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With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had installed and then uninstalled an application, but didn't expect it to affect video. There's no virus or other malware, and the unit is very solid in all other respects. No option in THEMES, APPEARANCE SETTINGS, etc. mentions Aero or permits recovery. Where should I begin looking? Thanks! > With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly > went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks! What was the application you installed/uninstalled? Perhaps you should try a System Restore to before you did this. Malke  SignatureMS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! >> With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly >> went from full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Malke The app was Battery Tracker. I've done a Restore - no help. This is mysterious. Use f8, and try starting up to last known good configuration if you can reverse what happened using the standard control-panel panes. SignatureZnod ::::[image: http://homepage.mac.com/donv1/.Pictures/Vista/VistaTVF.jpg] Thanks -- got it, but I had to go back several days. I have no clue what caused this. > Use f8, and try starting up to last known good configuration if you can > reverse what happened using the standard control-panel panes. I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like Windows 2000. A suspect that the system was busy after first rebooting and I logged on to quickly, not giving the system enough time to initialize. Anyway, I simply rebooted and every thing has been fine since. > With Index of 2.7, this Vista Business laptop suddenly went from > full-blown Aero to the old W95 view. I had installed and then uninstalled [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks! >I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a >message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like >Windows 2000. >A suspect that the system was busy after first rebooting and I logged on to >quickly, not giving the system enough time to initialize. Actually, it doesn't "initialize" UNTIL you logon. >Anyway, I simply rebooted and every thing has been fine since. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Thanks! Its still doing something before I log on. My system is set to show a list of users after a reboot. I am pretty sure that it starts to run services before I have logged on. >>I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a >>message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>> >>> Thanks! Check your Windows Themes service is running, and then run the Windows Experience Index Rating, get it to re-rate your system This has fixed it for me before. If you are on a laptop, make sure you put it into the high performance power profile before running the index. Marc >Its still doing something before I log on. My system is set to show a list >of users after a reboot. I am pretty sure that it starts to run services >before I have logged on. It doesn't know which services to run until a user logs on. That's the case even if it's only one user. >>>I had this happen to me after a windows update a few days ago. I got a >>>message about some service not working and my display looked a lot like [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>>> >>>> Thanks! > It doesn't know which services to run until a user logs on. > That's the case even if it's only one user. If that was true, your computer would never start up!!! Most services (and I mean services as those found in the Services icon of the Administrative Tools control panel) use the SYSTEM account. Some may have special accounts. Very few, if any, are directly tied to a user, and even then most start automatically. Some may be configured for manual start and will only run when triggered by something else, such as a program in the Start folder. In order to make Windows SEEM to boot faster, MS cheats and only starts up the minimum needed services before giving the login screen. I've had all sorts of weird problems if I try to log in too soon. I usually wait a minute or two after the login shows before actually logging in. Back in the NT days, this was even more important as it was the only way to try and recover from some errors. Once you started a login, you lost your 'last known good'. SignatureIf there is a no_junk in my address, please REMOVE it before replying! All junk mail senders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!! http://home.att.net/~andyross |
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