Registry hacks for Enabling AERO on VISTA 5744

[Zeiesfirdaus]

ok whoz coming up with the registry hacks for enabling aero for "ANY" graphic card ... ?

so many such registry hacks exist for the previous builds .....

[Lenin91]

Theres a reason for aero aint enabled on your graphic card.

[WooSH]

^ ditto

[Brian M. Veteran]

Exactly.

We've heard this so many times now. If your card isnt supported, then live with it. If you want aero, upgrade your card.

As said, there IS a reason its unsupported.

[Mr White]

For all those who can`t get Aero working with build 5744

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'

Source: http://www.thehotfix.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5693

[Harsh86]

Thanx, the hack works great!

[oat_con88]

it s AMAZING!!! AWESOME Registry Hack :D:D:D:D

[Ambroos]

How are the results on non-DX9 systems (i have Riva TNT2 and i would be VERY surprised if aero works on that old rubbish!)

[Zeiesfirdaus]

thanks for the registy hack .. but will non VISTA compatible graphic cards ( less than pixel shader 2.0 ) be able to force sero using this hack ?

has any one been able to do that using this hack ?

[Brian M. Veteran]

All im saying is that there's a reason your card's not supported. If your card doesnt support pixel shader 2.0, then how do you expect it to cope with the graphics? not very well.

[MikeS2k]

But, I heard Aero will not run on machines with less than 1GB of RAM. I have a 6600 GT which should be capable of Aero, but only 512MB of RAM. so will this tweak enable Aero, and also will it run acceptably?

[ahmz]

I have 512mb of RAM and Aero was enabled by default and it runs fine, I didn't need a hack.

[Dotdot]

Had a 9600XT with 1GB of RAM Aero my arse!

[cai_sebas]

How do you open a command prompt with administrative privileges?

When I just open CMD and enter 'net stop/start uxsms' I get an System error 5, Access is denied.

Anyone know what to do?

[~D~]

^ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe rightclick Run As Admin...

Btw this "hack" doesn't work with my SIS 661 crap anybody got some driver simulating tweak thingys? And please don't think/say things like (there's a "reason" your card blablabla). I know it will slow down my laptop but I just want to see the glass fx on my 15.4TFT WXGA Crystal Brite screen! And yes it is possible because it worked a few beta's ago.

[cai_sebas]

Didn't work either. Aargh want some decent drivers! :)

[Menge]

meh.. i really hoped this'd allow SOME eye candy on my SiS M760GX card... but this card is REALLY crap, or so it seems :p

[Elektro]

can anyone verify if this works with the Intel GMA 915?

It has Pixel Shader 2.0, just no WDDM drivers. If it works, I'll be buying Vista and adding a gig of ram to my computer. If not, I'm skipping the Vista upgrade.

[Tiknik]

can anyone verify if this works with the Intel GMA 915?

It has Pixel Shader 2.0, just no WDDM drivers. If it works, I'll be buying Vista and adding a gig of ram to my computer. If not, I'm skipping the Vista upgrade.

Hi,

Not working for me with I915 :(

[yanike]

Posted from another forum I'm a part of.

WinMatrix.com

Enable Aero Glass

Regedit:

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/DWM/

Composition = 1

CompositionPolicy = 2

Right click Command Prompt and run as admin:

net stop uxsms

net start uxsms

Done! :windows:

First, welcome to WinMatrix FATSAC. Your first post was the best this year :)

Proof :)

HAHAHA! Thanks FATSAC! It worked in Home Basic :)

Tweak Vista

[drumthrasher109]

will this happen to work in home premium ????? this is ****ing me off how i can't get this working, although i haven't tried this 'hack' yet but i will after dinner.

but no 915 won't work, my dads hp dv1000 has it and he gets a rating of 1.

UPDATE!!! nope, didn't work.

Edited February 14, 2007 by drumthrasher109

[toofun]

didn't work with intel 915