Windows Aero, restore, security center, and update service not working

KDueck

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Jan 24, 2015
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Hello,

I turned my computer on this morning and noticed it had reverted the theme to look like windows xp - grey bars and windows. In the personalize options, the areo themes were greyed out and when I used the troubleshooter it said:
Themes service not running
Desktop window manager session manager service isn't running
Desktop window manager disabled

I cant restore because that service is not working and I'm unsure what windows update I have because that service is not running either. The only thing I have changed recently is I have downloaded adobe creative cloud, Photoshop, and a codec to view psd files. Do I have one hell of a virus or is this something else?

System I have:
Widows 7 64 bit (legit)
core 2 quad q6600 (was OC'd to 3.4Ghz, now at 2.4Ghz)
Asus Radeon HD 7870
4gb ram
Gigabyte GA-P35 mobo

Thanks for any help!
Kevin
 
You might want to try removing your graphics card drivers (AMD Radeon) and then installing the newest driver. Sometimes DWM's system that's supposed to detect drivers that don't support it screws up and that could cause this.
 


Hi, I tried that.
It says "Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service"