Windows Aero Theme Disabled When Undocking Laptop

Hi everyone,
My problem is quite simple (at least to explain). I am using a X230 bought in August 2012 with the Ultrabase docking station and a Philipps external display (not sure about the exact reference, but I don't think it's relevant anyway) connected to the docking station via VGA. All in all, the computer has everything needed to run high quality graphics.
When my laptop is docked, everything works perfectly fine with regards to display: desktop is extended over the two screens, Windows Aero features work fine, etc.
When I undock my laptop, the aero mode is automatically disabled (even when I am plugged in and not running on battery), and the left side of my screen has no "edge" (i.e. behaves just like the extended desktop, as if the external display, which is usually on the left, were connected and running).
Concerning the Aero problem, I ran the Aero troubleshooter, which returned two issues to be solved:
1. Color depth is too low. I checked this, and it's set on 32 bit TrueColor already, so this should not be an issue
2. Desktop Windows Manager is disabled. Once again, this feature seems to be running (I went to Services->Desktop Window Manager and it seems to be OK).
I have tried several solutions found on the internet/microsoft forums, but none worked. I am pretty sure that this problem appeared after a Windows update (a massive one, as I have disabled automatic update).Oh, and the Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel doesn't show up either. It shows up in the taskbar when I open it, but I don't get any dialog box/program on my screen.
Regarding the "fake" extended desktop... well apart from checking that there is only one display detected when I'm undocked, I don't really know what to look for. This is less of a problem though, as I can easily live with it.
Many thanks,
Matthieu

I may have come up with a new lead on this issue. I found this thread on the Apple forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4580006?start=0&tstart=0
I have exactly the same problem with Quicktime and it may be worth trying to uninstall/reinstall the graphics driver. I really don't want to screw things up though.
How should I proceed? Should I use the "uninstall driver" in the control panel? What will happen next: black screen, poor resolution? After I'm done, is this the correct driver I should reinstall?
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS029033
M.

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thanks guys
I love arch
Last edited by beitme (2013-06-08 10:05:37)

@ Karol, done
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I think you should get a fix to this please, work on a fix for this flicker that happen when switching themes I am pretty sure the other issue that causes flicker on my open window when clicking inside it and outside it will fade away.

I want to delete a few contacts, apps, pics etc from my iphone, but when I delete and connect to my laptop they sync and come back again. How can I delete those items and not get them back when I connect my iphone to my laptop?

I want to delete a few contacts, apps, pics etc from my iphone, but when I delete and connect to my laptop they sync and come back again. How can I delete those items and not get them back when I connect my iphone to my laptop?
Also where exactly on the laptop is teh data stored.
Thank you!!

go to 'Edit' in the menu bar. Then choose 'Preferences'.
you'll see a pop-up and there's a tab called 'Devices' there. If you click that, you will be able to check a box that says 'prevent automatic syncing for iPods, iPads and iPhones' or something like that.
Hope this helps
NB: if you don't even see the menu bar that has options like 'File, Edit, View, etc', first click the black/white square button on the top left of your screen, and then click 'show menu bar'. It should pop right up.
Good luck

I have Photoshop 7 on a laptop with windows 8.1. When I try to open Photoshop 7 I get the error message "cannot open missing personalization information". What is this and how can I fix it?

I have Photoshop 7.0. This is on a laptop running windows 8.1. When I try to open it I get the errro message: " cannot open missing personalization information".
what is this and how can I fix it.

Run it in compatibility mode and input the credentials.
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Cannot change JToggleButton background color when Windows XP theme is used

I wanted to change the background of a JToggleButton when it's pressed. I tried a few things, such as
UIManager.put("ToggleButton.select", Color.RED);
setting button's background, button's UI.
but nothing worked.
so I tried changing desktop theme from Windows XP to Windows Classic, then i was able to set button's background.
The following is a simple test program, by switching theme, the toggleButton looks differently.
Does anyone know how I can change JToggle button's background color under Windows XP theme?
Thank you in advance!
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class ToggleTest {
    public static void createGUI(){
        JToggleButton button = new JToggleButton("Test");
        button.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
        JFrame testFrame = new JFrame("Test Frame");
        testFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        testFrame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        testFrame.getContentPane().add(button);
        testFrame.pack();
        testFrame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args){
        try{
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
            //UIManager.put("ToggleButton.select", Color.RED);
        catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
            public void run(){
                createGUI();
}

class myToggleBtn extends JToggleButton {
String s;
public myToggleBtn(String str, Boolean sel) {
    super(str, sel);
    s = str;
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    super.paintComponent(g);
    if (this.isSelected()) {
         int w = getWidth();
         int h = getHeight();
         g.setColor(Color.green); //selected color
         g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
         g.setColor(Color.darkGray); //selected foreground color
         g.drawString(s, (w - g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(s))/2 + 1, (h + g.getFontMetrics().getAscent())/2 - 1);
}

In IPhoto 11 I have made an album and rearrange the photos in the order I require them. When export the album to allow me to burn them to disk to be viewed in Windows they do not maintain the same order. What am I doing wrong?

In IPhoto 11 I have made an album and rearrange the photosin the order I require them. When export the album to allow me to burn them todisk to be viewed in Windows they do not maintain the same order. What am I doingwrong?

When you sort the Album in iphoto are you sorting manually? Or by date of the photos?
When you sort in the Finder how are are you sorting?
Here's one way to do what you're trying to do:
Create your Album and sort the pics as you want them. Then Photos Menu: Batch Change -> Set Title to Text "John's Birthday", for instance, and tick the box to append a number to each Photo. Now your photos are titled 'John's Birthday 001, John's Birthday 002 ... etc'
Then File -> Export and in the Export dialogue set the Filename to "Use Title"
Sort on Filename in the Finder and you end up with a folder full of images in the same order as the Album in iPhoto.
Regards
TD

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