This is a small tutorial for enabling Windows Aero in Vista build 5219
You will need the following items:
1. A relatively recent version of VMware Workstation.
2. The WDDM Display Drivers (u can use version 6.5, 6.5.2 and 7.0)
3. set the workstation version to 6.5/7.x
4. The Vista 5219 Installation DVD.
Open regedit then browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DWM. (if the key does not exist, create it.)
Over there, create a DWORD key named EnableMachineCheck and set its value to 0.
Log off/restart to take effect and Aero will automatically enabled (if it not, change the screen resolution)
Here is a screenshot
If you want to try it on another build, I recommend use 5212 and 5231 (it will work)
Happy testing