Out of sudden , aero theme it switches to basic theme

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I was surfing net and listening to music , then the aero theme switches to basic theme out of nowhere. I tried to go to personalize and set it back , but could not.

I had to log off as user and log back in again to solve it.

Anyone experienced it ?
 

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Have you updated all your drivers? Use driver sweeper on the nvidia graphics drivers.
 

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Frostmourne said:
Have you updated all your drivers? Use driver sweeper on the nvidia graphics drivers.
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Earlier on , i installed the new nvidia driver over the old one.
Should i use driver sweeper prior to installing a new driver always ?
 

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Yes, in the control panel, uninstall the nvidia driver, then any others. After that reboot into safe mode, and run driver sweeper as admin. Reboot again into safe mode and install the newest driver.
 

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What program are you using for the radio?
 

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Start Menu>Help and Support>type aero troubleshooter in the search window and run the wizard.
 

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I've had that happen a few times now. I'm not sure if it's entirely going to Basic though or just turning off Aero. I can mess around in Personalization a bit with switching themes but none turn things "on" the way they're supposed to.

Anyway, if I just keep using the computer, it seems to go back to the way it's supposed to be within 15-20 minutes all on its own. Otherwise, restarting does seem to fix stuff.

I'm on an ATI Radeon 4850 if it matters. Can't figure out anything I do that causes it to occur, or what causes it to revert back. Happens maybe once every 1-2 weeks.
 

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I have that happen frequently. It depends on the programs that you use, some are not compatible with the Aero Theme, and causes the change. However, in all cases for me ...except one, it changes back to Aero within seconds after closing the program. These programs disables the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager in services.msc. It sounds as though you have some program that is starting up on it's own periodically.
 

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ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
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EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
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Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
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Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
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1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
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CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
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HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling
3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse
Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
Internet Speed
3.3Mbps
Other Info
SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
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When I used to In run Media Center mine went to basic

I guess it;s something that up a huge amount of resources.
 

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This can happen if you have installed a program that is not aero compatible. I have had this happen with Trillian.
 

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Standard
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A common cause is when you are attempting to run a program or game which doesn't support 32 bit colour, and forces Windows to drop back to 16 bit colour, which in turn causes Windows Aero to close to prevent a system-wide crash.
 

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start > run >

just restart the desktop window session manager services
 

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if its firefox, its a bug.
 

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I noticed that it happened to me whenever Winsat.exe started running. Winsat is the processes with monitors system performance and gives you the WEI score. You can either terminate the process or go through some steps to keep it from running again.

To disable the task:
1. Run taskschd.msc
2. Navigate to "Task Scheduler Library->Microsoft->Windows->Maintenance"
3. Select the task named WinSAT
4. right-click and disable it.
 

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If citrix plugin or anything citrix related is installed on your pc, it is a known cause as well to cause this issue.
 

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