Animate Min/Max windows turns itself off

Hmm, the only things I've been running are the following (Only installed
Vista 64-bit Ultimate 2 days ago):
Yahoo messenger 9 beta
Ventrilo
IE7
MS Word 2007
World of Warcraft
DivX Web Player

Thats it. If its a program thats inteferring, it seems to take a while to
shut down aero. Although it doesnt actually disable aero, just the
animation. I still have aero on (transparent glass windows and all that).

This issue is getting incredibly annoying. I thought I had found a fix
disabling the side bar but the problem reappeared an hour later with just the
same programs on.

"Spirit" wrote:

> Some programs cause Aero to be turned off and that is probably what you
> are experiencing. Some games and graphics programs are usual suspects.
>
> Some of these set it up in Program Compatiability.
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/easily-disable-vistas-aer...efore-r
>
> Turn Aero on and off easily.
>
> http://techlogg.com/content/view/110/35/
>
>
> "Q" <Q.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:15E3EAE9-C1AC-4C7D-8374-A82AB65D80E3@microsoft.com...
> > Using the windows Aero theme with all visual effects on. My computer
> > scores
> > 5.9 across the board (except 5.7 in cpu and hard drive...) in Vista
> > Experince
> > so I should be able to handle everything Vista throws at me.
> >
> > My problem is that Vista turns off the Min/Max animation occasionally and
> > I
> > have no idea why. I can go back in to performance>visual effects and see
> > that its still checked. Clicking apply again will restore the animations.
> >
> > Specs:
> > Intel E8400 3GHZ
> > 4GB RAM
> > eVGA 8800GT 512mb
> > Samsung Spinpoint T166
>
>
>

Could be a driver problem too.... keep your eyes open for updates and
read info about current driver at maker's site.

"Q" <Q.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82F8A145-FF02-4332-A757-F44B152A3380@microsoft.com...
> Hmm, the only things I've been running are the following (Only installed
> Vista 64-bit Ultimate 2 days ago):
> Yahoo messenger 9 beta
> Ventrilo
> IE7
> MS Word 2007
> World of Warcraft
> DivX Web Player
>
> Thats it. If its a program thats inteferring, it seems to take a while to
> shut down aero. Although it doesnt actually disable aero, just the
> animation. I still have aero on (transparent glass windows and all that).
>
> This issue is getting incredibly annoying. I thought I had found a fix
> disabling the side bar but the problem reappeared an hour later with just
> the
> same programs on.
>
> "Spirit" wrote:
>
>> Some programs cause Aero to be turned off and that is probably what you
>> are experiencing. Some games and graphics programs are usual suspects.
>>
>> Some of these set it up in Program Compatiability.
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/easily-disable-vistas-aer...efore-r
>>
>> Turn Aero on and off easily.
>>
>> http://techlogg.com/content/view/110/35/
>>
>>
>> "Q" <Q.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:15E3EAE9-C1AC-4C7D-8374-A82AB65D80E3@microsoft.com...
>> > Using the windows Aero theme with all visual effects on. My computer
>> > scores
>> > 5.9 across the board (except 5.7 in cpu and hard drive...) in Vista
>> > Experince
>> > so I should be able to handle everything Vista throws at me.
>> >
>> > My problem is that Vista turns off the Min/Max animation occasionally
>> > and
>> > I
>> > have no idea why. I can go back in to performance>visual effects and
>> > see
>> > that its still checked. Clicking apply again will restore the
>> > animations.
>> >
>> > Specs:
>> > Intel E8400 3GHZ
>> > 4GB RAM
>> > eVGA 8800GT 512mb
>> > Samsung Spinpoint T166
>>
>>
>>

Alright I tried updating to the latest nvidia betas and still the same thing.

I've checked the event log and I'm getting this:
The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because composition was
disabled by a running application

and:

A request to disable the Desktop Window Manager was made by process (World
of Warcraft)

I noticed this probelm would occur when I alt tab a lot. After a while, it
will just stop animating.

However, I've seen this problem occur outside of WoW. Possibly during video
playback while surfing the web.

I would like a fix for this problem as it is quite annoying. I rather like
the animations and would like them to stay working.

