will windows aero user interface work my pc

I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpquid.mspx -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message

I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Joe Ogiba wrote: | I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb | graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is | dual-channel memory required for Aero ? | | Joe
ATI claims somewhere that all ATI cards 9500 and up will support the Aero effects. Here my ATI 9250 doesn't, but my 9600se does. The Aero effects so far don't count for much. There's a slight translucency on the windows frames, a neat little WindowsKey + Tab which outdoes alt + tab .. but which is not significantly more useful than the XP Power Toy Alt + Tab replacement ... and that's about it so far .. even Microsft isn't bothering with Areo in the standard edition of Windows Vista so it can't be that important.
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"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message

I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.

It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)

Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?

No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
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Windows Vista Home Basic will use Aero Basic, you won't get certain effects though such as Live Thumbnail previews and the translucent window effects. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
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Joe Ogiba wrote: | I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb | graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is | dual-channel memory required for Aero ? | | Joe
ATI claims somewhere that all ATI cards 9500 and up will support the Aero effects. Here my ATI 9250 doesn't, but my 9600se does. The Aero effects so far don't count for much. There's a slight translucency on the windows frames, a neat little WindowsKey + Tab which outdoes alt + tab .. but which is not significantly more useful than the XP Power Toy Alt + Tab replacement .. and that's about it so far .. even Microsft isn't bothering with Areo in the standard edition of Windows Vista so it can't be that important.
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You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.
It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
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You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
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Thanks guys, the reason I asked about the dual channel memory requirements is it said the following on Dells website:" To run the Windows Vista Aero experience, Microsoft recommends: a.. A system with a dual core or Pentium - class processor b.. A minimum of 1GB or more of Dual Channel memory (two or more memory modules) or 512 MB of system memory PLUS a premium graphics card such as ATI or NVIDIA c.. A more fully featured system which can provide a richer experience" d.. http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/vista_pcs?c=us&l=en&s=gen
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You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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--: Original message follows :-- "Paul Smith" wrote in message "Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.
It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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From ATI: Product series supported: a.. Radeon® 9500, 9550, 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 b.. Radeon® X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 series c.. MobilityT Radeon® 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800 d.. MobilityT Radeon® X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800 e.. Radeon® Xpress 200, 200M f.. FireGLT V7350, V7300, V7100, V5100, V5000, V3200, V3100 g.. MobilityT FireGL® V5200, V5000, V3200, V3100 h.. FireMVT 2200 PCIE, FireMVT 2400 PCIE i.. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933 "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpquid.mspx -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Recommend is not minimun.
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to lose a war in Iraq http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/1335#comment-48641 ================================================"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message

Thanks guys, the reason I asked about the dual channel memory requirements is it said the following on Dells website:" To run the Windows Vista Aero experience, Microsoft recommends: a.. A system with a dual core or Pentium - class processor b.. A minimum of 1GB or more of Dual Channel memory (two or more memory modules) or 512 MB of system memory PLUS a premium graphics card such as ATI or NVIDIA c.. A more fully featured system which can provide a richer experience" d.. http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/vista_pcs?c=us&l=en&s=gen
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Is that "Vista Ready Graphics Cards" or cards which are compatible with the latest drivers? :o)
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From ATI: Product series supported: a.. Radeon® 9500, 9550, 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 b.. Radeon® X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 series c.. MobilityT Radeon® 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800 d.. MobilityT Radeon® X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800 e.. Radeon® Xpress 200, 200M f.. FireGLT V7350, V7300, V7100, V5100, V5000, V3200, V3100 g.. MobilityT FireGL® V5200, V5000, V3200, V3100 h.. FireMVT 2200 PCIE, FireMVT 2400 PCIE i.. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933 "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpquid.mspx -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Ooohh that makes sense. Funny that, I was thinking earlier on in the shower (strange I know) the difference between LDDM and WDDM and what WDDM actually stood for... but that makes much more sense!
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Actually, its "Windows Device Driver Model" now. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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--: Original message follows :-- "Paul Smith" wrote in message "Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.
It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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It's Catalyst Beta Driver for Windows Vista Build 5308


