Hardware acceleration disabled windows 7

If your current display driver does not allow you to change the settings, you will see the Change settings button grayed out, and you will not be able to change the settings. If you do not see this tab, update your graphics driver and see. If your current display driver allows you to change the settings, you will be able to see the Change settings button. Click on it. Now, the Display Adapter Troubleshooter will appear on your computer screen.

Move the pointer to the extreme left to disable or reduce the hardware acceleration and click on OK. Method 1: In order to troubleshoot the mouse flickering issue, I would suggest you run the hardware and device troubleshooter and check if it fixes the issue:. Method 2 : Update the Display adapter and Mice and other pointing device driver and then check if issue still persists or you are able to set the hardware acceleration.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I cannot disable Hardware acceleration because in Troubleshoot Change settings is grayed of shadowed out. Technical Support for OptiPlex Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice.

Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Base on the current stage, please contact Dell to confirm if hardware acceleration is supported on this machine. You may go to perform update to check this issue and contact the manufacturer to obtain the driver for Windows 7. Also, try to take the steps in the following KB article:. DirectDraw or Direct3D option is unavailable. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Office Office Exchange Server.

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