The reason I’ve entitled this post “ How To
Enable And Use Windows 7 Aero Features “ is because when you first install windows 7 you may not have the Aero features enabled.
It turns out that by default, Windows 7 is set to automatically adjust its Aero effects based on your systems windows experience index rating. If you have just installed Windows 7 you will need to run this by going to
Control Panel -> System and Security -> System and also make sure you have the drivers for your graphics card installed
Sometimes you may only have partial Aero effects. This can be because Windows may not think your machine is powerful enough to run these effects without affecting performance.
If this is happening to you, and you don’t mind about a possible slight slow down on performance you can force enable them -
1.Go to
Control Panel -> System and Security -> System
2.Click on advanced system settings on the left and then performance settings.
3.Under the visual effects tab you should see that the option “ Let windows choose what’s best for my computer “ is by default checked.
4.Below it you should see a list of visual effects, some of which will be unchecked if you are not experiencing the full range of Aero features.
5.Select the custom option and then select all the effects from the list below it. Hit apply and ok and you should have all the Aero effects enabled.
"We the People are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts--not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." Abraham Lincoln
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