{"id":362,"date":"2015-09-23T22:21:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T03:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triplescomputers.com\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2015-09-23T22:21:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T03:21:26","slug":"solution-windows-10-start-menu-text-is-unreadable-too-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/casestudies\/solution-windows-10-start-menu-text-is-unreadable-too-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLUTION: Windows 10 Start Menu text is unreadable \/ too dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

This problem seems to affect primarily Haswell-based notebooks with Intel HD Graphics drivers in use. \u00a0I have not yet seen it affect Broadwell chipsets, but it may.<\/p>\n

The issue\u00a0is that the Start Menu text is too dark — and in fact, it becomes gradually darker — and illegible, fading into the background of the Start Menu. \u00a0While it seems likely that a Windows 10 setting (or theme) should be to blame, it actually is neither.<\/p>\n

The problem is the Intel Graphics driver, which\u00a0includes a setting\u00a0that purports to implement application-specific fixes. \u00a0To correct the problem, all you have to do is disable the setting and reboot the PC:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Right-click the Desktop and\u00a0choose Graphics Properties…<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Choose 3D<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  3. Under\u00a0Application Optimal Mode<\/em>, click\u00a0Disable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. Reboot the PC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The problem is solved!<\/p>\n

    It’s likely in the future that Intel will correct their driver optimization\u00a0presets for the\u00a0Windows 10 desktop windows manager \/ Explorer.exe, but until that day, this is the correct workaround.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This problem seems to affect primarily Haswell-based notebooks with Intel HD Graphics drivers in use. \u00a0I have not yet seen it affect Broadwell chipsets, but it may. The issue\u00a0is that the Start Menu text is too dark — and in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,3],"tags":[76,193,192,191],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-application-troubleshooting","category-casestudies","tag-drivers","tag-haswell","tag-intel-hd-graphics","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}