Windows 7 Aero can't work

[themaker]

Hello

I have to thanks to pebbly for helping me a lot.

I found a driver and update for my radeon 9600 (128 mb) card and aero can't work , i tried with regedit , with "Fix problems with aero and transparency"

Is there any hack to force aero on windows 7 that 100 % works ?

Thanks , sorry for bad english.

 

[seavixen32]

Is there any hack to force aero on windows 7 that 100 % works ?

Well, according to the Windows 7 Compatibility Center, you should not be having a problem with your graphics card.

Windows 7 Compatibility for ATI Radeon 9600 128MB Graphics Card: ATI. Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Where did you get your driver from? Have you tried the manufacturer's support site or your computer manufacturer's support site?

Windows 7 Updates is normally pretty good at finding drivers that work too.

 

[themaker]

Is there any hack to force aero on windows 7 that 100 % works ?

Well, according to the Windows 7 Compatibility Center, you should not be having a problem with your graphics card.

Windows 7 Compatibility for ATI Radeon 9600 128MB Graphics Card: ATI. Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Where did you get your driver from? Have you tried the manufacturer's support site or your computer manufacturer's support site?

Windows 7 Updates is normally pretty good at finding drivers that work too.

DOWNLOADED FROM OFFICIAL SITE
I downloaded driver for vista and it couldn't work , so i downloaded XP driver and ran in XP compatibility mode...

 

[seavixen32]

Further investigation reveals that ATI do not offer Windows 7 support for the ATI Radeon 9600 graphics driver , so the Windows Compatibility Center wants updating as it is giving wrong advice.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

That said, if you can't get the Vista driver to work either, I can only suggest you upgrade to a graphics card that is compatible with Windows 7.

I suspect that the graphics RAM of 128MB is probably the reason why it won't give you Windows Aero.

 

[themaker]

Further investigation reveals that ATI do not offer Windows 7 support for the ATI Radeon 9600 graphics driver , so the Windows Compatibility Center wants updating as it is giving wrong advice.

ATI Catalyst

That said, if you can't get the Vista driver to work either, I can only suggest you upgrade to a graphics card that is compatible with Windows 7.

I suspect that the graphics RAM of 128MB is probably the reason why it won't give you Windows Aero.

It says that my graphic card support aero , look this picture , this is what it says :

 

[seavixen32]

Yes, it is suggesting that the card manufacturer may have a compatible driver, but if you took the time to check the link I gave you, you will see that ATI Radeon does not have a Windows-7 compatible driver for the Radeon 9600.

Time to get a better graphics card that IS compatible with Windows 7.

 

[sreedhav]

Is there any hack to force aero on windows 7 that 100 % works ?

Well, according to the Windows 7 Compatibility Center, you should not be having a problem with your graphics card.

Windows 7 Compatibility for ATI Radeon 9600 128MB Graphics Card: ATI. Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Where did you get your driver from? Have you tried the manufacturer's support site or your computer manufacturer's support site?

Windows 7 Updates is normally pretty good at finding drivers that work too.

DOWNLOADED FROM OFFICIAL SITE
I downloaded driver for vista and it couldn't work , so i downloaded XP driver and ran in XP compatibility mode...

Dear themaker,
I too am in the same leaky boat called "No real support for AMD Radeon Graphics Driver upgrade for Win.7 OS. We have to make do with a Vista or Worse XP compatible drivers"
I am quoting from ATI Catalyst
"Note: AMD’s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics accelerators are not officially supported under Windows 7. If the user chooses to, they can install the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista graphics driver under Windows 7. Please be aware that none of the new Windows 7 graphics driver (WDDM 1.1) features are supported (as the Windows Vista level graphics driver is limited to WDDM 1.0 level support). Using the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista driver under Windows 7 is not officially supported by AMD, and as such AMD will not provide any form of customer support for users running in this configuration" unquote.

Anyway here's the hack:

1)Open RegEdit.
2)Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
3)If the DWM registry key is not found, right click on Windows and then select New -> Key to create new branch and name it as DWM
4)In the right details panel, create a new DWORD (32 bit value) named UseMachineCheck, and set it's value to 0.
5)In the right details panel, create a new DWORD (32 bit) value named Blur, and set it's value to 0.

6)In the right details panel, create a new DWORD (32 bit) value named Animations, and set it's value to 0
7)Restart the DESKTOP WINDOW MANAGER SESSION MANAGER in Services in CONTROL PANEL( Type-> Services.msc in Start Search), or run the following commands in a COMMAND PROMPT with Administrator privileges:
net stop uxsms
net start uxsms
8)Now attempt to enable and apply Windows Aero in your Win.7 Ultimate 32-bit.
9)Restart.
I am suggesting this hack purely b'cause you asked for it! Praise me by crediting me if the hack works and you can curse me too if it does not!
PS: Create a Restore point before you try the suggested hack.

 

[seavixen32]

Hello, sreedhav.

Thanks for the support on this one, it was something I wasn't aware of.

Let's hope it works and saves the OP a bit of cash.

 

[themaker]

Well, according to the Windows 7 Compatibility Center, you should not be having a problem with your graphics card.

Windows 7 Compatibility for ATI Radeon 9600 128MB Graphics Card: ATI. Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Where did you get your driver from? Have you tried the manufacturer's support site or your computer manufacturer's support site?