Feedback: a.. ATI Usability Feedback: This is your opportunity to provide us with feedback that will help improve software and driver usability
ATI is one of the first graphic providers to make a 64-bit driver that supports the Longhorn Display Driver Model (LDDM) - the Microsoft Vista revolutionary graphic driver standard - as well as the first to provide LDDM drivers for integrated graphics processors. By making LDDM drivers available more than a full year prior to Windows Vista release, ATI provides developers with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized platform for application development. ATI is also the first to provide Catalyst® Windows Vista driver feedback via our Catalyst® Crew Feedback program.
Instructions: a.. For detailed instructions on how to install this driver, please visit - "How to install Catalyst beta driver for Windows Vista build 5308" "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Is that "Vista Ready Graphics Cards" or cards which are compatible with the latest drivers? :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Joe Ogiba" wrote in message From ATI: Product series supported: a.. Radeon® 9500, 9550, 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 b.. Radeon® X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 series c.. MobilityT Radeon® 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800 d.. MobilityT Radeon® X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800 e.. Radeon® Xpress 200, 200M f.. FireGLT V7350, V7300, V7100, V5100, V5000, V3200, V3100 g.. MobilityT FireGL® V5200, V5000, V3200, V3100 h.. FireMVT 2200 PCIE, FireMVT 2400 PCIE i.. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933 "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpquid.mspx -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
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"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Try this one ;)
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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpquid.mspx ************** Tried it , = "We're sorry, but there is no Microsoft.com Web page that matches your entry." **************

-- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Try the upgrade advisor tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx
-- Peter Toronto, Canada 2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing) P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD "- Bobb -" wrote in message

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Yes, but you have ensure that your card has a supported WDDM (Windows Driver Display Model) with support for Direct X 9, with support for Shader 2.0 Pixel technologies. Dual Channel memory is not required.
But, for systems that use shared memory on integrated graphics chipsets, 1 GB of dual channel configured system memory (RAM) is required. The system system needs to have at least 512 MB of RAM Available for general system activities after graphics processing. You don't need to worry about this though.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpquid.mspx ************** Tried it , = "We're sorry, but there is no Microsoft.com Web page that matches your entry." **************

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"Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD. Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
Joe

Hello all. At one point, I saw Aero listed. And I was able to enable glass and change from Smoke to all the other options available. Now it's not there. Next to my video card, it says WDDM. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Actually, its "Windows Device Driver Model" now. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Some programs disable Glass while they are running. Close all programs and see if Glass returns.
"JeremyNebraska" wrote in message

Hello all. At one point, I saw Aero listed. And I was able to enable glass and change from Smoke to all the other options available. Now it's not there. Next to my video card, it says WDDM. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Actually, its "Windows Device Driver Model" now. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
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--: Original message follows :-- "Paul Smith" wrote in message "Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.
It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Yes sir, I do believe it worked. Thanks. :D
I'm really liking Vista. Thank you for the help.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Some programs disable Glass while they are running. Close all programs and see if Glass returns.
"JeremyNebraska" wrote in message Hello all. At one point, I saw Aero listed. And I was able to enable glass and change from Smoke to all the other options available. Now it's not there. Next to my video card, it says WDDM. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Actually, its "Windows Device Driver Model" now. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Paul Smith" wrote in message "Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.
It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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You're welcome.
btw, it was not the program that closed Glass but Glass detected a program that might cause problems and suspended itself.
"JeremyNebraska" wrote in message

Yes sir, I do believe it worked. Thanks. :D
I'm really liking Vista. Thank you for the help.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
Some programs disable Glass while they are running. Close all programs and see if Glass returns.
"JeremyNebraska" wrote in message Hello all. At one point, I saw Aero listed. And I was able to enable glass and change from Smoke to all the other options available. Now it's not there. Next to my video card, it says WDDM. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Actually, its "Windows Device Driver Model" now. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message You do have to be careful with drivers however. Ati is different from Nvidia I know, but updating my drivers to the correct LDDM drivers for my version of Vista screwed up the Aero Glass and removed the LDDM drivers.
Make sure there are compatible LDDM drivers as Andre said - should be OK after that. Check out this though:
Minimum requirements for Aero Glass: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/graphics/minimumreqglass
WinSAT Ratings explained: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/performance/performancerating
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Paul Smith" wrote in message "Joe Ogiba" wrote in message I have a 3000+ AMD Barton XP with 1.5GB DDR333, ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb graphic card and plan on putting Vista on a WD 150GB Raptor SATA HD.
It's certainly with in the specs. I'm considering installing the next drop of Vista on a machine with similar specs and the same graphics card this coming week - time will tell. 8-)
Is dual-channel memory required for Aero ?
No. Running on my current machine Athlon 64 3200, w/ 2GB of PC3200 (single channel, this is a Socket 754 board) and a Radeon 850XT PE great.
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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