"application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware"

Anonymous
2013-01-12T17:29:01+00:00

recently every time i use a program that use my gpu( I have optimus technology so it switch when needed etc...) I get the error message " application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware", the internet does not seem to be very helpful about this problem, does anybody know what causes it/how i can fix it ????

thanks for any help,

fintan

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T17:23:31+00:00

    Hey I feel ya. This is not simply limited to 8 and 8.1 either. 10 also does this. Additionally its conflict is with my Nvidia car. I am running a ROG machine with a GForce 960 16 gb RAM and a 3.5 I7 this $3300 box should never have graphic issues. after much research including calls to Asus, Nvidia, and Microsoft I have discovered that not only is it Microsofts issue, its willfully done. IE Nvidia releases a driver patch. Problem solved! Windows releases new update 2 days later, problem returns. Rinse, repeat. I now have a fresh windows 8.1 install with no windows updates and current Nvidia driver. Problem gone. First windows update I allow... You guessed it. SO the real solutions to this are:

    A; Reinstall original win8.1 disable ALL Defender, Firewall, and update tools as well as internet exploder. Update Nvidia (or AMD) Drivers via Cyberfox (Firefox, Chrome, etc NOT Internet Exploder)

    OR

    B; (This is the good one) Dual Boot Linux distro and winXP/7/8/8.1 Again disable ALL Defender, Firewall, and update tools as well as internet exploder. Update Nvidia (or AMD) Drivers via Cyberfox (Firefox, Chrome, etc NOT Internet Exploder)

    Either way WINDOWS.UPDATE=FTL

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T16:31:09+00:00

    I'm certain that, at least in my case, it is not a hardware problem.  Nor is it a problem with any of the programs I am running, which are Office programs and one non-windows program, Logos.  The reason I'm certain of this is that I had the program, running on Windows 8, for a year with absolutely no problems what-so-ever.  When I took the free upgrade to windows 10, that's when I started having problems.

    The only change was the OS, and when that change was made, that was when I started seeing this problem.  That tells me it has to be a problem associated with Windows 10.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T14:37:26+00:00

    The computer that did this to me had Windows 7 on it, then I wiped it and got the same error with a clean install of 8.1, I then upgraded it to 10 and still got it. It's not a Windows thing, or a driver version, it's a hardware problem...

    Can you confirm? There have been people with the same problem who have replaced parts and/or bought/build new systems because of this and repeatedly had the same problem. I'm starting to suspect that maybe some sort of software may be the common denominator...bu then again, it wouldn't have happened after I formatted my system if that were the case. Sigh.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T13:25:03+00:00

    The computer that did this to me had Windows 7 on it, then I wiped it and got the same error with a clean install of 8.1, I then upgraded it to 10 and still got it. It's not a Windows thing, or a driver version, it's a hardware problem...

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T08:49:22+00:00

    If you do go back to Win 7 and there are no more error messages. You must post that on this thread!

    Thanks,

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