"Spirit" wrote:

> Could be a driver problem too.... keep your eyes open for updates and
> read info about current driver at maker's site.
>
> "Q" <Q.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:82F8A145-FF02-4332-A757-F44B152A3380@microsoft.com...
> > Hmm, the only things I've been running are the following (Only installed
> > Vista 64-bit Ultimate 2 days ago):
> > Yahoo messenger 9 beta
> > Ventrilo
> > IE7
> > MS Word 2007
> > World of Warcraft
> > DivX Web Player
> >
> > Thats it. If its a program thats inteferring, it seems to take a while to
> > shut down aero. Although it doesnt actually disable aero, just the
> > animation. I still have aero on (transparent glass windows and all that).
> >
> > This issue is getting incredibly annoying. I thought I had found a fix
> > disabling the side bar but the problem reappeared an hour later with just
> > the
> > same programs on.
> >
> > "Spirit" wrote:
> >
> >> Some programs cause Aero to be turned off and that is probably what you
> >> are experiencing. Some games and graphics programs are usual suspects.
> >>
> >> Some of these set it up in Program Compatiability.
> >>
> >> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/easily-disable-vistas-aer...efore-r
> >>
> >> Turn Aero on and off easily.
> >>
> >> http://techlogg.com/content/view/110/35/
> >>
> >>
> >> "Q" <Q.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:15E3EAE9-C1AC-4C7D-8374-A82AB65D80E3@microsoft.com...
> >> > Using the windows Aero theme with all visual effects on. My computer
> >> > scores
> >> > 5.9 across the board (except 5.7 in cpu and hard drive...) in Vista
> >> > Experince
> >> > so I should be able to handle everything Vista throws at me.
> >> >
> >> > My problem is that Vista turns off the Min/Max animation occasionally
> >> > and
> >> > I
> >> > have no idea why. I can go back in to performance>visual effects and
> >> > see
> >> > that its still checked. Clicking apply again will restore the
> >> > animations.
> >> >
> >> > Specs:
> >> > Intel E8400 3GHZ
> >> > 4GB RAM
> >> > eVGA 8800GT 512mb
> >> > Samsung Spinpoint T166
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Well its not just wow but going to sites like youtube disables it. This is
getting rather frustrating.

"Q" wrote:

> Alright I tried updating to the latest nvidia betas and still the same thing.
>
> I've checked the event log and I'm getting this:
> The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because composition was
> disabled by a running application
>
> and:
>
> A request to disable the Desktop Window Manager was made by process (World
> of Warcraft)
>
> I noticed this probelm would occur when I alt tab a lot. After a while, it
> will just stop animating.
>
> However, I've seen this problem occur outside of WoW. Possibly during video
> playback while surfing the web.
>
> I would like a fix for this problem as it is quite annoying. I rather like
> the animations and would like them to stay working.
>
> "Spirit" wrote:
>
> > Could be a driver problem too.... keep your eyes open for updates and
> > read info about current driver at maker's site.
> >
> > "Q" <Q RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:82F8A145-FF02-4332-A757-F44B152A3380@microsoft.com...
> > > Hmm, the only things I've been running are the following (Only installed
> > > Vista 64-bit Ultimate 2 days ago):
> > > Yahoo messenger 9 beta
> > > Ventrilo
> > > IE7
> > > MS Word 2007
> > > World of Warcraft
> > > DivX Web Player
> > >
> > > Thats it. If its a program thats inteferring, it seems to take a while to
> > > shut down aero. Although it doesnt actually disable aero, just the
> > > animation. I still have aero on (transparent glass windows and all that).
> > >
> > > This issue is getting incredibly annoying. I thought I had found a fix
> > > disabling the side bar but the problem reappeared an hour later with just
> > > the
> > > same programs on.
> > >
> > > "Spirit" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Some programs cause Aero to be turned off and that is probably what you
> > >> are experiencing. Some games and graphics programs are usual suspects.
> > >>
> > >> Some of these set it up in Program Compatiability.
> > >>
> > >> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/easily-disable-vistas-aer...efore-r
> > >>
> > >> Turn Aero on and off easily.
> > >>
> > >> http://techlogg.com/content/view/110/35/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Q" <Q RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:15E3EAE9-C1AC-4C7D-8374-A82AB65D80E3@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Using the windows Aero theme with all visual effects on. My computer
> > >> > scores
> > >> > 5.9 across the board (except 5.7 in cpu and hard drive...) in Vista
> > >> > Experince
> > >> > so I should be able to handle everything Vista throws at me.
> > >> >
> > >> > My problem is that Vista turns off the Min/Max animation occasionally
> > >> > and
> > >> > I
> > >> > have no idea why. I can go back in to performance>visual effects and
> > >> > see
> > >> > that its still checked. Clicking apply again will restore the
> > >> > animations.
> > >> >
> > >> > Specs:
> > >> > Intel E8400 3GHZ
> > >> > 4GB RAM
> > >> > eVGA 8800GT 512mb
> > >> > Samsung Spinpoint T166
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >