I have recently run a free space wipe and when I switched the pc back on, I
have lost my aero appearance/taskbar, folders etc etc. The windows
background is there but I only have the basic windows classic (white..ish)
taskbar and not the transparent aero. Where has it gone? I have tried to
restore it from display settings but it wont load. How do I get it back?

"T5" <noanswer********.com> wrote:
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> I have recently run a free space wipe and when I switched the pc
> back on, I have lost my aero appearance/taskbar, folders etc etc.
> The windows background is there but I only have the basic windows
> classic (white..ish) taskbar and not the transparent aero. Where
> has it gone? I have tried to restore it from display settings but
> it wont load. How do I get it back?[/color]

Does your "free space wipe" (whatever that might be) have an undo
function? That might put things back as they were.

On Wed, 23 May 2007 14:13:07 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:
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>"T5" <noanswer********.com> wrote:
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>> I have recently run a free space wipe and when I switched the pc
>> back on, I have lost my aero appearance/taskbar, folders etc etc.
>> The windows background is there but I only have the basic windows
>> classic (white..ish) taskbar and not the transparent aero. Where
>> has it gone? I have tried to restore it from display settings but
>> it wont load. How do I get it back?[/color]
>
>Does your "free space wipe" (whatever that might be) have an undo
>function? That might put things back as they were.[/color]

You can't unring a bell. Free space is unallocated sectors on your
hard drive. These often have file fragements since Windows needs to
always fill up a sector when writing to your hard drive.

This is a HUGE security risk since the difference between the actual
file and the space used to store it (file slack) may contain anything.
By "wiping" free space you rewrite unallocated sectors with a pattern,
typically zeros and ones. This reduces the chances of somebody
snooping on your computer and pulling out stuff, like credit card
numbers or other personal data.

Why doing a wipe would alter Aero settings makes no sense. It sounds
like more than a simple wipe was preformed.

Try a restore point.

Problem fixed guys thx. I ran cmd as administrator and used the sfc /scannow
and it resolved the problem
"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 May 2007 14:13:07 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
> wrote:
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>>"T5" <noanswer********.com> wrote:
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>>> I have recently run a free space wipe and when I switched the pc
>>> back on, I have lost my aero appearance/taskbar, folders etc etc.
>>> The windows background is there but I only have the basic windows
>>> classic (white..ish) taskbar and not the transparent aero. Where
>>> has it gone? I have tried to restore it from display settings but
>>> it wont load. How do I get it back?[/color]
>>
>>Does your "free space wipe" (whatever that might be) have an undo
>>function? That might put things back as they were.[/color]
>
> You can't unring a bell. Free space is unallocated sectors on your
> hard drive. These often have file fragements since Windows needs to
> always fill up a sector when writing to your hard drive.
>
> This is a HUGE security risk since the difference between the actual
> file and the space used to store it (file slack) may contain anything.
> By "wiping" free space you rewrite unallocated sectors with a pattern,
> typically zeros and ones. This reduces the chances of somebody
> snooping on your computer and pulling out stuff, like credit card
> numbers or other personal data.
>
> Why doing a wipe would alter Aero settings makes no sense. It sounds
> like more than a simple wipe was preformed.
>
> Try a restore point.
>
>[/color]

"T5" <noanswer********.com> wrote:
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> Problem fixed guys thx. I ran cmd as administrator and used the
> sfc /scannow and it resolved the problem[/color]

Glad it's fixed and thanks for letting us know.