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Aero will not function without restart since 7 reinstall
Sorry that my first post is an SOS but this issue is a bother. The problem is that since I re-installed Windows 7 on top of my previous 7 installation that wouldn't boot due to moving it to a my custom build, I had noticed that even after calculating the Experience Index, which I scored a 4.6, Aero themes would not function unless I restarted. The sounds and backgrounds would change, but the taskbar and window borders would remain basic. I ran the troubleshooter and while it's diagnosing, Aero briefly comes on and then disables itself again. The issue found is the same thing every time I run the troubleshooter, "The Desktop Window Manager is disabled". It says it enabled the DWM, but Aero themes still don't work and sometimes every one of them says it can't be applied after running the troubleshooter. Before running it however, I checked Services and DWM is both started and set to auto start. I have made screenshots of my findings as well if that clarifies anything. Aero is just a luxury item but any help to fix this is greatly appreciated. If you need any additional info I can provide it. (Side note: I had a Dell machine that I installed 7 onto and upon first boot, Aero was already enabled w/o a WEI score calculated yet. Is this normal? Never experienced Aero problems on it) I apologize for the length of this post. Thank you in advance.
Specs:
AMD FX-6300 Six Core 3.5GHz CPU
ASROCK 980DE3/U3S3 Mainboard
G.Skill Ripjaws (2x4GB) RAM
WD Red 1TB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 2GB GPU