Where's Aero?

Yes - Control panel, system properties, Advanced, Visual effects, adjust for best appearance
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
    CPU
    AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
    Motherboard
    inbuilt
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
    Sound Card
    High Definition Audio on-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    notebook
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
    Skydrive 25GB
    BT Cloud
    PSU
    external 20v
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    pretty good
    Keyboard
    inbuilt
    Mouse
    touchpad
    Internet Speed
    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
    Browser
    Chrome Canary usually
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1
Looks great to me:

AERO.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Prenium 64bit sp1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    me
    CPU
    AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz (OC) @ 3.6GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2
    Memory
    4096MB RAM DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX HD 6870 1GB
    Sound Card
    (VIA High Definition Audio)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22 HD LED TV Polaroid and 17 LED Monitor Dual screen
    Screen Resolution
    Led tv(main) 1920x1080 60Hz /Monitor 1280x1024 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    500Gb western digital
    PSU
    CORSAIR CX600 600w
    Case
    AZZA gaming case with red led fans
    Cooling
    4fans and cool master hyper TX3 cpu cooler
    Keyboard
    Microsoft USB Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 (IntelliType Pro)
    Mouse
    G400 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    5.5mb
    Browser
    IE 10/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Comodo Internet Secuirty

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate/Windows 8.1/Linux
    CPU
    FX-8350
    Motherboard
    GA-990XA-UD3
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD7860
    Sound Card
    Xonar Essence STX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Various
    PSU
    Corsair HX 850W
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian
    Cooling
    Thermalright
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    50/50
    Browser
    firefox
That is windows 8.
lol really, how do you get the windows bar like in windows 7 style with the button and the more options instead of the start menu button that looks plain on the right side of the screen?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Prenium 64bit sp1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    me
    CPU
    AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz (OC) @ 3.6GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2
    Memory
    4096MB RAM DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX HD 6870 1GB
    Sound Card
    (VIA High Definition Audio)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22 HD LED TV Polaroid and 17 LED Monitor Dual screen
    Screen Resolution
    Led tv(main) 1920x1080 60Hz /Monitor 1280x1024 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    500Gb western digital
    PSU
    CORSAIR CX600 600w
    Case
    AZZA gaming case with red led fans
    Cooling
    4fans and cool master hyper TX3 cpu cooler
    Keyboard
    Microsoft USB Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 (IntelliType Pro)
    Mouse
    G400 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    5.5mb
    Browser
    IE 10/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Comodo Internet Secuirty
I think that my video card isn't powerful enough to play Aero.

For Windows 8, there is no such thing. (Well, maybe some 1980s solution hah.)

Aero works well on a machine I have with ATI IGP 9000! Talk about an oldie haha.

This is true with the Microsoft generic default driver or the specific XP driver for it installed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
Start Menu 7

It comes with an optional orb. Rt click the orb to select a skin for it. It takes a few mins , but soon it shoves the other taskbar items over .

Rt click the startmenu7 icon in notification area and select scale and skin.

Then fire up the menu drag the bottom edge down to the taskbar.

Add and remove items from it with the + or - buttons.

It is the best start menu I have seen.



That is windows 8.
lol really, how do you get the windows bar like in windows 7 style with the button and the more options instead of the start menu button that looks plain on the right side of the screen?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate/Windows 8.1/Linux
    CPU
    FX-8350
    Motherboard
    GA-990XA-UD3
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD7860
    Sound Card
    Xonar Essence STX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Various
    PSU
    Corsair HX 850W
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian
    Cooling
    Thermalright
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    50/50
    Browser
    firefox
What is not working ?

I have no problems with startmenu7.

I wasn't keen on Vistart - can't recall exactly why now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
I have problems with ViStart not startmenu7 ... :)

But I give it a try now (startmenu7) and seems to be very good.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
What is not working ?

I have no problems with startmenu7.

I wasn't keen on Vistart - can't recall exactly why now.


I tried it, but was disappointed that it had no right-click functionality (tho the programmer says it's coming).

Start Menu 7 has.

No contest.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit (7 Ult, Vista & XP in V-Box)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
    CPU
    Intel Sandy-Bridge i7-2670QM quad-core
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
    Sound Card
    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
    Hard Drives
    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
    Stock
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
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