User guide

30 Matrox G450 MMS – 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)
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Cause Some programs may not work properly with some Matrox acceleration.
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Solution Disable specific types of software acceleration:
Windows 2000/XP (PowerDesk 5.x) –
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 Æ 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 Æ Yes to accept the changes. (Depending on the feature you disabled, you may
have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.)
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Solution Disable Windows effects:
Windows 2000 –
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Effects .
2 Disable one or more features under Visual effects .
Windows XP –
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Appearance Æ
Effects .
2 Disable one or more features.
Note: In multi-display mode for Windows NT 4.0, you have limited control over the
arrangement of your displays. For more information, see Matrox PowerDesk
documentation.