Do you want the color scheme to improve performance

Hi Thomas,

 

Assuming you realize this message is informing you your system is low on resources and is asking you to disable Aero so it can keep performing at optimum speed,

1. Go to the Start Menu and type Action Center on the Search box
2. Start it (it should be the top entry, under the "Control Panel" group)
3. On the left sidebar, click Change Action Center settings
4. Untick the Windows Troubleshooting checkbox, under "Maintenance Messages".
5. Click the Ok button and you are done.

If the issue occurs while playing a particular game, this might be a compatibility issue with Windows 7. You can run the program in Windows compatibility mode to troubleshoot and avoid such scenarios:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-windows

 

Please let us know about the results.

Hi Thomas,

 

Assuming you realize this message is informing you your system is low on resources and is asking you to disable Aero so it can keep performing at optimum speed,

1. Go to the Start Menu and type Action Center on the Search box
2. Start it (it should be the top entry, under the "Control Panel" group)
3. On the left sidebar, click Change Action Center settings
4. Untick the Windows Troubleshooting checkbox, under "Maintenance Messages".
5. Click the Ok button and you are done.

If the issue occurs while playing a particular game, this might be a compatibility issue with Windows 7. You can run the program in Windows compatibility mode to troubleshoot and avoid such scenarios:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-windows

 

Please let us know about the results.

Hi Ian,

 

It all depends on the game/application that you are running on the computer. Sometimes, compatibility of certain programs does matter when these scenarios are evolved. Display Window Manager acts a medium to avoid display artifacts by adjusting the display settings. It would notify user to do the same while such issue occur. Refer to the link to get the details:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff684179(v=vs.85).aspx

 

Please let us know if you have more queries on Windows.

I am getting this message constantly with certain games. This is more than annoying, when this message pops up, it causes the monitor to **** itself. In the best case, this results in the game switching it's resolution back to 800x600, in the worst case, I end up having to reboot the damned computer to get any display back (also, helpful hint Microsoft, start the task manager on the second blasted screen since if the main display craps out, that's the only one we can see). I have 16 gigs of ram and I'm running twin GTX 570s, so the extra 3 clock cycles disabling windows Aero is likely to give me isn't going to be particularly helpful. I have troubleshooting turned off, I have the latest drivers, I have everything any sane person would care to use to disable this bloody warning, because it's sure as **** a false positive and it's happening from games that are launched indirectly by cloud delivery services like Steam and Origin, so changing the damned shortcut isn't an option either. How the holy **** do I get rid of it permanently?

Hi Kyoseki,

Try the following steps to force disable the notification using "regedit" and check if it resolves the issue:

Note: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, you can refer to the link:

“Back up the registry”

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry
Press Windows+R keys and type "regedit". Hit Enter.
Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM (create if it doesn't exist by right clicking inside the window at the right side and select New. Name it as UseMachineCheck)

Set a new DWORD UseMachineCheck with a value of 0.

This will keep Windows from checking if your computer "performs slowly" and thus attempting to disable Aero.

Do let us know if the issue still persists.

Thanks Pinaki,

So, out of ideas?

Hi,

Hey Ian, Thanks for the reply, sorry for the delay in responding but I've been busy with work. Tonight I tried Titanfall and the bloody thing is triggering the same damned dialog even before getting into the game.

I'm pretty sure the MENU isn't taxing my system overly, but Windows is still determined to cause all kinds of resolution switching problems trying to tell me about it.

I hear the usual "bing bong" warning noise and then my main monitor goes into a constant resize loop trying to figure out whether to display it at the game res or windows desktop res (the fact that these are the same resolution is apparently lost on Windows).

I've used the driverquery command to list all available drivers and I'm not seeing any duplicates, the only thing I can think of is that I have SLI'd cards in the machine and maybe Windows is having issues with those.

I'd really rather not have to disable SLI just to have a standalone card to run windows to avoid this error, so I really don't know what else I can do at this point. I'm going to give the driver reinstall a shot, but I'm not optimistic.

Edit: Nope, complete uninstall and "clean" reinstall of NVidia drivers, this stupid piece of **** still asks me if I want to disable the desktop to improve performance - it even asks me during a loading screen with all of 8% CPU in use, I'm having a hard time imagining a lighter load on the machine.

Followed the above steps, still doesn't work.