Move the Hardware Acceleration slider until it is one notch to the right of None. Most graphics drivers allow you to turn off the hardware acceleration (which should resolve your issue).Ĭlick Start in the lower left corner of Windows.Ĭlick Control Panel, click Appearance and Personalization, click Personalization, click Display Settings, and then click Advanced Settings.Ĭlick the Troubleshoot tab, and then click Change Settings. Why don’t we focus on getting the issue resolved so that your kids can play their games? There are several approaches.ġ) The “hardware acceleration” is referring to the “video card”, or more accurately, the graphics driver. It really isn’t the thing to do to “go back”… that’s what you mean by “7 recovery CD’s”? Did you run Norton Ghost? Or, Acronis True Image?)īut XP is obsolete, not for sale any more*, not terribly secure, and no longer fully supported by Microsoft (and soon to be unsupported totally). You would have to format your hard drive, install XP, install all your programs, and then copy back all your data. Unless the person who upgraded you to Win 7 made a full backup of the XP (such as a “disk image”) before they installed, then no - there is no “easy way” back to XP. I do not know alot about computers, but I do love and miss my XP.

Is there an easy way of switching? I’m not a tech person.

I do have the 7 recovery CDs that I made when I got the computer. Something about hardware acceleration driver. Q: I had Windows XP and Windows 7 was recently installed. Help! (Updated) Reader Asks For Help After Installing Windows 7 Attention: I have posted an updated and more complete version of this article, here: Windows 7 – Old Games Won’t Play.

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