Mirror drivers don’t support Aero effects

I noticed that my Windows 7 Aero effect was not enabled yesterday after an IT tech had DameWared to my PC to help with an issue I was having. When I went into the Control Panel and “Troubleshoot Aero Effects” option, I received the following error message: “Mirror drivers don’t support Aero effects” and the Troubleshooting dialog was unable to resolve the issue.

Aero Error

To resolve this, open your Device Manager, expand Display Adapters and Disable the “Dameware Development Mirror Driver 64-bit” driver.

Device Manager > Display Adapters

Disable Dameware Adapter

Click “Yes” to disable the device.

Click “Yes” to disable the device

Click “Yes” to restart your computer.

Click “Yes” to restart your computer

 

 

To stop DameWare from installing/using the MRC Mirror Driver, open DameWare Mini Remote Control, click the View menu, and choose Default Host Properties…

DameWare MRC Default Host Properties

Click on the Mirror Driver tab and UNCHECK the Use MRC’s Mirror Driver if available option.

Uncheck the “Use MRC’s Mirror Driver if available” option

Stop the loud system beep on remote desktop sessions

Sick of the ridiculously loud system beep coming from your Remote Desktop sessions, even if you have Remote Audio Playback turned off?  If so, do the following on your local machine that you are connecting from:

• Open Device Manager
• View > Show Hidden Devices
• Expand the Non-Plug and Play Drivers node
• Right-click Beep and choose Disable

You’ll have to reboot or log-off and back in for the change to take effect.

That’s all there is to it!