I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
have any thoughts on this?

How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
does it have?

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:02 -0700, Jerilyn
<Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
>compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
>largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
>Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
>have any thoughts on this?[/color]
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MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
[url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]

I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows XP
already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd hard
drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so far
but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere in
this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:
[color=blue]
> How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
> does it have?
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:02 -0700, Jerilyn
> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
> >desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
> >compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
> >largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
> >Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
> >have any thoughts on this?[/color]
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>[/color]

Aero requirements:

Check that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements for running
Aero:

1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

Aero also requires a DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports a Windows
Display Driver Model Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per
pixel.

For best results, you might also want to follow these graphics processor
recommendations:

64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution that is
less than 1,310,720 pixels (for example, a 17-inch flat panel LCD monitor that
has a 1280 × 1024 resolution)

128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution from
1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 21.1-inch flat panel LCD monitor
that has up to a 1600 × 1200 resolution)

256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution greater
than 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 30-inch wide-screen flat panel LCD monitor
that has up to a 2560 × 1600 resolution)



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"Jerilyn" <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3B4FA68-A65A-4C4B-8EB2-33122B6D90DB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows XP
> already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd hard
> drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so far
> but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
> GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere in
> this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.
>
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
>> does it have?
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:02 -0700, Jerilyn
>> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>> >desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
>> >compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
>> >largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
>> >Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
>> >have any thoughts on this?[/color]
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
>> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>>[/color][/color]

the 5200 should be ok, but you need a gig of memory on the computer.
if you upgrade the 512 to 1gb, it will most likely work.

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:50:01 -0700, Jerilyn
<Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows XP
>already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd hard
>drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so far
>but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
>GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere in
>this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
>> does it have?
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:02 -0700, Jerilyn
>> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>> >desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
>> >compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
>> >largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
>> >Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
>> >have any thoughts on this?[/color]
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
>> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>>[/color][/color]
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
[url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]

You also have to have 128MB of memory onboard your 5200 card in order for
Aero to work.

"Barb Bowman" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:3dl073lf5l9o91giljgk513rt2dck9aquk@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> the 5200 should be ok, but you need a gig of memory on the computer.
> if you upgrade the 512 to 1gb, it will most likely work.
>
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:50:01 -0700, Jerilyn
> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows
>>XP
>>already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd
>>hard
>>drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so
>>far
>>but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
>>GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere
>>in
>>this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.
>>
>>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
>>> does it have?
>>>
>>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:02 -0700, Jerilyn
>>> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>>> >desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers
>>> >are not
>>> >compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the
>>> >world's
>>> >largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just
>>> >installed
>>> >Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to.
>>> >Anyone
>>> >have any thoughts on this?
>>> --
>>>
>>> Barb Bowman
>>> MS Windows-MVP
>>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
>>> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>>>[/color][/color]
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url][/color]

searching on the Sony site for PCV 1132 produced 6 or so models.
Looking at the specs, the 5200 cards in them did have 128 megs.
[url]http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-find.pl?mdl=pcv1132[/url]


On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:16:26 -0700, "JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote:
[color=blue]
>You also have to have 128MB of memory onboard your 5200 card in order for
>Aero to work.
>
>"Barb Bowman" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:3dl073lf5l9o91giljgk513rt2dck9aquk@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> the 5200 should be ok, but you need a gig of memory on the computer.
>> if you upgrade the 512 to 1gb, it will most likely work.
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:50:01 -0700, Jerilyn
>> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows
>>>XP
>>>already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd
>>>hard
>>>drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so
>>>far
>>>but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
>>>GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere
>>>in
>>>this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.
>>>
>>>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>>>
>>>> How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
>>>> does it have?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:44:02 -0700, Jerilyn
>>>> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>>>> >desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers
>>>> >are not
>>>> >compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the
>>>> >world's
>>>> >largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just
>>>> >installed
>>>> >Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to.
>>>> >Anyone
>>>> >have any thoughts on this?
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Barb Bowman
>>>> MS Windows-MVP
>>>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>>>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
>>>> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>>>>[/color]
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
>> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url][/color][/color]
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
[url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]

Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of memory.
I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!

"Jerilyn" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
> desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
> compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
> largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
> Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
> have any thoughts on this?[/color]

what version Nvidia video driver are you using?

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:06:03 -0700, Jerilyn
<Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of memory.
>I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
>they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
>Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!
>
>"Jerilyn" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>> desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
>> compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
>> largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
>> Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
>> have any thoughts on this?[/color][/color]
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
[url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]

Also is your MOBO BIOS up to date?

"Barb Bowman" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:sjo473lg4ldba3ughasm6hnadtfgsoujfa@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> what version Nvidia video driver are you using?
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:06:03 -0700, Jerilyn
> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of
>>memory.
>>I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
>>they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
>>Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!
>>
>>"Jerilyn" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>>> desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are
>>> not
>>> compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the
>>> world's
>>> largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just
>>> installed
>>> Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to.
>>> Anyone
>>> have any thoughts on this?[/color][/color]
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url][/color]

I have spent some time with Microsoft trying to resolve this issue. It took
forever but finally my call was upgraded to Windows Vista Research. It turns
out that Microsoft has all kinds of Vista drivers for different hardware. We
managed to get Aero to work by deleting the NVidia driver from my device
list. After that, we opted to search for new device drivers which goes out
to Microsoft's web site and downloads it to your PC. After this, it worked.
They recommended "not" using the one from NVidia.


"Barb Bowman" wrote:
[color=blue]
> what version Nvidia video driver are you using?
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:06:03 -0700, Jerilyn
> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of memory.
> >I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
> >they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
> >Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!
> >
> >"Jerilyn" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
> >> desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
> >> compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
> >> largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
> >> Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
> >> have any thoughts on this?[/color][/color]
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>[/color]

I'm glad you got this to work (this is why I asked which driver you
were using). Nvidia video drivers seem quite temperamental.

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:24:04 -0700, Jerilyn
<Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have spent some time with Microsoft trying to resolve this issue. It took
>forever but finally my call was upgraded to Windows Vista Research. It turns
>out that Microsoft has all kinds of Vista drivers for different hardware. We
>managed to get Aero to work by deleting the NVidia driver from my device
>list. After that, we opted to search for new device drivers which goes out
>to Microsoft's web site and downloads it to your PC. After this, it worked.
>They recommended "not" using the one from NVidia.
>
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> what version Nvidia video driver are you using?
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:06:03 -0700, Jerilyn
>> <Jerilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of memory.
>> >I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
>> >they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
>> >Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!
>> >
>> >"Jerilyn" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
>> >> desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
>> >> compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
>> >> largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
>> >> Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
>> >> have any thoughts on this?[/color]
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
>> [url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]
>>[/color][/color]
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx[/url]
[url]http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/[/url]

"Jerilyn" wrote[color=blue]
>I have spent some time with Microsoft trying to resolve this issue. It
>took
> forever but finally my call was upgraded to Windows Vista Research. It
> turns
> out that Microsoft has all kinds of Vista drivers for different hardware.
> We
> managed to get Aero to work by deleting the NVidia driver from my device
> list. After that, we opted to search for new device drivers which goes
> out
> to Microsoft's web site and downloads it to your PC. After this, it
> worked.
> They recommended "not" using the one from NVidia.[/color]

Are you sure it wasn't an nVidia driver, but just a different version. What
shows in Device Manager for Driver provider the driver for the video card,
and what is the name of the driver file(s)? Hardware drivers are provided
by the device manufacturer, even the ones MS has.

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