Hardware Acceleration in XP

Right click on the desktop

Left Click Properties

In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.

Click the Advanced button.

Click the Troubleshoot tab in the Monitor dialog box.

Grab the slider bar and move it down one notch.

Remove the checkmark from the Enable write combining checkbox.

Click Apply.

Click OK in the dialog box that tells you to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Click Close in the Display Properties dialog box.

Click Yes to restart your computer.