Solved Aero Disable After Catalyst Update

[RedGoblinz]

This has happened before, and what I did was just roll-backed everything. I thought I should just wait it out, wait for a newer driver to come out and maybe it'll be resolved, but I guess I was wrong.

My previous version was 12.3, updated to 12.8. The aero theme just disappeared after the update (even before restart), I tried restarting, still the same. Another thing to note is when I open the CCC, it doesn't show the menus.

I ran the Aero troubleshoot, and it says that DWM wasn't running/disabled, but I checked my processes and dwm.exe was running. It also said that my bit depth is set too low, but everything seems fine to me, I'm not sure how I can check this without going into CCC.

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64, .NET is installed. What's going on?
Thanks for any help
I apologize for the large picture.

 

[koolkat77]

Welcome to the forum.

Have you tried manually applying a aero theme from > Right click > Personalize > Aero Themes?
Have you tried re running WEI?

Post back for further suggestions

 

[RedGoblinz]

Yes I have, WEI is up to date.
When i try to apply the Aero theme manually, it still stays as the Basic theme

 

[koolkat77]

Re-install the driver?

 

[RedGoblinz]

Will get back to you.

 

[koolkat77]

Waiting

 

[RedGoblinz]

...Didnt work. Uninstalled, restarted, installed. Still the same, doing a re-run for WEI, gonna try rebooting after that.

 

[koolkat77]

Run the troubleshooter once again and let it apply the changes.
http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/246872-catalyst-12-8-disabled-aero.html

 

[RedGoblinz]

Ran before reboot, results:
Colour depth is set too low (Not Fixed)
Desktop Window Manager is disabled (Detected)

In services.msc, DWM is running already.

 

[koolkat77]

Have you tried changing the color depth yourself?
See if this link helps: http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Win-7&faq=16

 

[RedGoblinz]

Rebooted and tried Troubleshoot, same results. No Aero yet.
How do I do that?
It says my mode is 1920x1080 True Colour 32bit 60Hz

 

[koolkat77]

See the link in my previous post.

Did you try changing to an aero theme manually? :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/280-theme-change-save.html

Click on Computer :ar: Advanced system settings :ar: On settings check if Enable desktop composition is tick marked.

Post back.

 

[RedGoblinz]

Yes I tried, when i select the aero theme, i close it and reopen, it shows im selecting an Unsaved Theme which has the Basic theme, kinda like forcing me to choose that.

I cant get to Enable Desktop Composition. Did you mean right click?

 

[koolkat77]

Heres a tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/127411-desktop-composition-enable-disable.html

Were you using any third party themes?

 

[RedGoblinz]

It is not shown in the Advanced Visual Settings, but the service is running.

 

[koolkat77]

Were you using any third party theme?

Try SFC scannow and reboot if it finds problems:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

And do fill in your specs:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

 

[RedGoblinz]

Nope I wasnt.
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3230 @ 2.66GHz
Wistron Corporation A61TT2
Ver 1.00PARTTBL
4.00 GB
(1) ST3250620AS ATA Device (2) ST380013AS ATA Device
AMD High Definition Audio Device
(1) ATI Radeon HD 5450 (2) Matrox G200e (ServerEngines) << Disabled Matrox
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1

 

[koolkat77]

Okay, where did you download the drivers from?
Download from here Download AMD Catalyst Drivers 12.8 Vista 64 - FileHippo.com and try reinstalling.

I'm running out of ideas.

 

[chris1neji]

Only thing i can think of causing the problems is if you have switchable graphics and the drivers are corrupted or compatibility issues. A reinstall may be required, if its switchable graphics the drivers wont be under AMD site but your laptop manufacture. When uninstalling drivers please remember to restart and go into safe mode and delete display adapter drivers.

 

[RedGoblinz]

SFC detected problems and fixed, reboot, problem is still here
Maybe Ill rollback (system restore), and just find the .inf file for the driver?
But I cant system restore even though its enabled -.-