Gaming Windows 7

[ShadowLink92]

I have Windows 7 Home Premium and I can't get Aero to work, no matter where I search online. I was hoping somebody could help me.

 

[murkurie]

Install graphics drivers? right click desktop, personalization, choose one of the aero themes

 

[Scorpei]

First hit on google:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/12/17/f...-graphics-card/

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

pretty funny, you want Aero running on a laptop. Aero eats through battery life faster and people want to turn it off instead.

 

[SixtySixHundred]

Doesn't aero require 128MB Video RAM? Do you meet the requirements?

Also, it really isn't worth it. At all. What how_do_i_do_that said is true. All my Win7 using friends hate it, especially Laptop users.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

There is a aero app that turns it off if your on battery power and turns it on when your plugged in ac. I don't remember where to download it again. You might be able to google it if your interested in it.

Aero on win7, it's process was moved from the GPU to the CPU. The downside is it eats 128-256MB of RAM to run. A far cry from Vista's version that demands you have the GPU processes aero.

 

[ShadowLink92]

I have 512 MB RAM and I'm running Win7 on an old Insignia computer.

My graphics card is VGA and I don't know how to update that one. I like Aero because everybody else in my family has it but in Windows Vista, and it looks so cool+the effects.

 

[hullo8d]

512MB RAM+Windows7+Aero= fucking hell

 

[0ddity]

I think a bunch of you are just ragging on it because you don't have it, or something. Aero, is using 39MB on my laptop right now, even on full performance, I get over 3 hours of battery life. And this comment:

"There is a aero app that turns it off if your on battery power and turns it on when your plugged in ac. I don't remember where to download it again. You might be able to google it if your interested in it."

is ridiculous. Windows 7 turns off aero by itself when using power saving options.

 

[hullo8d]

I think a bunch of you are just ragging on it because you don't have it, or something. Aero, is using 39MB on my laptop right now, even on full performance, I get over 3 hours of battery life. And this comment:

"There is a aero app that turns it off if your on battery power and turns it on when your plugged in ac. I don't remember where to download it again. You might be able to google it if your interested in it."

is ridiculous. Windows 7 turns off aero by itself when using power saving options.

Yeah I kind of jumped the gun on the Aero's RAM usage, but still Aero is a resource hog.

ShadowLink provide more detailed spec or at least your computers's model.

 

[0ddity]

How is it a resource hog? I have multiple windows open, with transparency and drop shadows, and it's not going over 45MB and 1% cpu when dragging windows around. ONE chrome tab is using 94 MB and I have a few open. Don't equate hardware requirements with actual system usage of resources. With DWM.exe and explorer.exe, it's using about 100MB of ram, and only 1% of CPU when I do stuff, I've had XP explorer.exe's use more than that.

 

[hullo8d]

Well then you must have a decent GPU.

In ShadowLinks case he probably has some shitty intergrated one, and Aero will take it toll on his CPU to make up for the GPU. Also he's running Windows 7 on 512MB which probably isn't the best combination.

 

[0ddity]

Well then you must have a decent GPU.

In ShadowLinks case he probably has some shitty intergrated one, and Aero will take it toll on his CPU to make up for the GPU. Also he's running Windows 7 on 512MB which probably isn't the best combination.

That's true, when it comes to Aero, and W7, more is better. If you exceed the recommended requirements, W7 is very fast. If you don't, it can be fast, if you turn off all the fancy GUI bell's and whistles, but that's to be expected. I have a Core i5 with a Radeon 4650 HD M, so it's not a problem.

 

[impizkit]

Also he's running Windows 7 on 512MB which probably isn't the best combination.

This was my thoughts. I thought that for good/decent performance, you need 2 GB RAM for windows 7.

 

[ShadowLink92]

I saw a video on youtube with Aero on a 512 MB RAM like mine. So I'm trying to figure out how to do it. I tried every possible thing I saw online and still no luck.

 

[hullo8d]

I saw a video on youtube with Aero on a 512 MB RAM like mine. So I'm trying to figure out how to do it. I tried every possible thing I saw online and still no luck.

All you have to do is believe.

 

[hullo8d]

Look since your so infatuated with Aero you should follow this guide

This will leave your computer vulnerable and make some thing stop working, so do it at your own risk.

http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm

This will leave your computer vulnerable and make some thing stop working, so do it at your own risk.

This gives you a run down of what windows 7 services are used for and how to tweak them out. Backup your Registry before you proceed. If you really are looking to get Aero working you should probably follow the Barebones section. This will leave your computer vulnerable and make some thing stop working, so do it at your own risk. That's pretty much the only shot you have to making Aero work as smooth as possible.

This will leave your computer vulnerable and make some thing stop working, so do it at your own risk.

To give you an idea of how much improvement this adds, my setting a pretty similar to the tweaked section and and my Comp is using 1GB of Memory and has 0% CPU Usage with an occasional 3-5% spike. I have Firefox running and Bitdefender Agent running in the background and I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

The program is called Aerofoil
http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/10/26/aerofoi...k-battery-life/

Your faith is misplaced if you put it into the power saving.

 

[ShadowLink92]

The program is called Aerofoil
http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/10/26/aerofoi...k-battery-life/

Your faith is misplaced if you put it into the power saving.

I got Aerofoil and enabled Glass, but nothing happened. Is there another way? And I never use power/screen savers.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

You have to be able to use aero. Aero will try to disable itself if your system is not capable.