I saw some guides about adjusting Hardware Acceleration on Windows 7 & 8, where you could find a slider bar after going into the Troubleshooting tab under Advanced Screen Resolution settings.
When I access these advanced settings on Windows 10, there's no troubleshooting tab or Hardware Acceleration slider. Where is it?
I'm running an Intel HD 530 for Graphics.
I seem to get these green pixels whenever I watch youtube videos (using firefox). Did some searches and a lot of people says to disable hardware acceleration, not sure if this is the case but figured I try it. Most tutorial on how to do this is either windows 7 or 8 and I can't seem to find how to do this for windows 10.
View 8 RepliesI was going through some of the settings on my new laptop and I was clicking through Google Chrome.
Under settings, Advanced Settings, System.........
It has two boxes.
Continue running background apps
and
Use hardware acceleration.
What is the benefit of running background apps if I am not using them........I guess it would be easier to start them if they were running in the background but I wonder what others do ?
I explored hardware acceleration online and the two sites I found suggested unclicking it and not using it. I don't have a problem with storage capacity or anything technical. I just use it for surfing the net and email.
I have a 2015 HP laptop with 4GB Ram and 500 GB HD with W10.
I'm trying to access the settings for Cortana, the program works fine and all but I want to access the settings but once I bring up the options and specifically click settings,Cortana freezes and forces me to have to end the task, and it happens every time. What can I do?
View 4 RepliesPower & Sleep settings won't save my screen brightness settings. On my plugged in HP laptop default the screen brightness is set to maximum despite making changes in the Power & Sleep menu screen. I've even tried creating my own Power Plan but the next time it restarts it changes to the HP recommended power plan which sets the screen brightness to maximum.
View 1 Repliesif so where and what is the command to execute it?
View 1 RepliesI just joined, but think that I typed in the wrong email address. Can/how I check my email account?
View 2 RepliesIt stays on "checking for updates" for hours and never advances. I left it overnight and have tried multiple times. No errors, nothing.
View 3 RepliesI have the "Sonic Studio DLA" uninstall issue and have done every trick I can find. One time I hid the Uninstall and continue button and it magically went on to install Windows 10 successfully! However the one issue I had was the bluetooth driver was missing so I went to install one from Toshiba site (Satellite L775) and it caused an error condition so I wanted to back it out but it was 2 am and I was tired so I tried the go to previous build option - expecting it to go to previous restore point of when it was first installed but no - It went back to Windows 7 and I am stuck at "uninstall Sonic Studio DLA" message again. Wife is happy because she wasn't that excited about learning Win 10 but I would prefer to have it upgraded anyway and she balks at the clean install. So I know Windows 10 works and message is not accurate , so how do I bypass it? Will a quiet install or unattended with answers bypass it?
View 2 RepliesI recently noticed my webcam is always on for no reason. How do I check which application or process is using webcam now?
View 1 RepliesTo check whether your download is coming, look for a folder called:
$WINDOWS.~BT
In the root of your C:
If its not there, check there are folders dated with todays date, here:
C:WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload
Files start here, before being unpacked into the location above.
If those folders don't exist, type this at the command line:
wuauclt.exe /updatenow
(This worked for me, and my download has started)
If you have to hit Windows Update with a hammer, try this:
1.Uninstalled the KB2976978
(In an elevated cmd prompt)
1.net stop wuauserv
2.rd /s /q C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution
3.net start wuauserv
I can't install windows 10 on my desktop, every time I try it hands at 84% .
View 1 RepliesHow can I check that my system image will work in the case of a crash, Windows 10.
View 3 RepliesI upgraded my (ageing) Dell Studio XPS laptop from Windows 7 to 10 on day one and have had multiple BSOD issues ever since. They have included:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
...and many more. I have attached the requisite zip file below.
I have conducted the usual Google searches and tried a couple of suggested solutions. Uninstalling Norton 360 seemed to reduce the frequency of the problems; as did deleting an unknown printer that was showing up in Device Manager. But although the crashes are less frequent, the problem clearly still exists.
I would ideally prefer not to have to do a completely clean install, given the volume of data I would need to temporarily shift off my machine.
I used to have a program that checks activation/expiration of windows and/or Microsoft office with just one click. I think the name was "check activation" ...
View 2 RepliesI can't find 'My Computer' to check out how much space I have on my C: disk. Where did it go? Also, how do I set my lists of Favorites on the left side as before in Win 7?
