Get rid of warning for changing color scheme to improve performance?

Darren

Darren

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Sometimes when I play games I get this warning and am getting tired of it since it alt tabs my game out and I have to close it. Even if I tell it to not show the message again it'll come back. Any way to permanently get rid of this? Obviously my computer is running fine and changing the color scheme wouldn't do anything for me anyway.

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uninstall and clean delete graphics drivers
restart, check drivers are completely deleted, reinstall latest drivers and update directx
 
In action center you can turn off Windows troubleshooting. Probably not the best idea, but some people have had success.

http://www.howtogeek.com/131059/how-can-i-disable-windows-7s-aero-performance-warnings/

I just permanently set Windows to a more basic theme. I never see the warning anymore and I get a few more FPS in games.

You could also add a small script to enable/disable Aero with 1 click

DisableAero.bat -> net stop uxsms
EnableAero.bat -> net start uxsms

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/30281-how-to-rapidly-enable-or-disable-aero-under-windows-7

Edit: Just tested the script on my system. Works well for me.
 
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You don't get any more frames in games as the aero theme turns off anyway in any 3D application.

Disabling notifications is a dumb idea. This problem relates to the drivers. Clean install them.
 
Okedokey said:
You don't get any more frames in games as the aero theme turns off anyway in any 3D application.

Disabling notifications is a dumb idea. This problem relates to the drivers. Clean install them.
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I'll try that but I've had this issue for years across various cards and drivers. It's just a minor annoyance more than anything else. I'll try a clean reinstall but I don't think it will help.

Also, I'm not trying to disable or enable Aero, I'm just trying to get rid of the warning.
 
Okedokey said:
You don't get any more frames in games as the aero theme turns off anyway in any 3D application.

Disabling notifications is a dumb idea. This problem relates to the drivers. Clean install them.
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Being that there are tons of threads depicting the same issue. I have my doubts that all of them have bad drivers installed that give the right performance in games but trigger the warning. The issue is someplace else.

If you read my post, you read that disabling windows troubleshooting is not a good idea, but it might work for disabling the message. Darren is a smart guy. If he wants to test something, he knows how to re enable it. I'm just posting possible solutions. Better than just giving him the wipe and reinstall answer.

Less resources for WDM -> more resources available for games. Pretty simple. Will it be a big jump? No, but there is a possibility for improvement. I saw it on a few games for me. So I left it disabled. Do what you want on your system. I am just giving information from my own experience.

Darren said:
I'll try that but I've had this issue for years across various cards and drivers. It's just a minor annoyance more than anything else. I'll try a clean reinstall but I don't think it will help.

Also, I'm not trying to disable or enable Aero, I'm just trying to get rid of the warning.
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I have seen a few threads pointing to the notification pointing to games that might be pushing your VRAM usage. Might want to do some tests where you lower the in game settings to a point where the VRAM no longer triggers the warning. I have no idea where that limit is, but you might be able to find a range with some testing.
 
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salvage-this said:
If it disables in games, why is there a prompt to disable it when gaming?
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Yeah this. And when I alt tab out it's still there so...?

I've got 3GB of VRAM but I can keep an eye on that. I've had it happen with games that should not trigger that kind of warning. Age of Empires 2 comes to mind. :P
 
salvage-this said:
for older games you could give suggestion #3 a try. You would need to enable it per game that you get the warning on.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-color-scheme-improve-performance
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I used to have to this problem a lot more in the past, and less so recently. It popped up for me and I was annoyed at seeing it again so I posted it here. If it starts showing its face frequently I'll probably do something but for now I was mainly wondering if there was an easy fix for this.

I know the original AoE2 wouldn't work on 7 because it would make the all the textures the wrong color due to some conflict with Aero. I created a batch file that would end explorer.exe then launch the game to make it work. The HD edition obviously doesn't have this problem.
 
salvage-this said:
If it disables in games, why is there a prompt to disable it when gaming?
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The DwmEnableComposition function allows a program to turn the Aero scheme on or off. For example, if an application that may require a full-screen DirectX exclusive application, composition will be automatically disabled. This setting is only maintained for the duration of the process that sets it; when the process ends, the composition flag will be reset to its original value. In general, unless for application compatibility reasons, applications shouldn't use this and should let the system or user make the decision instead. However in poorly coded drivers, the flag is checked once, and a false negative/positive can occur, leading to a balloon (e.g WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED message).
 
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