Re: Aero Icons Missing From Quick Launch

Hi, Steve.

JW may be confusing video RAM requirements with system memory. See this page for the official word:
Troubleshoot problems with Windows Aero
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx#EQC

SOME of the requirements are:
• 1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

• 128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

My computer has an ATI Radeon X1600 Pro PCI-express card with 512 MB, plus 4 GB of system RAM. Its lowest WEI score is 4.6 for Graphics (Desktop performance for Windows Aero). I am not a gamer, and I'm very happy with that score. ;<)

RC
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"Steve Sohn" <SteveSohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42C0EDAA-80A0-4BAC-9FF0-DB7F5F0B095E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry, JW, you are wrong. My previous ATI X800 card had less than 512mb and I
had full Aero.

"JW" wrote:

Aero requires that your video card have 1GB of memory. Only the early Betas
of Vista supported Aero with only with 512 MB of memory.
"Steve Sohn" <SteveSohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F15D450D-5D12-47F9-80D1-65138FA86A2C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My video card died, and I had to use an old card with very limited > memory.
> The emergency card did not support Aero.
>
> I installed a new ATI card with 512 MB onboard memory (a Radeon > HD2600Pro
> AGP 8X card) which supports Vista.
>
> I got the Aero scheme back - transparency, etc., but the icons on the
> quick
> launch bar for 3D viewing of open windows or desktop are gone.
>
> Is there a way to get them back?

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