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Fix Aero Glass on Low end DX9 Cards

Some people with low end DX9 cards (Geforce 5x00 series and ATI 9x00 series) have been reporting issues of Aero Glass not enabling itself despite getting a system rating more than good enough to run Aero Glass.  This is a known issue in RC2 and is on the board to be fixed in RTM.  But for now here's the workaround that I spotted on AeroXP (Posted by Colonel.Cool).

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\CompositionPolicy 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'

 After doing this you should have Glass, enjoy!

NOTE: Do NOT try this on a non-DX9 card.  This is for people who should be getting Glass only.

Posted on Oct 09 2006, 11:33 AM by Chris Holmes
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  • Kristan Kenney said:

    I'd like to add that this only works with WDDM drivers.

    October 9, 2006 12:57 PM
  • Chris Holmes said:

    Doh

    October 9, 2006 1:38 PM
  • dirtchamber said:

    Hi all. I have a question about Vista that I really couldn't find answer for. Is there any way to change the selection color? I mean, when I select a folder, for example, the selection color is way to light to even see it sometimes. In XP I have a gray color set for this, but I couldn't change it in Vista, not even in display settings.

    October 10, 2006 4:10 AM
  • demonmaster3k said:

    how do you check for those registry values?

    which app do i use?

    (i've got an nvidia 5600 ultra that ran aero on RC1, but not RC2)

    October 12, 2006 2:17 PM
  • Sam Gentile said:

    I've been battling with Vista 5744 for 2 weeks now trying to get Glass on my NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200.

    October 21, 2006 12:11 AM

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