Comments on: Themes

By: remixedcat

remixedcat — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:06:10 +0000

no probz

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:13:25 +0000

Thanks alot man!!!

By: remixedcat

remixedcat — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:21:40 +0000

oh also make sure you use the latest converter from sawo! I used 1.2

By: remixedcat

remixedcat — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:41:22 +0000

the themeux works for sp2. just replace the original files (if you upgraded to SP2 after applying the patch) using the “take ownership” command on this site. Replace them with the backups provided, use the converter to patch the files, reboot, and you have a SP2 themeux!

By: Serbian

Serbian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:49:12 +0000

If by not having Aero we are losing a lot of hidden performance indeed, then perhaps some good soul can come up with the exact list of dll-s and registry edits that would allow us to get all that performance without having to endure Aero’s fluff and bugs that is ).

Give me a lean Aero with thin borders and title bars which is not going to “forget” that I want my file windows to default to narrow view for good and not crash apps with “composer” and I’ll give it a try.

Till such time ) just a pack of nicely colored skins from XP would do just fine (XP skins can be very light when done right).

By: Niu_gp

Niu_gp — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:37:54 +0000

I have server 2k8R2 RC 64bits, and I folow all steps to enable aero themes but wen I try config it I receive that message: “The system administrator disabled the Initialization Video Control Panel”. Any solution? tanks in advance.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Would this work over RDP?

Arris: Yes: (currently) using a workaround! See this topic at the forum for more information.

By: mk262

mk262 — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:25:39 +0000

Is a patched uxtheme for SP2 out yet?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:00:04 +0000

thanks works great

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:43:10 +0000

Thanks a million

By: BPC

BPC — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:59:43 +0000

First off, this info is great. However I am experiencing an issue that is pretty odd... I have a Dell D830 with an NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M Video Card. I installed the NVIDIA Vista 64bit driver and I can't select 32 bit color... only 16 bit. I also can't adjust the hardware acceleration. By not being able to do this is hindering the ability to turn on a lot of the aero features. Has anyone seen such a thing? Arris: Sounds like a driver problem but you mentioned that you already have installed a driver for your GPU. Maybe you can try the latest beta and also update the drivers of your other devices if possible?

By: Carlos Castillo (R.D.)

Carlos Castillo (R.D.) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:17:25 +0000

Muchas gracias, me fue de gran ayuda, actualmente estoy usando el windows server 2008 enterprise, me lo encuentro genial, es ideal para mi porque trabajo por programas de diseño que me exigen tener el maximo de la pc, pero con esta guia, se puede poner un poco atractivo tambien…

Pasen buenas….

By: Siege

Siege — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:36:55 +0000

Hi, I was wandering if it is possible to install Desktop Experience without the unessecary programs, because I am just internested in the Aero Theme but not the other programs. Thanks for reply Arris: More people have asked this, but I don't think there is a solution yet.

By: Ross-X

Ross-X — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:55:08 +0000

(sorry for my very uncorrect english language) Hi! Does any method or possibility to selecting some theme features and not at all? Enabling "themes" i wish i want only AERO, MediaPlayer with AVI support and Character Map but i don't want the rest of the supported features. Is there some possibility to do it? Hope i'm correctly explain... In every case Thank You very much. Arris: More people have asked this, but I don't think there is a solution yet.

By: Roman

Roman — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:52:18 +0000

I too have experienced innstalling Desktop Experiience commponent and not getting Aero in the sellect list. To avoid this situation, make sure that: 1. The very 1st thing you do after the server OS installation is to install the Desktop Experiience commponent and allow your server to reboot and finish the component installation. Do this before installing video card driver !!! 2. Enable the Themes service 3. With the Desktop Experiience installed and Themes service turned on, install your video card driver and reboot. 4. Now go to Control Panel > Classic View > Personalize > Aero +-+-+-+ If you don't have Aero and don't want to reinstall server, then do the same as for Vista Basic, google search it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:06:13 +0000

I am using a crappy Intel 945GM video card, how can I enable aero on this?

The drivers don’t work correctly.

Please email me if you discover a solution at

jnthan-chan*gmail-com
replace – with .
replace * with @

Arris: Here is an article how to force to use Aero: My Digital Life – Force Enable Windows Aero Glass or WDM on Unsupported and WDDM-Incomptible Graphics Card

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:44:52 +0000

I also have the same issue..

I have a a Nvidia GeForce 8600GT card – as soon as I enable Aero, the screen is REALLY slow scrolling – everything – if I disable – all is perfect. Use it on a Zeon Quad Core processor – so the PC is there.

Any ideas?

By: Vista / Server 2008 ROCKS!!!

Vista / Server 2008 ROCKS!!! — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:10:03 +0000

Any ideas?

Arris: There are more people with this problem. See this topic at the forum for more information.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:39:25 +0000

Awesome!
Thanks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:08:40 +0000

I only get translucent selection rectangle in Explorer. How do you enable it for the desktop? And translucent background for desktop icon selection too?