Cannot enable Aero in Windows 7 RC


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
       #1

    Cannot enable Aero in Windows 7 RC


    I am currently running win 7 release candidate as a virtual pc in virtualbox.
    My virtual pc has got 512mb of memory and 128mb of graphics memory, my graphics card is a ati radeon x1650. By some reason i can't enable the aero theme, I click it, but it just remains the Windows 7 basic theme.

    What should I do? Please help me
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  2. Posts : 910
    Win 7
       #2

    You can't get aero effects running in a virtual environment.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Are you sure?
    Cause I'm pretty sure I've seen it somewhere.
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  4. Posts : 910
    Win 7
       #4

    It would have to support directX 3d acceleration, i do not know of a virtual environment that provides that.
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    YupYup said:
    It would have to support directX 3d acceleration, i do not know of a virtual environment that provides that.
    It seems like Virtualbox supports 3D acceleration
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  6. Posts : 910
    Win 7
       #6

    It supports OpenGL acceleration not directX.
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    YupYup said:
    It supports OpenGL acceleration not directX.
    Could you explain that please?
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  8. Posts : 910
    Win 7
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    classic44 said:
    Could you explain that please?
    Comparison of OpenGL and Direct3D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  9. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Ok, thanks for the great answers
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  10. Posts : 219
    Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta
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    classic44 said:
    Could you explain that please?

    You can get Linux's effects to work, cause it uses openGL, Windows uses Direct X
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