Enabling aero glass?

Enabling aero glass?

• Randine

  Hello

  i have sony fs315e laptop with 915 express chipset but cant get aero, what driver do you use

  regards bob

  
  

• tekvaio

  I have 5270 installed on my HP DV1331SE laptop with an Intel 915 graphics chipset with glass running, blurred, animations, all the bells and whistles running just fine. So the information you received was wrong. I will take an actual picture of the laptop showing vista and glass running with system information if neccessary and on this forum topic if need be just to prove it works.
  

• Lee Grissom

  Nvidia graphics card wont do it at all, you need ATI X1800XL or above to do it. When i was at road show with Microsoft people, they have specifically told me to use ATI X1800XT cards and said that anything else wont work.
  

• Diamant

  Josh -

  FYI -  on the page that you referenced for downloading the alpha driver (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_75.03.html) it says:

  "Note: This driver is not compatible with Windows Vista and Longhorn Server build 5270 - The December CTP. Please use the drivers that are included with that build of the operating system. "

   

  
  

• wajhi

  You need LDDM drivers and a card that supports DirectX9.  The card you listed looks capable, but I am not sure if the beta driver from Nvida covers that model.
  
  

• Ubersnug

  According to my understanding. 5270 onward use DirectX 10. You can type dxdiag under 'run' to verify it. My version is DxDiag 6.00.5270.0009 64-bit Unicode.

  BTW someone have managed to enable AERO effect in Nvidia display card. They even though have that Slow Motion Effect & Slow Scroll Slow Motion Effect. I tested on 5270 (x64) and it work perfectly smooth.  I am not sure if it is legitimate to discuss here. Therefore I won't show you the URL.

  Pls don't try to use 7503 Nvidia driver. It's an old one which announced not to be compatiable with Build 5270. Just my 2 cents.

  
  

• tspratt

  How do you manage that.

  I have a Tecra M4 with GeForce 6200 TE 64 Mb and when I try to install any of Nvidias drivers it tells me it does not recognice my hardware.

  Please help

  Sniper

  
  

• ricky3793

  Hi,

   

  Mummm .... I've a XT1800XT ... and no drivers work again on beta 5270.

  I  tried :

  - Catalys 5.13 about Windows XP 64 bits drivers : Blue Screen Of Death

  - Catalys 5.13 about Windows XP 32 bits drivers : Blue Screen Of Death

  - CATALYST Beta Driver 1 for Windows Vista beta 1 (code name Longhorn) : not good drivers : work only with cards X8xxx series and others "old" card. Not with the X1xxx series.

   

  Sincerly,

  
  
  

• Ronen Tidhar

  @Josh Phillips
  

  I think your information was a bit outdated. Everyone should stick to the default drivers which comes with Build 5270. My Nvidia driver 6600GT even work in my 64-bit  5270 with full Aero Effect.

  If it not work, just wait for next build or at your own risk. Go try that kind of tweak (I don't know it's considered legitimate or not without Microsoft's consent) and let your OS with full AERO effect.

  
  

• BobF

  P.S. I have glass working on my Toshiba Tecra M4 using the nvidia GeForce 6200 LDDM driver. I can toggle glass on and off with ctrl-shift-f9.
  

• huanghk

   

  That is incorrect, and I am shocked that anyone would tell you that.  There are card from Nvidia that do glass today.

  Nvidia Alpha Driver

  http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_75.03.html

  Products Covered

  http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_32_supported.html

  Josh

  http://Windowsconnected.com

  
  
  

• IronYuppie

  I have the nc6220 with the Intel 915 graphics card and I have never been able to get Aero Glass running... What driver are you using

  I have tried all the builds, even the latest 5365.

  
  

• Prakash Srinivasan

  You might find the latest x64 Bit drivers work on under Vista nicely.

  I also had a play with the NT Drivers also. But you still loose the Glass effect.

  
  
  

• proof

  Hi,
  
  See section "Enabling Aero Glass" in the article below:
  http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/08/16/vista2.html
  
  Regards,
  Vikram
  
  
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