You might try putting everything back except for Quicktime.
I think Quicktime has been isolated as a culprit in this issue already. You
could look it up in earlier posts.



"Jordzach" <Jordzach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4116ED2-EFDA-4574-9232-133DA08FBA54@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi I called Dell support and they walked me thru this. I had to go to my
> start menu and type in MSCONFIG in the search box. A box will pop up and
> you
> should click on the tab that says STARTUP. From there I unchecked
> everything
> that I loaded on my computer or things that were not critical for the
> startup. My digital camera crap was there, adobe, google desktop, AOL,
> quicktime. My rep said that none of this has to do with the startup so it
> won't hurt anything to uncheck it. I rebooted and my flip 3d was back.
> All
> of the junk was some how interferring with AERO loading (Don't ask me
> how).
> Anyway I hope this helps someone.
>
> "Jordzach" wrote:
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>> Has anyone else had the problem, where although you are clicking on Aero
>> it
>> reverts back to Windows Vista Basic and does not switch over. When I hit
>> apply and then OK it acts like it is changing but as soon as I close and
>> open
>> back up it is back on Windows VISTA basic.[/color][/color]