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Aero disabled upon switching user then logging back in
All of a sudden my computer has started to disable Aero whenever I log back in after switching user. Basically, Aero will be on, then I will switch user and log back on and suddenly Aero will be off and the theme will be "basic". I can fix this by either restarting Desktop Window Manager (in services.msc) or by re-running the Windows Experience Index assessment. Aero does not get disabled any other time for me (even when playing an intensive game).
I recently updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version (I've got a Geforce 560 GTX), but I don't remember if this problem started happening when I installed them or not.
I've tried doing the "Aero hack" that I've seen in a few places - editing the registry so that it's always on - but that didn't work. I've also tried setting it so that it is custom controlled, with Aero Peek enabled (as well as all the other checkboxes crossed), but that hasn't worked either.
I've also run Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware in case they found something, but they only found a small number of things and removing them did nothing. I've restarted multiple times too.
So, I'm not sure whether it's a graphics issue, a virus (or something similar) or whether it's just a sudden Windows issue. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate with the latest updates.
Does anyone know what might be wrong? Or if there's nothing wrong, whether there's a way to force Aero to be always on? I'll have a look and see if I can work out a way to roll back the graphics card drivers - maybe that will fix it?