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How do I turn off hardware acceleration for the Microsof widget?

Anonymous
2025-01-07T02:41:24+00:00

I've already turned off hardware acceleration in Edge. However, when I hover over the Microsoft widget (the one with the weather and news) it sometimes causes my screen to go black for several seconds, which is the symptom I get for hardware accelerated browsers. I couldn't find anything in options there to do this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-16T01:03:09+00:00

    Hello Merek Z,

    I did not see System -> Screen in my settings. I saw System -> Display -> Graphics. When I attempted to go to that setting, the system window closed. I see the following error in my event viewer:

    Faulting application name: SystemSettings.exe, version: 10.0.26100.2454, time stamp: 0xfe7803c7

    Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.26100.2894, time stamp: 0xc544c6f0

    Exception code: 0xc0000005

    Fault offset: 0x00000000000ea0dd

    Faulting process id: 0x1F18

    Faulting application start time: 0x1DB67B119FA3273

    Faulting application path: C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe

    Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll

    Report Id: 540781b7-6d6f-4fc5-b380-a96617367788

    Faulting package full name: windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.8.1000_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy

    Faulting package-relative application ID: microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-08T02:37:13+00:00

    Hi K Dean1

    Welcome to the Microsoft Community

    Understanding your problem, turn off hardware acceleration for Microsoft widgets

    Turn off hardware acceleration in Windows 11

    Turn off hardware acceleration through graphics settings

    Press Win + I to open Settings.

    Go to System > Screen > Display Card > Graphics Settings.

    In the Graphics Performance Preferences page, find "Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling" and turn it off.

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    Contact me if you need anything else.

    Best wishes

    Merek.Z - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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