![]() ![]() ![]() I hope this simple and easy Windows how-to guide helped you. It is that simple to disable hardware acceleration in Windows. Press the “Ok” button to save changes.įinally, close the Registry Editor and reboot the computer.Īfter rebooting, hardware acceleration in Windows 10 and 11 is turned off. For that, right-click on the “GraphicsDrivers” folder and choose the “New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.” Name the value as “HwSchMode.”ĭouble-click on the “HwSchMode” value you just created. Once you are here, we need to create a new value. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers You can copy the path, paste it into the Registry’s address bar, and press Enter to go to the folder. ![]() Go to the following folder in the Registry Editor. You can use the “regedit” run command or search for “Registry Editor” in the Windows Start menu. Type “ HwSchMode” as the new value name.įirst, open the Registry Editor.Choose the “ New > DWORD (32-bit) Value” option.Right-click on the “ GraphicsDrivers” folder.The backup helps in restoring the registry if something goes wrong. Here’s how.īack up the registry before making changes. If you can’t find the hardware acceleration option in the Settings app or looking for an alternate way to turn off hardware acceleration, you can do it from the Registry Editor. Turn off hardware acceleration from the Registry Note: If you can’t find the above option, your computer may not support hardware acceleration or has no discreet graphics card.įinally, close the Settings app and reboot the computer.Īfter rebooting, the hardware acceleration feature is disabled in Windows 11 and 10. Now, turn off the “Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling” option. Here, scroll down and click on the “Graphics” option.Ĭlick on the “Change default graphics settings” link under “Default Settings” on this page. As the name implies, this is where most of the display options are found. You can search for “Settings” in the Start menu.Īfter opening it, go to the “System > Display” page. Since we need to open the Setting apps, use the “Start I” keyboard shortcut. With that, you turned off hardware acceleration in Windows.Turn off the “ Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling” option.Click the “ Change default graphics settings” link.Specifically from the Advanced Display options. You can disable hardware acceleration from the Windows Settings app. Disable hardware acceleration from Settings The steps below work the same in Windows 10 and 11. In those cases, you must turn off hardware acceleration in Windows. Though hardware acceleration is good in most situations, it can sometimes cause issues like system freeze, crashes, application incompatibility, etc. ![]()
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