Windows 7 : How to Turn On and Enable Aero in Windows 7 (Enable Aero Peek)

Windows Aero features in Windows 7 has been greatly enhanced and improved with new features such as Aero Peek.if the PC’s display card satisfy the minimum requirement to run Windows Aero, which appears to be not much different to what’s required in Windows Vista - 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, 1 GB (gigabyte) of RAM memory and a DirectX 9 compatible GPU with a minimum of 128 MB of Video RAM, installed with Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver - Windows 7 will automatically enable and turn on Aero upon installation.

Another way to know if your Windows 7 system supports Aero or not is to look at Windows Experience Index score. The score (both base score and subscore for graphics component) should be equal or higher than 3.0 for Aero to work.

1. Make sure that Windows Experience Index has been calculated and computed.

2. Click on Start menu.

3. Type the following text into the Start Search box:

4. Click on a search result listing under Control Panel group that named as the following:

5. An “Aero - Troubleshoot computer problems” wizard dialog will appear. Click on Next button.

6. The troubleshooting wizard will try to detect any problem by running a series of checks against various components required to make Aero works and running, the wizard will attempt to fix the issues related to Aero service and restart the Aero feature.

If everything fails, try the hack to force enable Windows Aero in Windows 7.[Via Digital Life]