not another question about aero Customizing Vista Discuss not another question about aero in the Windows Vista forums; hi, on my index score my graphics score is 4.3 and gaming graphics is 3.1 i am running vista basic. you can see whats coming now ........... how can ...

[Snaff]

hi, on my index score my graphics score is 4.3 and gaming graphics is 3.1 i am running vista basic. you can see whats coming now ........... how can i tweak the system to run aero, also how can i get wvddm, now i have checked in device manager and all i can see ldm. i am totally newbie all ideas welcome. cheers.

[airman]

I do not think aero is an option with Basic vista Here is a link try at your own risk http://www.tweakvista.com/article39008.aspx

[Snaff]

cheers for the info,

[Znod]

Let us know if this works. Personally, I believe that registry editing is fair game under the Vista EULA. The registry is fully accessible and fully alterable with means provided in Vista. Note that the problem with Basic is not the problem that the linked tweak is meant to deal with--a card that uses WDDM drivers, but does not support Aero.

[Snaff]

hi, vista glass will work, the intel chipset i got supports aero,but still no go in the full package, will keep on looking and tweaking...... the video card will do the job if other things are tweaked, cheers

[Znod]

I just ran across these instructions for enabling Aero on a Premium notebook: http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=29510&hl=. Definitely use at your own risk. No guarantees on Basic for sure.

try this
1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPol icy set to 2 (32-bit DWORD)

2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges :

- Type 'net stop uxsms'
- Then 'net start uxsms'