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Disabling hardware acceleration

SMART Recorder constantly takes screen captures as you record. Some operating systems take screen captures very slowly and this can affect recording quality. To improve recording quality, disable hardware acceleration or upgrade your video driver and video card.

Important 

Disabling hardware acceleration can reduce the performance of SMART Notebook software.

Note 

This procedure may vary depending on your version of Windows operating system and your system preferences.

ClosedTo disable hardware acceleration

  1. Open Windows Control Panel.

  2. Press Display, press Change display settings, and then press Advanced settings.

  3. Press the Troubleshoot tab.

  4. Drag the Hardware Acceleration slider to None.

  5. Press OK.

  6. Restart your computer.