I did it on my HP Elitebook with R2 beta. Works fine. But now I am back to Win 7. http://www.expta.com/2009/02/how-to-enable-aero-glass-on-windows.html
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Bryan Garmon <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm trying to get Aero enabled on a Lenovo T61 laptop. It was previously > running Windows 7 and Aero with Aero Peak was working flawlessly. The laptop > was wiped and reloaded with Server 2008 R2 x64 and since the reload I can't > get aero to enable. It's running an NVidia Quadro NVS 140M video card. > > I have enabled the "Desktop Experience" feature which also forced me to > enable the "Ink and Handwriting Services." After doing this, I also had to > change the status of the Themese service from Disabled to Automatic and > start that service. Based on the documentation I've read that's supposed to > be all that is required to allow you to then change the Personalization to > use the Aero themes. I can see the Aero Themes section is now added, but the > Windows 7 theme is greyed out. > > I've tried the latest drivers from Lenovo, I've tried the latest drivers > from NVidia and neither seem to have an impact. > > Any ideas? I hate to say it but I've become addicted to Aero Peek. > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
