Intel Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing caused dark text in Start Menu Windows 10

[VTran8]

When I enable Intel CMAA (Override or Enhance) the text in Start Menu will become darker and blurry like this:

And when I disable CMAA:

How can I fix this?

[VTran8]

Bump.

Does anyone figure out how to fix this problem? Or how can I add explorer.exe to CMAA Blacklist?

[Allan_J_Intel1]

I would need more information in regards to your system configuration:

Which version of Windows do you have?

Additionally, please provide the processor model of your computer.

On Windows 10

Click on the Windows icon, and search for "System"

Look for System Control Panel then note the processor model.

Allan.

[VTran8]

At the time this problem happened, I was using Windows 10 x64 build 10240. My processor is Intel Core i5-4570 3.2Ghz.

[Allan_J_Intel1]

I understand Intel engineering team is currently working on new graphics drivers for Windows 10. I still do not have an estimate but they will be posted at https://downloadcenter.intel.com/ Intel® Download Center

Please review information on post # 93:

Allan.

[gbhj]

just tested the latest driver 10.18.15.4279

how the text appears

how it is suppose to appear

[Allan_J_Intel1]

I just tested driver version 4279 but I do not see any issues on the start menu. See picture below:

Please follow the guidance/process in this sticky

Allan.

[gbhj]

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Answers (N/A if not applicable)

Description

Provide a detailed description of the issue AND 'does it fail every single time, or only sometimes?' If you can offer a % rate please do.

just enabling CMAA is not a sufficient test to prove that it does not affect text rendering

Hardware (HW)

Brand and Model of the system.

HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC

Hybrid or switchable graphics system? ie Does it have AMD or NV graphics too?

no

Make and model of any Displays that are used to see the issue (see note2 below).

LFP = Local Flat Panel (Laptop panel)

EFP = External Flat Panel (Monitor you plug in) 

LFP 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) SDC4951

How much memory [RAM] in the system (see note2 below).

8192MB RAM

Provide any other hardware needed to replicate the issue.

ie: Cables&brand, cable type [vga, hdmi, DP, etc], dock, dongles/adapters, etc

n/a

Hardware Stepping (see note1 below).

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A2E&SUBSYS_227E103C&REV_09

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A2E&SUBSYS_227E103C

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A2E&CC_030000

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A2E&CC_0300

Software (SW)

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[Allan_J_Intel1]

Is this still happening on your computer with driver version 4300?

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25489/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-10-15-40-4th-Gen- Download Intel® Graphics Driver for Windows® 10 [15.40][4th Gen]

Allan.

[gbhj]

the problem is still there however this also now causes the icon of application to become distorted e.g the Dropbox icon is the worst affected

can more information about how Intel has implemented CMAA this is causing this problem https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/conservative-morphological-anti-aliasing-cmaa-update Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing (CMAA) - March 2014 Update | Intel® Developer Zone

for the effects of CMAA to be seen i had to restart my computer not all options in the Intel control panel are applied instantly

have you being able to replicate this problem

CMAA on:

CMAA off:

[Allan_J_Intel1]

I have been testing driver versions 4279 and 4300 but I was not able to replicate your graphics issue. It might be that you need to reload operating system or get customized drivers from your computer manufacturer.

Allan.