Aero Theme Disappeared

Hi all,

Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
back?

thanks!

Check to see if the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service is
running. I had a similar problem a few days after I got a new Vista PC. I am
not sure how it happened, but somehow this service was changed from
Automatic to Manual. Once I started it up, The Aero theme returned.


"snowburnt" <snowburnt@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1178480630.760708.110510@w5g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
> morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
> profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
> file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
> At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
> I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
> Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
> I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
> back?
>
> thanks!
>

It's running but it isn't showing up still. I was able to find the
style file, and it looks fine but won't show up under the color
settings still.

On May 6, 5:46 pm, "Disp350" <glickk...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> Check to see if the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service is
> running. I had a similar problem a few days after I got a new Vista PC. I am
> not sure how it happened, but somehow this service was changed from
> Automatic to Manual. Once I started it up, The Aero theme returned.
>
> "snowburnt" <snowbu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1178480630.760708.110510@w5g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
> > morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
> > profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
> > file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
> > At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
> > I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
> > Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
> > I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
> > back?
>
> > thanks!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

try restarting the service.

Task Manager - Services - click on Services box in lower right.
in the window that opens, select the service and click on Restart on the
left.




"snowburnt" <snowburnt@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1178489393.967491.325060@y80g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
> It's running but it isn't showing up still. I was able to find the
> style file, and it looks fine but won't show up under the color
> settings still.
>
> On May 6, 5:46 pm, "Disp350" <glickk...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>> Check to see if the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service is
>> running. I had a similar problem a few days after I got a new Vista PC. I
>> am
>> not sure how it happened, but somehow this service was changed from
>> Automatic to Manual. Once I started it up, The Aero theme returned.
>>
>> "snowburnt" <snowbu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1178480630.760708.110510@w5g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi all,
>>
>> > Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
>> > morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
>> > profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
>> > file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
>> > At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
>> > I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
>> > Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
>> > I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
>> > back?
>>
>> > thanks!- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>

tried it, still no go. Also tried the registry hacks and the command
line restarts to no effect. One other thing: I think I was Remote
Desktop-ed into my computer before it got restarted last...not sure if
that had anything to do with it...

On May 6, 6:21 pm, "Dave" <d...@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> try restarting the service.
>
> Task Manager - Services - click on Services box in lower right.
> in the window that opens, select the service and click on Restart on the
> left.
>
> "snowburnt" <snowbu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1178489393.967491.325060@y80g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
>
> > It's running but it isn't showing up still. I was able to find the
> > style file, and it looks fine but won't show up under the color
> > settings still.
>
> > On May 6, 5:46 pm, "Disp350" <glickk...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> >> Check to see if the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service is
> >> running. I had a similar problem a few days after I got a new Vista PC. I
> >> am
> >> not sure how it happened, but somehow this service was changed from
> >> Automatic to Manual. Once I started it up, The Aero theme returned.
>
> >> "snowburnt" <snowbu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1178480630.760708.110510@w5g2000hsg.googleg roups.com...
>
> >> > Hi all,
>
> >> > Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
> >> > morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
> >> > profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
> >> > file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
> >> > At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
> >> > I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
> >> > Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
> >> > I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
> >> > back?
>
> >> > thanks!- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

"snowburnt" <snowburnt@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1178480630.760708.110510@w5g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
> morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
> profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
> file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
> At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
> I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
> Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
> I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
> back?
>
> thanks!
>


Well... not for nothing, but... sounds like you had enough power issues to
give -any- OS fits...

Lang

On May 7, 4:07 am, "Lang Murphy" <lang_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "snowburnt" <snowbu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1178480630.760708.110510@w5g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Last night I had a power failure and when I turned on my computer this
> > morning I had some hard drive problems. It wouldn't recognize my
> > profile, the event log said that I didn't have access to my ntuser.dat
> > file. I ended up copying my profile, deleting it and copying it back.
> > At about that time I noticed that my aero theme was gone.
> > I tried all the tricks I found by searching the beta boards, but the
> > Aero theme is no where to be found along with the aero color scheme.
> > I have a 3.8 rating and it was there before. Any ideas how to get it
> > back?
>
> > thanks!
>
> Well... not for nothing, but... sounds like you had enough power issues to
> give -any- OS fits...
>
> Lang

yeah, power and harddrive issues...I'm not blaming vista, I still
think it's a great OS...I'd just like it that much more if it let me
use Aero again.

Just do the following:


Start
Control Panel
Classic View
Administrative Tools
Services
Themes
Enable
Start the Service

If this does not restore your Aero Theme, then scroll further down in
the *Services List* and look for Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
and turn that on as well.

This worked for me without a hitch. Best of luck to you, matey.


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