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Windows 7 Screen Flicker/Dim on Notifications

I recognized this issue on a Dell Notebook Latitude D820 which is already a few years old. When you start an executable Windows prompts a notification window whether you want to allow the program to make changes on this computer. On this older notebook with maybe not very great graphical performance the screen blanks black for a short time (quite annoying!).

The reason is the too weak graphical performance of my Notebook. Basically Windows tries to fade the screen smoothly, but due to missing performance the screen blanks black.

But fortunately it’s easy possible to change this effect: When the notification appears press the link “Change when these notifications appear” on the bottom of the notification window.

Now change the slider one step down to “Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my desktop)”. Afterwards Windows 7 will no longer dim or fade your desktop when such a notification window appears.