"Jim" wrote:

> I feel like a dumb bass... as it turned out, Windows Aero is NOT A DESKTOP
> THEME, rather it is a COLOR THEME.
>
> There are only two desktop themes: Windows Vista and Windows Classic.
>
> To turn on/off Aero, I have to go to Personalize -> Window Color and
> Appearance -> [Open classic appearance properties for more color options] if
> it is current aero -> choose between Windows Aero and Windows Vista Basic
> from the list...
>
> thank you all.
>
> "Jim" wrote:
>
> > When I first installed windows vista ultimate, I had three themes, Windows
> > Aero, Windows Vista, and Windows Classic. Then yesterday, I noticed that
> > Windows Aero theme was missing from the list of themes, but my desktop was
> > actually using aero (with transparency, and with the cool windows + tab task
> > switching).
> >
> > I had some problems with theme and Nero 7, so I thought maybe it messed it
> > up. Since the box was newly setup, I formatted C:\ drive and did a clean
> > install of Windows vista ultimate again. To my surprise, as soon as I
> > installed the correct video driver (and rebooted of course), my desktop
> > theme automatically went to aero, but aero was still not listed at all. My
> > theme manager says I was using "modified theme", but if I switched it to
> > "windows vista", it still had transparency and all that, only the desktop
> > background changed to the greenish vista picture.
> >
> > I wonder why this was the case. At first, I suspected some windows updates
> > removed aero and forced vista theme to be aero, but it couldn've been the
> > case because that happened right after I did a fresh install, before any
> > updates were done. My box uses nVidia GeForce 8400 GS... could the nvidia
> > video card driver be causing this? Has anyone else seen this problem?
> >
> > Worth mentioning here, is that my laptop (running vista ultimate, using
> > nvidia geForce 8400M GS) is also seeing this problem, but with a twist - aero
> > is not listed among the themes. To conserve power, I initially chose not to
> > use aero, and currently it doesn't have transparency.
> >
> > Can someone help?
> >
> >
> >
Jim,

Just a note: DreamScene will not function, and will be disabled, if you
are running software that is not compatible with Vista. The same MAY hold
true concerning Aero. I don't know.
Have a nice day.

C.B.