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Windows 7 Aero Themes

How do I get it so I can activate aero themes once again on my Windows 7 VMs?
I can only get Basic and High Contrast Themes - Aero Themes will not show.

I ran the VMware Optimization script on my golden image and have started to deploy virtual machines.  Unfortunately the script I ran (attached) disabled Aero Themes.  

In order to attempt to fix I did the following:

I started the following themes back up:  
Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager
Themes.
 

I have also created following Three  DWORD (32-bit value) registry entries to try to get it so I could choose Aero themes once again at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
UseMachineCheck, and set its value to 0.
Blur, and set its value to 0.
Animations, and set its value to 0.

I can only get Basic and High Contrast Themes - Aero Themes will not show.
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Make sure the VMware Tools are installed, if necessary re-install them. If it is VMware Player or Workstation you are using, also make sure that in the properties of the VM Accelerate 3D Graphics is checked under display.
Check you are using the correct video driver eg 3d driver
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