Will Windows 7's Aero Work on my System ?


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Hello,

I tried installing Windows 7 RC using Virtualbox on my system and the installation went out smoothly.

I allocated 1GB ram and 128MB Video ram for the Virtual machine. But, Windows Aero doesn't seem to work on the machine. I used to Performance index to rate my machine and got only "1.0".

However, i currently run Vista Ultimate and the rating is 3.1 and Aero runs perfectly on Vista.

My question is "Is this an issue due to Virtualbox ? Will aero work if i install Windows 7 separately ?"

Thanks,

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Oh... I just did a quick google search and found that DirectX is not provided by any of these Virtual machines.

Thanks for your replies :)

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My question is "Is this an issue due to Virtualbox ? Will aero work if i install Windows 7 separately ?"

VirtualBox has to emulate hardware, the guest OS doesn't have access to the real hardware like an OS installed on the machine would. Aero would work fine on your machine.

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if areo ran perfect in vista i cant see why it wouldnt on windows 7

OP has a Vista host that runs Aero and a virtual machine with a W7 guest that does not run Aero (for obvious reasons)

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OP has a Vista host that runs Aero and a virtual machine with a W7 guest that does not run Aero (for obvious reasons)

Yes, and the OP was asking if he installed Win 7 separately it would work, and stezo was saying if it works in vista it'll work in 7 too, i think he knew the OP was having the problem in a VM.

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You can't have Aero Glass inside a VM. But you can get Aero Glass when you're running the same OS as guest and host (Vista-Vista or Win7-Win7) and connect with RDP to the VM. Now you have Aero Glass.

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Its written on MS website :Any pc that runs vista will handle windows 7 easily, to be more assured, u can download the windows 7 advisor :)

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