Windows 7 Updates is normally pretty good at finding drivers that work too.

DOWNLOADED FROM OFFICIAL SITE
I downloaded driver for vista and it couldn't work , so i downloaded XP driver and ran in XP compatibility mode...

Dear themaker,
I too am in the same leaky boat called "No real support for AMD Radeon Graphics Driver upgrade for Win.7 OS. We have to make do with a Vista or Worse XP compatible drivers"
I am quoting from ATI Catalyst
"Note: AMD’s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics accelerators are not officially supported under Windows 7. If the user chooses to, they can install the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista graphics driver under Windows 7. Please be aware that none of the new Windows 7 graphics driver (WDDM 1.1) features are supported (as the Windows Vista level graphics driver is limited to WDDM 1.0 level support). Using the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista driver under Windows 7 is not officially supported by AMD, and as such AMD will not provide any form of customer support for users running in this configuration" unquote.

Anyway here's the hack:

1)Open RegEdit.
2)Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
3)If the DWM registry key is not found, right click on Windows and then select New -> Key to create new branch and name it as DWM
4)In the right details panel, create a new DWORD (32 bit value) named UseMachineCheck, and set it's value to 0.
5)In the right details panel, create a new DWORD (32 bit) value named Blur, and set it's value to 0.

6)In the right details panel, create a new DWORD (32 bit) value named Animations, and set it's value to 0
7)Restart the DESKTOP WINDOW MANAGER SESSION MANAGER in Services in CONTROL PANEL( Type-> Services.msc in Start Search), or run the following commands in a COMMAND PROMPT with Administrator privileges:
net stop uxsms
net start uxsms
8)Now attempt to enable and apply Windows Aero in your Win.7 Ultimate 32-bit.
9)Restart.
I am suggesting this hack purely b'cause you asked for it! Praise me by crediting me if the hack works and you can curse me too if it does not!
PS: Create a Restore point before you try the suggested hack.

I tried this million times and cannot work :/

 

[sreedhav]

Quote" i tried this million times and cannot work :/ "unquote.

Have you checked your Windows Experience Index score? It should be above 3 for anything to work! Mine's 5.2,by the way.

 

[sreedhav]

Hello, sreedhav.

Thanks for the support on this one, it was something I wasn't aware of.

Let's hope it works and saves the OP a bit of cash.

Dear seavixen32,
Thanks for the rep.point! Very unlike me to have responded so late,please accept my apologies.
regards,
sreedhav

 

[themaker]

Quote" i tried this million times and cannot work :/ "unquote.

Have you checked your Windows Experience Index score? It should be above 3 for anything to work! Mine's 5.2,by the way.

It's 1.0 my

 

[stormy13]

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/215067-radeon-9600-driver-windows-7-cant-work-2.html#post1803997

 

[themaker]

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/215067-radeon-9600-driver-windows-7-cant-work-2.html#post1803997

Yes it's AGP , where can i download it ?

Thanks

 

[stormy13]

Seems my crystal ball is broken, as I don't know what the make and model of your motherboard or computer is. Without that little bit of information we can't tell you which chipset driver you need.

If you're unsure as to what it is, this,

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

should be able to show you.

 

[seavixen32]

Hello, sreedhav.

Thanks for the support on this one, it was something I wasn't aware of.

Let's hope it works and saves the OP a bit of cash.

Dear seavixen32,
Thanks for the rep.point! Very unlike me to have responded so late,please accept my apologies.
regards,
sreedhav

You're very welcome.

 

[themaker]

Seems my crystal ball is broken, as I don't know what the make and model of your motherboard or computer is. Without that little bit of information we can't tell you which chipset driver you need.

If you're unsure as to what it is, this,

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

should be able to show you.

Is this all what you need ?

 

[stormy13]

You may be asking a lot from the chipset on that old motherboard. It hasn't seen an update since 2004, and never even had an official XP driver released for it. Based on its age and lack of XP support, it is likely that the native generic Windows 7 AGP driver isn't enough for the video card driver to install and work.

Catalyst

If it will install what you want from there is the GART driver, and is needed for the video card driver to install and work properly. To install do the following,

1. Uninstall the Vista/legacy driver.

2. Install the above GART driver using http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

3. Now install the Vista/legacy driver and it should work (no promises).

 

[sreedhav]

Dear themaker,
Since it's the updated driver which has caused the Aero themes not to work,here's another tack!

You may try the "Last known good configuration" and i quote" Starts Windows 7 with the most recent registry and driver configurations that worked successfully. Every time you turn your computer off and Windows 7 shuts down successfully, important system settings are saved in the registry. You can use those settings to start your computer if a problem occurs. For example, if a new driver for your video card is causing problems, or an incorrect registry setting is preventing Windows 7 from starting correctly, you can restart your computer using Last Known Good Configuration." Source: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

Hope it helps!

 

[Greg S]

Is there any hack to force aero on windows 7 that 100 % works ?

Well, according to the Windows 7 Compatibility Center, you should not be having a problem with your graphics card.

Windows 7 Compatibility for ATI Radeon 9600 128MB Graphics Card: ATI. Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Hmm, it should work. I have a Radeon 9600 with only 64mb of ram and a Windows Experience index of only 1.6 and it works for me. The first boot after installation it didn't work. I was in the process of finding an ATI driver when Windows update popped up with it's ATI driver. I installed it, rebooted and it worked.