How do I turn off hardware acceleration?

[mongoose665]

I have gone into Appearance and Personalisation, then clicked Adjust Screen Resolution, then Advanced Settings, I click Troubleshoot but the Change Settings button is greyed out as I can't click it, with a little administrator shield next to it. I am the only user and the admin on this computer. Please help?

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums mongoose665. You are not alone. It is only available when the GPU and/or driver support it. Mine is greyed out as your is. I found this:

NVIDIA: Disable Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7

You can disable it within IE9 if you are using it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...rer-9-gpu-hardware-acceleration-turn-off.html

What video card brand and model are you using? What is the issue that makes you want to disable hardware acceleration? It's likely you will have to find another solution then what you are attempting. A Guy

 

[mongoose665]

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My Video Card is a AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor I think. I have gone into the AMD control panel but it says it has the latest updates. I am turning it off as I have a game and the sound keeps freezing and I had read up on forums that to stop this happening you have to change the hardware acceleration to none.

 

[stormy13]

That is your CPU. Grab this,

GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

and it should show what video card you have.

P.S. What game? Also you video card and sound drivers installed and up to date?

 

[mongoose665]

The GPU-Z says my video card is an AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series. The game is actually Silent Hill II for the PC, I don't know how to check if they are updated but I go into the AMD control centre and there are no new updates.

 

[A Guy]

You might try Game Booster if stormy13 doesn't have a fix for you. I don't game, but apparently Game Booster works as advertised, and doesn't cause any problems. A Guy

 

[alishathomaz]

You can turn off hardware acceleration completely or turn it down system wide in the following manner:
Click on Start > Control Panel.
In the classic view, double click on the Display icon.
Select the Settings tab and click on the Advanced button. The Advanced Settings dialog box appears.

Click on the Troubleshoot tab.

You can disable the hardware acceleration completely by dragging the slider to the extreme left of the scale. You can also choose to turn down the hardware acceleration by selecting an intermediate value.

If the issue is resolved with hardware acceleration turned off, the source of the problem could be old video drivers for your video adapter. In that case, you need to contact the manufacturer of your video card to get the latest drivers.

If you have installed the latest video driver for your video adapter and you continue to experience graphic issues with the Graphics Hardware Acceleration slider set to ‘Full’

 

[stormy13]

Considering how old that game is, have you tried running it in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html ?

 

[fvicari]

When I open Google I get Muli Screens instead of one screen.
I have at sometime fixed this issue but now I don't remember how.

 

[UberlegenKlient]

Right click the games shortcut, wherever it may be, where you launch the game, select properties. Select the compatibility tab, set it to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2/3 'and' check the box for 'Disable Desktop Composition'.

The second part will accomplish the same thing as what you're attempting to do, but only temporarily and only when necessary.

If it's a Steam game and you don't use a shortcut outside of the Steam library, you'll need to go directly to the directory where it's installed and follow these same steps on the games executable.

 

[OvenMaster]

You can turn off hardware acceleration completely or turn it down system wide in the following manner:
Click on Start > Control Panel.
In the classic view, double click on the Display icon.
Select the Settings tab and click on the Advanced button. The Advanced Settings dialog box appears.

Click on the Troubleshoot tab.

You can disable the hardware acceleration completely by dragging the slider to the extreme left of the scale. You can also choose to turn down the hardware acceleration by selecting an intermediate value.

If the issue is resolved with hardware acceleration turned off, the source of the problem could be old video drivers for your video adapter. In that case, you need to contact the manufacturer of your video card to get the latest drivers.

If you have installed the latest video driver for your video adapter and you continue to experience graphic issues with the Graphics Hardware Acceleration slider set to ‘Full’

My "Change Settings" button on the Troubleshoot tab is greyed out in Win 7. Any other way?

 

[A Guy]

When you are on the Advanced section, click on the monitor tab, is your monitor listed as Generic PnP Monitor? A Guy

 

[OvenMaster]

Nope. My monitor is properly identified as a ViewSonic VA721.
The graphics are properly identified as ATI Radeon HD 4250 integrated.

Strange... my Win 7 Start menu entry is listed as AMD VISION Engine Control Center, but in XP it's called Catalyst Control Center... and in XP, the button isn't greyed out and I can access the acceleration slider.

 

[A Guy]

In a previous thread on 7F, a poster states:

There is no way to disable hardware acceleration with ATI or Nvidia driver's installed. You would have to remove the software and run a generic Windows driver to disable the acceleration problem.

I can't confirm that. BTW, Welcome to Seven Forums OvenMaster. A Guy

 

[OvenMaster]

The bad news is that that post makes sense. I've also since read in a few places that the inability to disable or adjust video acceleration is due to M$'s implementation of DirectX 11. Running dxdiag shows no acceleration adjustments or test buttons like it does for DirectX 9 in XP.

The good news is that I found a workaround: HyperCam2 screen capture software. Works fine and costs $0.

 

[totte1015]

Reviving this thread...
I also have this problem, the option is grayed out,
and i have GTX 580 3GB so its not the problem

 

[A Guy]

I have yet to see anyone on Vista or 7 in my searches who have the option not greyed out. It is said to be a driver issue, but everyone on XP reports they have the adjustment. I searched quite a while for any work arounds, etc., but found nothing that seems to work. I see many saying if you install CCC or Nvidia control center that you adjust it there, but no one who says where the adjustments are, or how to access them. A Guy

 

[Kcurse]

I can't change the hardware accelaration either. I'm the administrator and as the game I want to video is an Internet download I can't change the settings. other people have videoed this game so it can be done

 

[Trollhouser]

You need Windows Virtual PC to run Windows XP Mode under Windows 7. It is a professional version upgrade. It has to do with Direct X9 in Win 7 that compatibility mode should have options for. You won't need to disable hardware acceleration and your older program will run in XP mode.