Aero theme not working after reboot

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Hey all, as the title explains my problem is the following... the Windows 7 Aero theme won't load anymore. I've rebooted like 10 times and still the Windows Basic theme is loading instead of the Aero theme. Not that it really matters for me what theme is applied, as long as it's not pink or something but I find it weird that it doesn't load anymore all of a sudden.

Does it have anything to do with me never rebooting my laptop? Before I rebooted it the last 10 times I haven't rebooted my laptop in like 3 months (really hate it).

There are no error messages showing up that there's something with my graphics card or it's drivers, I updated them yesterday to see if that was the problem but no result.

I got Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit service pack 1.
 
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My first thought would be to check in: Control panel > administrative tools > Services (services.msc), what is the status of the "Desktop Window Manager" service? It should be set to automatic. If it isn't started, start it. If it fails to start, check your event viewer logs for the specific crash message relating to it.

Hey all, as the title explains my problem is the following... the Windows 7 Aero theme won't load anymore. I've rebooted like 10 times and still the Windows Basic theme is loading instead of the Aero theme. Not that it really matters for me what theme is applied, as long as it's not pink or something but I find it weird that it doesn't load anymore all of a sudden.

Does it have anything to do with me never rebooting my laptop? Before I rebooted it the last 10 times I haven't rebooted my laptop in like 3 months (really hate it).

There are no error messages showing up that there's something with my graphics card or it's drivers, I updated them yesterday to see if that was the problem but no result.

I got Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit service pack 1.
 

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My first thought would be to check in: Control panel > administrative tools > Services (services.msc), what is the status of the "Desktop Window Manager" service? It should be set to automatic. If it isn't started, start it. If it fails to start, check your event viewer logs for the specific crash message relating to it.
Everything seems normal, Desktop Window Manager is started and is set to automatic. I've restarted it to check if anything happened but no result.

I updated my graphics drivers today again and it didn't fix the problem either.
 

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Acer Aspire 8735g
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 @2.2 GHz
Motherboard
/
Memory
4GB RAM DDR3 so-DIMM
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240m 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
18,4 HD+ LCD
Hard Drives
2 x 500 GB @5400 RPM
PSU
/
Case
Acer Aspire 8735g (laptop)
Cooling
/
Keyboard
Logitech Media Keyboard 600
Mouse
Logitech G3
really nobody?
 

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Acer Aspire 8735g
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 @2.2 GHz
Motherboard
/
Memory
4GB RAM DDR3 so-DIMM
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240m 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
18,4 HD+ LCD
Hard Drives
2 x 500 GB @5400 RPM
PSU
/
Case
Acer Aspire 8735g (laptop)
Cooling
/
Keyboard
Logitech Media Keyboard 600
Mouse
Logitech G3

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Hi
DO you have an Asus graphics card installed in your PC?
Ashley
 

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that is great it worked it stoped for me i disabled the destop window manager service and turned it back on this mourning and it is working must have been a problem with it being enabled
 

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