View 2 RepliesIs there a way to manually check for new mail in windows 10 mail? There is no send/receive button as in all other mail programs.
View 3 RepliesI'm getting a bluescreen when gaming on my new GE62 2QD Apache Pro that I just got recently. The bccode is 0x0000009c and is apparently caused by hal.dll and the bug check exception is MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION according to bluescreen view. Not overclocking and I'm on windows 10.
View 1 RepliesIn 2008, I purchased 2 DVD copies of Office Home and Student 2007. This means that I have a total of 6 activation of the program. (Office 2007 and 2010 give you 3 licenses per DVD, while 2013 only gives you 1)
Over the years, I've upgraded computers, hard drives, reformatted, etc. etc. and all I've done to "unregister" Office 2007 from my computer was to simply uninstall it from Control Panel whilst connected to the Internet. I always did this, in hope that I would be unregistering my product key. Upon reinstalltion, I could always reactivate with no problems. (Except for a few times where I've forgotten that one of my DVDs had ran out of the 3 licenses, and that I had to use the other one to activate).
However, now, I'm curious if there's a way to check how many activation I've used, and also, if there's a way to "clear" all 3 activation on both DVDs in order to "start fresh". How to do this with Office 2007?
Yesterday i upgraded my 8.1 to 10. The first time is still smooth but suddenly after i installed all the driver my laptop needs, when i play a song using WMP and turned the 'repeat all' option, my laptop gone to BSOD.
I tried to read the Minidump file using WinDbg but it needs to download the symbol pack, unfortunately my internet connection is very slow.
My laptop BSOD again after using WMP (playing a song) and Photoshop CS6... BSOD again after that because I Used Photoshop.
I'm at my wits end with this computer. I get BSOD 0x124 about once a week, some times twice a week, since the life of the computer, which I've had for about 3 years. I've changed out the mobo from a GA-Z77X-UD3H to my current mobo a Z77 Extreme6 I've run memtest on each dim, had to RMA two of them due to the hammer test, and even with the fresh new ram, I still get BSOD almost daily.
While running the dm_log_collector to get the info to upload to this forum, I had another BSOD 124 while the program was collecting my PC's info. Luckily I was able to re run it after I booted to my computer.
No Im not OCing ANYTHING. This happens when the bios defaults are loaded. Happens when I turn off intel turbo boost and/or C states, and shared memory. XMP profile for my MEM on or off makes no difference. I also have a kernal memory dump ....
I can't find a case were a BSOD code 124 ever gets solved. I know that a 124 is usually hardware related but not all the time.
Windows 10
Asrock Z77 Extreme 6
Intel i7 3770K 35GHz Not OCed
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series (4 x 4GB) F3-12800CL9D
His IceQ X2 AMD 7950 3GB
Samsung 850 Series SATA3 SSD 500GB
Western Digital 1TB HD
Asetek 510lc 120mm Closed Loop WaterCooler
Presonus Firestudio 2626
Logitech G700s
Ducky Shine Keyboard
Corsair CMPSU 850TX V2
New PC with a fresh W10 Pro installation. After cca 10 days I cannot run anything from search window with the cogwheel or "toothed" wheel on the left including for example "Check for Updates","Windows Update Settings",... It doesn't react to my mouse clicking at all
I have to use "Setting window" (Control Panel).
MSI GE62 6QC 030uk
KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE
I've seen this BSOD a few times on this laptop. It's probably a driver issue but need identifying which ones are causing the issues.
And before you ask about the Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 drivers, those from MSI have constant disconnects and barely work. Latest and most uptodate drives straight from Intel do not have any noticeable issues other than a couple of odd logs that pop up from time to time (Netwtw02). I am trying to talk with MSI on this.
I'm not trying to be curt, but I have about 2 minutes until this thing crashes. I have an old Dell, a new, clean Windows 10 Install and an intermittent and annoying problem. 3 hours is probably the longest the machine has run without a BSOD. I get a 5 hour loop at least once a week on startup. I'm at my wits end.
View 9 RepliesWindows 10 always does a disk check when I start my computer
View 1 RepliesI've clean installed Windows 10 after upgrading.
Tom's clean graphic driver install guide says; "It's also a good idea on AMD systems to make sure the chipset drivers are up to date which can be found here: AMD Chipset Drivers
How can I verify my clean install is using the latest chipset drivers?.