Windows 7 Aero not working on Dell Deminsion 4600

[Fireguns]

i went and deleted my windows xp on my hard drive but my computer can not get aero working i tried watching videos online how to fix it and not working and many people have the same problem that i have with the same computer and none of them could get it fixed only one person did by buying a new graphics card and i do not have the money to do that right now and my graphics card is a intel 865G graphics card family and windows 7 is just not windows 7 with out it so can some one please help me

 

[Havoc]

Unless you can find the right driver, then the only way to have Aero is with a new card..
But you can get a program called AVG optimizer, in this program it has a theme styler which you can change your taskbar colors...Also Tuneup 2012/2013 will work..

 

[Shane]

I do believe there is a way to "Force" aero on...but doing this i bet the system would become very very slugish.
your system is quite dated,It doesn't have a dedicated Graphics card,Only Integrated.

The only thing would be to pick up a cheap used AGP card on Ebay,The problem is though your system only has a 250W Power supply so you have to watch what card your putting in.

I know AERO worked on Windows 7 with my a ATI 9600 Pro 256mb.

 

[spirit]

Only works if you have a graphics card which is strong enough to run it. Integrated graphics on older computer cannot run it, sorry.

 

[Fireguns]

i know my computer is made in 2004 and the graphics card is in the motherboard and i can't get aero working and there is no way of forcing it so i will just save up my money and buy a new graphics card that is pci compatible i will maby find one at bookmans for 15 bucks so i was just seeing if it was possible to run it on my card which it doesn't so thanks for letting me know guys.

 

[johnb35]

Here are the requirements to run Aero.



Below are the areo hardware requirements.

1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

Aero also requires a DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports a Windows Display Driver Model Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.

For best results, you might also want to follow these graphics processor recommendations:

64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution that is less than 1,310,720 pixels (for example, a 17–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has a 1280 × 1024 resolution)

128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 21.1–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 1600 × 1200 resolution)

256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution greater than 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 30–inch wide-screen flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 2560 × 1600 resolution)

Taken from this site. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-desktop/f731d7e2-8731-438a-a839-011597d8099a

Your old dell probably only has 8 mb of video memory onboard if that.

 

[Fireguns]

ya it boots up fast and works pretty fast and i took a look at the graphics card memory and it is 64mb and the computer says the card can support aero but the driver is not wmmd compatible and i need to get a compatible driver so i am stuck on the basic theme and my graphics card can go up to 1600 x 1200 resolution but my monitor is 1280 x 1024 resolution so i know the aero will work the machine says it self so i maby need to contact dell and see that got a driver or they maby will make me a custom driver

 

[Fireguns]

it is actually 96mb of video ram

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

Here you go:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/hack-to-force-enable-aero-in-windows-7/

 

[Fireguns]

thanks for trying to help S.T.A.R.S. but i already went there and done that to my computer and still not working my graphics card is above the minimum sys requerments to run windows 7 aero but i need to get a wdm compatible driver for my system and dell does not have it to give you a clue aero works just fine in windows vista

 

[spirit]

Well if you can't obtain a WDM driver then your graphics are clearly not compatible with it are they?

You actually need 128MB of graphics RAM anyway http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-desktop/f731d7e2-8731-438a-a839-011597d8099a

 

[Fireguns]

hey spirit read the whole thing it says for a monitor with less than 1,310,720 pixel the minimum is 64mb of video ram so i am above the minimum but ya i can't find a wdm driver for my driver but the thing i still can't get is that windows vista works with aero just fine with my graphics card but 7 doesn't so there has to be a driver wdm driver out there for my computer

 

[Shane]

i know my computer is made in 2004 and the graphics card is in the motherboard and i can't get aero working and there is no way of forcing it so i will just save up my money and buy a new graphics card that is pci compatible i will maby find one at bookmans for 15 bucks so i was just seeing if it was possible to run it on my card which it doesn't so thanks for letting me know guys.

As far as im aware,and if i seen the correct system specs from your model..your system only has PCI (Not Pci-e) and only AGP 8X...you would want an AGP card.

Something along the lines of Ati 9600/Nvidia 6600GT..which both should handle Aero and you should be able to pick them up pretty cheap on Ebay.

But like i said before,you will need to make sure your Power supply is up to the job of handling a better graphics card,Which i doubt it would be.

 

[Fireguns]

ya shane i saw some put a video on youtube of the same computer model of mine using windows 7 and they were using some sort of geforce graphics card he put on there my card has 96mb of video ram and aero works just fine on vista but i know many people have the same computer as me and the same problem and i just don't want to spend any all because microsoft doesn't want to support a driver for a computer only 5 years older than the os.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

You can download a program called True Transparency.This program was designed for Windows XP and Windows Vista,but it also enables a pseudo Windows 7 Aero theme.Normally it comes with the Windows 7 transformation pack,but you will not be able to use the Windows 7 transformation pack on Windows 7 for obvious reasons.You can always try of course.However you can use the individual programs in the pack such as True Transparency,ViGlance,ViStart,WinFlip and the Rainbar programs.