enable transparent glass option not working

Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

I'm sorry for the 3 repeated posts... i don't know what went wrong.
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"ALAL" wrote:

Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

Just to say that my ATI X600 has 64MB. I've read in some places that you need at least 128MB of video mem to run the full Aero experience. In other places i've read that you need at least 64MB but it's recommended to have 128MB of video mem. So wich of the statments is correct?
"ALAL" wrote:

Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

Is it Direct X 9 complient card that has driver that supports (WDDM) Windows Display Driver Model? Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) > System > Advance Settings > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand Display. If you don't see WDDM beside it, your card does have a WDDM driver installed. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message

Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

Hi Andre,
There is no WDDM beside of the graphic card driver. But I download the latest drivers from ATI for Vista Beta 2 (dated 24 May 2006). ATI site says that driver is LDDM and my graphic card is on the supported list. Here it is the link from ATI: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933
Can I do anything to update my driver for WDDM? ATI X600 with 64MB fully support Aero Glass? Or do I need at least 128MB? Thank you. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Is it Direct X 9 complient card that has driver that supports (WDDM) Windows Display Driver Model? Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) > System Advance Settings > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand Display. If you don't see WDDM beside it, your card does have a WDDM driver installed. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

LDDM is the same WDDM, just that changed the L to W after they renamed Longhorn Windows Vista. It should support Glass, but only at a resolution of 1024 by 768. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message

Hi Andre,
There is no WDDM beside of the graphic card driver. But I download the latest drivers from ATI for Vista Beta 2 (dated 24 May 2006). ATI site says that driver is LDDM and my graphic card is on the supported list. Here it is the link from ATI: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933
Can I do anything to update my driver for WDDM? ATI X600 with 64MB fully support Aero Glass? Or do I need at least 128MB? Thank you. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it Direct X 9 complient card that has driver that supports (WDDM) Windows Display Driver Model? Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) > System Advance Settings > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand Display. If you don't see WDDM beside it, your card does have a WDDM driver installed. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

I've re-installed the drivers from ATI and now it works only at a max resolution of 1440x900 32bit. But everytime I restart Vista it keeps changing the resolution for the max resolution possible (1680x1050)! And of course at this resolution I can't get the Glass effect. Is there any way to force the resolution not to change when the system restarts? I've checked Display Settings and ATI and it's correctly configured for 1440x900 but everytime I restart the resolution changes for the max!
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

LDDM is the same WDDM, just that changed the L to W after they renamed Longhorn Windows Vista. It should support Glass, but only at a resolution of 1024 by 768. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hi Andre,
There is no WDDM beside of the graphic card driver. But I download the latest drivers from ATI for Vista Beta 2 (dated 24 May 2006). ATI site says that driver is LDDM and my graphic card is on the supported list. Here it is the link from ATI: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933
Can I do anything to update my driver for WDDM? ATI X600 with 64MB fully support Aero Glass? Or do I need at least 128MB? Thank you. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it Direct X 9 complient card that has driver that supports (WDDM) Windows Display Driver Model? Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) > System Advance Settings > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand Display. If you don't see WDDM beside it, your card does have a WDDM driver installed. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

Maybe thats because it is "not a supported" resolution. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message

I've re-installed the drivers from ATI and now it works only at a max resolution of 1440x900 32bit. But everytime I restart Vista it keeps changing the resolution for the max resolution possible (1680x1050)! And of course at this resolution I can't get the Glass effect. Is there any way to force the resolution not to change when the system restarts? I've checked Display Settings and ATI and it's correctly configured for 1440x900 but everytime I restart the resolution changes for the max!
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
LDDM is the same WDDM, just that changed the L to W after they renamed Longhorn Windows Vista. It should support Glass, but only at a resolution of 1024 by 768. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hi Andre,
There is no WDDM beside of the graphic card driver. But I download the latest drivers from ATI for Vista Beta 2 (dated 24 May 2006). ATI site says that driver is LDDM and my graphic card is on the supported list. Here it is the link from ATI: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933
Can I do anything to update my driver for WDDM? ATI X600 with 64MB fully support Aero Glass? Or do I need at least 128MB? Thank you. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it Direct X 9 complient card that has driver that supports (WDDM) Windows Display Driver Model? Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) System Advance Settings > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand Display. If you don't see WDDM beside it, your card does have a WDDM driver installed. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.

I don't think that is true. Because the glass effect only work at a max resolution of 1440x900. When I enter Vista I change the resolution from 1650x1050 (max resolution possible on the laptop) to 1440x900. But when I restart the computer Vista changes to 1650x1050! (?!?!?) Another strange thing is that I can only change the display setting thru the ATI Control Panel and not from Windows display settings... Isn't this strange? I understand that both things are at a beta stage (ATI drivers and Vista) :-) but... !
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Maybe thats because it is "not a supported" resolution. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message I've re-installed the drivers from ATI and now it works only at a max resolution of 1440x900 32bit. But everytime I restart Vista it keeps changing the resolution for the max resolution possible (1680x1050)! And of course at this resolution I can't get the Glass effect. Is there any way to force the resolution not to change when the system restarts? I've checked Display Settings and ATI and it's correctly configured for 1440x900 but everytime I restart the resolution changes for the max!
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
LDDM is the same WDDM, just that changed the L to W after they renamed Longhorn Windows Vista. It should support Glass, but only at a resolution of 1024 by 768. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hi Andre,
There is no WDDM beside of the graphic card driver. But I download the latest drivers from ATI for Vista Beta 2 (dated 24 May 2006). ATI site says that driver is LDDM and my graphic card is on the supported list. Here it is the link from ATI: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=19933
Can I do anything to update my driver for WDDM? ATI X600 with 64MB fully support Aero Glass? Or do I need at least 128MB? Thank you. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it Direct X 9 complient card that has driver that supports (WDDM) Windows Display Driver Model? Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) System Advance Settings > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand Display. If you don't see WDDM beside it, your card does have a WDDM driver installed. -- -- 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
"ALAL" wrote in message Hello. I've installed Vista build 5384 on my laptop. Everything went fine except that I can't activate the "enable transparent glass" option in Visual Appearance. The option is available for select but when I select it and then press OK button nothing happeans. I've got the latest graphic card drivers. I know that I have a capable graphic card (ATI X600). Any ideas?
Thanks.