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Windows 7 - aero transparency |
11-30-2009
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aero transparency hello guys, found you by chance this morning so this is my 1st post
ive just built my 1st pc and have installed Windows 7 64 bit which seems to work very wel
didnt really know what aero transparency is but i occured to me mine wasnt working correctly, so i downloaded the driver again for my graphic card (ATI Radeon HD 4850) installed it and presto, it was so much better
but i have to install this driver everytime i reboot cos it reverts back to how it was
ive searched quite a bit through google but nothing i see remedies this
ive ran the aero trouble shooter and it says windows desktop manager is disabled and the problem has now been corrected, but it hasnt
the only way to get aero back is to reinstall the driver
one guy on another forum (where i bought my kit from) suggested i did this Quote: I would do the old gem of uninstalling the drivers, rebooting into safe mode and then running Driver Sweeper.
Once you have done that reboot and do a fresh install of the drivers and see if that has done anything to help matters. i thought that had cured the problem because after the final boot it was up and running...but later i booted again and it was back as it was
driving me nuts this is
anyone got any ideas?
Last edited by hondavee4; 11-30-2009 at 06:20 AM..
| My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express Memory 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4850 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung T220 PSU Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W Power Supply Case Cooler Master Elite 335 Hard Drives 2 x 1TB WD10EADS |
11-30-2009
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It could be Malware on the system, especially if just installed stuff.
Scan with Malwarebytes.
Or it could be from some service installed. Maybe antivirus or firewall. If you have AVG, definitely start by uninstalling that. Or any antivirus should be uninstalled to test. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 |
11-30-2009
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hi, cheers for that, will give malwarebytes a go,
i am using avast antivirus at the mo | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express Memory 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4850 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung T220 PSU Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W Power Supply Case Cooler Master Elite 335 Hard Drives 2 x 1TB WD10EADS |
11-30-2009
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Have you had a look at Windows Update, to see if it offers a driver for your GFX card? Maybe it needs a WDDM driver?
Just a thought. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS W7 RTM Ultimate x64 CPU Intel Q8400 @ 2.66GHZ Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EG45M-UD2H Memory 4GB DDR2-800 Graphics Card Gainward GTS 450 GLH 1GB Edition Sound Card Integrated 8 Channel Monitor(s) Displays AOC 23.6 Inch Widescreen LCD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard HP SK-2960 Multimedia Keyboard Mouse Logitech M350 Wireless Gaming Mouse PSU Apevia Java Power 500W Case Cooler Master HAF 922 Black Cooling Stock Intel CPU Fan Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Internal
Western Digital 1TB Internal
Hitachi 1TB External Internet Speed 1.5MB |
11-30-2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Uber Philf Have you had a look at Windows Update, to see if it offers a driver for your GFX card? Maybe it needs a WDDM driver?
Just a thought. WU is the worst for video card drivers. Quickest way to harm a system - software speaking that is.
Always NVIDIA or ATI for video drivers. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 |
11-30-2009
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right, things aint going to well at the mo..
ive ran malwarebytes and this is the log Quote: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.41
Database version: 3260
Windows 6.1.7600
30/11/2009 10:36:12
mbam-log-2009-11-30 (10-36-12).txt
Scan type: Quick Scan
Objects scanned: 91246
Time elapsed: 1 minute(s), 53 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 1
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 1
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoActiveDesktopChange s (Hijack.DisplayProperties) -> Bad: (1) Good: (0) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
C:\Users\Lee\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Silverlight.exe (Trojan.Agent) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
so i then removed the old driver and ran driver sweeper and then tried to install the catalyst
everytime it stop saying it couldnt find the inf file
so i tried it via safe mode and that threw up a different error
so at the mo i havnt got any gpu drivers running whatsoever and as you can imagine its not too pretty to look at | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express Memory 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4850 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung T220 PSU Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W Power Supply Case Cooler Master Elite 335 Hard Drives 2 x 1TB WD10EADS |
11-30-2009
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Install the driver from here, normally. Drivers & Support | GAME.AMD.COM | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 |
11-30-2009
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hi ive just read that, ive downloaded the drivers from the sticky, ive ran that and it rebooted and the aero is working...
the big test is now as up to now the next time i boot it goes back to normal... | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express Memory 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4850 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung T220 PSU Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W Power Supply Case Cooler Master Elite 335 Hard Drives 2 x 1TB WD10EADS |
11-30-2009
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ok, it didnt work, ive rebooted and its how it was before
no aero and no transparency | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express Memory 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4850 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung T220 PSU Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W Power Supply Case Cooler Master Elite 335 Hard Drives 2 x 1TB WD10EADS |
11-30-2009
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Type msinfo32 in the start menu, hit enter. Use ctrl+s on the screen that opens. Zip or rar the saved file and attach to a post using the paperclip.
I'll probably be able to see why you're having troubles. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 aero transparency problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:34 AM. |  |