Hi thanks, the trouble shooting page worked, through an elimination process
it turned out to be 1 of 2 startup programs.
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MR


"Guy Thomas" wrote:
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> Dear Proud Potter
>
> I have a troubleshooting section on this page.
>
> [url]http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_aero_windows.htm[/url]
>
> A wild guess:
>
> sfc /scannow. If you try this, remember to launch the Command Prompt as an
> Administrator before you run sfc /scannow.
>
> Guy
>
> "proudpotter" <proudpotter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:72C8E32C-0DB0-4A6C-A1FE-C88F5D776272@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Please help, i was using vista home premium and all was well, then aero
> > stopped working. i have not knowingly changed anything. can any one please
> > help? i have tried resetting the properties to aero but it keeps
> > defaulting
> > back to windows basic.
> >
> > many thanks
> > --
> > MR[/color]
>
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