Hi Rebecca,

Click start and type services.msc, then hit <enter>. Scroll down the list
and locate the Themes service. Select it and try restarting it (left
column).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Rebecca" <WorldTraveler100@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have had a bunch of problems ever since SP1 appeared and have been in
>constant contact with MS support. In fact, I just emailed him with my
>latest unhappy discovery, but it will take him several days to reply, so I
>thought I'd post the problem here and see if anyone else has an answer.
>
> In trying to fix all the issues, I downloaded several new hardware devices
> (all suggested by the MS guy) including a graphics card. Well, I just
> discovered that the Aero function no longer works on my laptop. I have
> Vista Home Premium, SP1; a 3.1 Windows Experience Index; and USED to have
> all the Aero functions. Now I just get little icons when I click the Aero
> icon on the taskbar. I also have Mobile Intel 945 as my display device, 2
> GB RAM, 32-bit OS, and 1.66 GHz. I no longer even have the option of
> Windows Aero in the Personalization menu.
>
> Anybody have any ideas??
>
> TIA,
>
> Betty