cant run aero

Please fill out your system specs, so we know what we're dealing with... If you are unsure, download SIW - System Information for Windows

Here are the minimum hardware requirements for running “Aero” effects in Windows 7.

1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

a DirectX 9 compatible graphics processor with a Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver, Pixel shader 2.0 in hardware, and a minimum of 128 MB of Video RAM

Your main problem is that very few, if any, standard VGA adapters will meet these requirements... You will need to use an actual AGP graphics card and I would also recommend increasing your memory to two gigabytes of RAM...

paddy o connor said:

Tews said:

Please fill out your system specs, so we know what we're dealing with... If you are unsure, download SIW - System Information for Windows

i filled it out

Stating "Standard VGA Graphics" in your system specs doesn't help much. There are only two graphics chip manufacturers, nVidia and ATI (now AMD). We need to know which of the two you are using.

But I'll try to help you, if you don't know:

To help you identify your ATI graphics card, you need to visit the ATI Website.

For nVidia, you can also go to the nVidia Website, then click the "GRAPHICS DRIVERS" button, which if I understand it correctly, will auto-identify your graphics card for you, if you're using nVidia (I'm not sure, because I use ATI Graphics)

Whicher card type you are using, you need to download and install the newest drivers for your graphics, and Aero should then work fine.

Oops...

I've just been to the Dell website, and I can't find the "Dell Dimension 4600i". All they have under driver downloads are the 4600 and the 4600C - and neither of them support Windows 7, so it's not very likely that you'll be able to get Windows 7 drivers... (Although the VGA driver section has XP driver for ATI, nVidia and Intel, so I can't help you decide which to use)...

The earlier solution I gave you about going directly to nVidia or ATI might, MIGHT help. If that fails, you may also want to try going to the Intel Driver Website, for just-in-case your computer uses an Intel display adapter...