Running Older PC Games on Windows® 10 and Intel® HD/UHD Graphics
- The PC game fails to run.
- The PC game doesn't run at full screen.
- The PC game runs slow.
- There are graphical artifacts.
- Random texture rendering issues.
- The game may require a software library or component (for example, DirectX* 9 or older) that is no longer automatically installed in Windows 10.
- The game may be a 16-bit application and these are no longer supported on Windows* 64-bit version.
You can try any of the following troubleshooting steps:
Run the game as Administrator:- Right-click the game executable file.
- Click Run as Administrator.
- When prompted by the User Account Control (UAC) click Yes.
- Right-click the game executable file.
- Click Properties.
- Click the Compatibility tab.
- Enable the option Run this program in compatibility mode for:
- Select the compatible Operating System from the drop-down menu.
- Click Apply.
- Right-click the game executable file.
- Click Properties.
- Click the Compatibility tab and enable any of these options (one at a time):
- Reduce color mode
- Run in 640x480 screen resolution
- Disable display scaling on high DPI settings
- Run this program as an administrator
Check the Gameplay site to see if we have optimized settings available for the game.