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Matrox Electronic Systems LE G450 User Manual

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Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide

2

Select a display and move it according to the physical position of the monitor it’s
associated with.

Problem

Screen image defects appear, program doesn’t run properly,
or Windows doesn’t work properly

(example: mouse pointer not drawn properly)

1

Cause

Some programs may not work properly with some Matrox acceleration.

1

Solution

Disable specific types of software acceleration:

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP –

1

Access the Matrox PowerDesk

Options

property sheet (

see “Accessing PowerDesk

property sheets”, page 9

).

2

Clear one or more check boxes, starting with

Use device bitmaps caching

.

For more information, see context-sensitive help.

3

Click

OK

#

Close

to accept the changes. (Depending on the feature you disabled, you

may have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.)

Windows NT 4.0 –

1

Access the Matrox PowerDesk

Performance

property sheet (

see “Accessing PowerDesk

property sheets”, page 9

).

2

Clear one or more check boxes. For more information, see context-sensitive help.

3

Click

OK

#

Yes

to accept the changes. (Depending on the feature you disabled, you may

have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.)

2

Solution

Windows 98/Me/2000 – Disable Windows effects:

1

Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click

Properties

#

Effects

.

2

Disable one or more features under

Visual effects

.

Windows XP –

1

Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click

Properties

#

Appearance

#

Effects

.

2

Disable one or more features.

Note:

In multi-display mode for Windows 2000/XP and Windows NT 4.0, you may have

limited control over the arrangement of your displays. For more information, see Matrox
PowerDesk documentation.

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