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The Dreaded Aero Peek Not Working!
Hi All,
The thread title pretty much says it all. I've been reading thread after thread on this the past 2 days to figure out why the Aero Peek feature of Win7 has stopped working (and option greyed out) on my ACER laptop. Up to this point none of the "tried and true" solutions has worked for me. I suspect it has to do with the video card and/or driver. Aero was working fine just a few days ago and the only thing I can think of that changed was probably some various Windows updates were applied (no new software though). I know the laptop hardware can handle it. Config: Core i5, 8GB RAM, Radeon Mobility HD5850 1GB, Win7 HP 64-bit, OCZ Vertex 3 SSD. So based on everything I've read including this tutorial, here's what I've tried so far:
1. Enabled/Restarted Windows Desktop Manager and Theme services.
2. Updated my video card's driver (Radeon Mobility 5850) from AMD's website. Also tried removing then updating.
3. Re-ran the WEI test, got a 6.7 score on Graphics (6.7 overall).
4. Ran the troubleshoot/fix Aero windows utility, checked the Apply Repairs Automatically box. Which indicates it can't troubleshoot the problem.
5. In the Performance Options => Visual Effects. I noticed that "Enable desktop composition" and "Enable Aero Peek" selections are missing altogether. Same with "Save taskbar thumbnail previews". Probably a few others missing that I didn't list here.
6. Played with the resolution some, True Color 32-bit is enabled (1600x900 recommended res.).
7. Opened Task Manager, I ended some processes one by one (users only not system).
8. Downloaded the registry fix to Enable Aero. Added UserMachineCheck, Animations and Blur manually, all REG_DWORD type, all three got a value of 0.
9. Cannot try System Restore as I have this disabled since I am using a SSD.
10. Tried the Microsoft "Fix-It" utility for Aero Glass not working.
11. Tried creating another user profile (admin) and the problem persists in that account as well.
Some additional information. I first noticed the problem as the laptop was coming out of sleep mode. I've read that has caused video issues occasionally but a reboot typically fixes it. Which, in my case, obviously did not. Could it be something may have gotten mucked up in the BIOS? That is one thing I haven't been in to check. Though nothing should have changed there. Any other thoughts on this? I'm really at a loss here and would appreciate any feedback. Let me know if I need to provide any additional information. Thanks in advance.