid pastel blues... yuk) I am not sure when it happened as it only dawned on me when I was calibrating my screen but it cant have been more than a few days.
My system:
Q6600 Quad Core @ 3.2Ghz
8 gig DDR3
ATi 5870 1Gb DDR5
Win 7 *Ultimate
Things Ive tried:
Windows Aero Glass visual effects are not working or displayed
rolling back to an earlier video driver (using driver cleaner to ensure removal and fresh install)
After that I have no clue... The Aero themes are available to me, the background changes but the glass effects and color themes of the start bars and windows still stays the same, i.e. default solide pastel blues.
Thanks for your time.

My graphics card manufacturer is Intel.
I was looking around for anything related to this issue this i found on Wikipedia.
Requirements
Microsoft has listed the following requirements for what they call a Vista Premium Ready PC. A PC that meets or exceeds these requirements will be able to use the new Aero technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"></sup>
Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Enterprise. Aero is not available by default in Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows 7 Starter and
Windows 7 Home Basic, although a workaround has been discovered allowing Vista Basic users to have transparency and blur effects, provided that their system meets the recommended hardware requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"></sup>
a 1 GHz
32-bit (x86) or
64-bit (x64)
processor
1 GB of system memory
a
DirectX 9 compatible graphics processor with a
Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver,
Pixel shader 2.0 in hardware, and a minimum of 128 MB of
Video RAM
32 bits per pixel
40 GB hard drive with 15 GB free space
It got me wondering if the problem might lie with the WDDM driver or with the Aero files themselves i.e are they corrupted or just missing or for some reason Windows cannot verify that I have the correct version of Windows to run Aero ?

Mavericks Cover flow in Finder gets lost

This is a repost from "Lion" category. Fits better here.
"have upgraded to Mavericks, and I am having trouble with Coverflow in the Finder. When I delete files it gets lost, showing previews of files that are not the ones that are highlighted. The spacebar preview seems to work, showing me the actual contents, but the coverflow view is for a different file. Also, if there is a long list of files in the folder, it cannot display the files further down the list.
I was in the middle of a large project, going through thousands of photos in finder, when I upgraded. I had the perfect workflow, using coverflow, and it worked flawlessly in Lion. It seems this got boken in the update."
-crazyBrit
I'm having the same problem. If I navigated away from a folder it was happening with for a while, the ghost perviews in the coverflow would disappear, but it would still happen if I tried to move or delete a file.

Several of my applications (adobe acrobat, CAD) often crash (and need to be Forsed Quit) when I try to open a file using Cover Flow. AutoCAD release the following advisory:
AutoCAD crashes or file navigation dialog boxes close unexpectedly in Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
Issue
AutoCAD crashes or the open dialog boxes close unexpectedly while using Open or other file navigation dialogs in AutoCAD on Mac OS 10.9 (Mavericks).
Solution
This happens when you use Cover Flow view mode in a dialog box and navigate across folders. This issue will need to be corrected by Apple in a future Mavericks update.
To work around this issue, do not use the Cover Flow view mode in file navigation dialog boxes such as Open, New, Save, External Reference attach, PDF attach, Image attach, Import, Export, etc.
This is particularly annoying when trying to select a particular graphic file to work on. I wind up opening a finder window in Cover Flow to find the particular graphic I want to open and then looking for the file name in List View in the Open diaglog box.

Windows Aero Scheme in Boot Camp

How do i get Windows Aero scheme( Vista Ultimate) to function on my Macbook Pro. Is this at all possible in Bootcamp?

Hi Ronald and welcome (back) to Discussions,
normally Aero is enabled by going to Personalize (right click on desktop or control panel) > Window Colour and Appearance and selecting aero from the list.
Aero should work on your MBP, but it is neccessary that you have used the OSX Leopard DVD (the one that came with your MBP) while in Vista to install the needed BootCamp Drivers.
And if you have done that already, you should use the BC Update for Vista provided by Apple to update the drivers. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/bootcampupdate21 forwindowsvista32.html
Hope it helps
Stefan

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