Windows Aero in Vista

I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit.  I recently had a clean reinstall made, and although I have not noted at the time, it seems that the 'Aero' feature did not work since then (can't swear to this, but it certainly doesn't now).  When I go into the Control Panel/window color and appearance, there is no option for Aero from the drop down.  Only standard Windows and classic.

All other references to Aero in any other part of the Panel are missing.   I started to do a reinstall of Vista but have not found a "repair installation" version stopped until I did before I made things worse!

Any ideas?  Are just the Aero files missing?  My chart "score" in the Windows Experience is 4.8, so should be fine for Aero and drivers have been updated.

Thank you

Hello

Visual effects Aero Glass in Windows are not working or displayed
http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/aero_effects_not_working/en-us

You may experience issues with the Windows Aero feature on a Windows Vista-based computer
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/945000

My Vista Aero Glass is turned off, how can I enable them again?
http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/my-Vista-Aero-Glass-turned-itself-off-how-do-i-enable-it-again/

To the need to update or reinstall the video driver (it's a good idea in any case).

Solve problems with Windows Aero
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-with-Windows-Aero

How to enable or disable transparent Aero Glass on Vista
http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/75413-Aero-Glass-transparency.html

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Don't forget to check with the system manufacturer (manufacturer of motherboard for systems to measure) and the real
manufacturer of video device for updated video drivers.

This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded:

-Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system. For
each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description,.
version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
Control Panel - Device Manager - graphics card - note the brand and complete model
your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on set to update driver
(this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then do a right click - Uninstall - REBOOT
This will refresh the driver stack.

Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party with
their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

Now in system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), then the manufacturer of the device
site (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for the BIOS, Chipset and)
software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AS ADMIN - reset after each
installation.

Always check in the Device Manager - tab drivers version you install actually shows up.
This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (particularly that audio drivers) so
install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and try again if necessary.

Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check manually
by model.

Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

How to install a device driver in Vista Device Manager
http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-Device-Manager-install-driver.html

If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver in the Windows updates,
This leaves ONE of Windows updates, but it will not install the drivers who are generally older and cause
questions. If updates offers a new driver and then hide it (right click on it) and then go look for new ones
manually if you wish.

How to disable automatic driver Installation in Windows Vista - drivers
http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606 (WS.10) .aspx

I hope this helps.

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