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AERO Themes

Tech s of the world, I need to know how to change my system tray to show when I hover over the icon it gives me the entire picture instead of words. I have a user who thinks it a must to be able to see the icon instead of words to show what it is. Example, when I hover over word on the system tray and it says document - Microsoft word. I need to see the picture of word. Now this is a trivial thing but the user is driving me nuts. I have gone into the aero display but cannot find what I need? I never care but there is always one.

n2fc

Below are the aero hardware requirements.

1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

Aero also requires a DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports a Windows Display Driver Model Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.

For best results, you might also want to follow these graphics processor recommendations:

64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution that is less than 1,310,720 pixels (for example, a 17–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has a 1280 × 1024 resolution)

128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 21.1–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 1600 × 1200 resolution)

256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution greater than 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 30–inch wide-screen flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 2560 × 1600 resolution)

Reminder: Aero requires a minimum of Windows 7 Home Premium!

Also see the following:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/what-is-the-aero-desktop-experience

Dennis Miller

ASKER

I have all the requirements, just need to know what selection to turn them on? Display etc..

Dennis Miller

ASKER

I have been to the site but it really does not explain how to make the icons look like the icons when I open any app.

Dennis Miller

ASKER

where or what location is the setting to change how the look is?

PowerEdgeTech

I'm guessing you do not have Aero enabled or a computer that it Aero-capable, but if you do and it has been disabled (either locally or through group policy), then check this:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/disable-and-turn-off-taskbar-thumbnail-preview-in-windows-7-switch-to-list-view/

n2fc

If you have a PC capable of running Aero, and have at least WIN7 Home Premium, do the following:

RIGHT-click on a blank area of the desktop and select "Personalize"
On the next screen, select any of the Aero Themes and save your settings...

That's it!

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Dennis Miller

ASKER

This was the perfect answer. I do not really have time to pay attention to such minor stuff but this was great. Thanks for all the help. This was exactly what I was looking for.

Merete

Thank you very much!!!!
a pleasure for sure and yes very simple :)