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Turning off Windows hardware acceleration
Here's how to turn off hardware acceleration globally for all programs.
Windows Vista
1
Click Start / Control Panel / Appearance and Personalization.
2
Under Personalization, click Adjust screen resolution.
3
On the Display Settings dialog, click the Advanced Settings... button.
4
On the monitor properties dialog, click the Troubleshoot tab.
5
Click the Change settings button.
6
On the security dialog, click Continue.
7
Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the third notch.
5
Click OK.
6
Restart Windows.
Windows XP and Windows 2000
1
Right-click the desktop, then on the context menu, click Properties.
2
Click the Settings tab, then click Advanced.
3
Click the Troubleshoot tab.
4
Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the third notch.
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Click OK, then Close.
6
Close and restart the player.
Windows 98
Click Start / Control Panel / System / Performance / Graphics, and slide Hardware acceleration to None.
Windows NT4
Click Start / Control Panel / System / Performance, and slide Boost to None.
Note, you may need to restart the machine for the change to take effect.
Tutorial by:PixelMetrics