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Periodically get message: "Application has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware.

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zzyzzk
zzyzzk
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"Application has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware. Application firefox.exe has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware."

This is new. Never saw this prior to recently (the last month).

Windows 10 Home 64-bit.

Firefox 62.0.3 (64-bit).

"Application has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware. Application firefox.exe has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware." This is new. Never saw this prior to recently (the last month). Windows 10 Home 64-bit. Firefox 62.0.3 (64-bit).

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zzyzzk
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I also posted another issue yesterday:

"Since a few days ago I can only play one video at a time".

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1240099

I don't know if they're related. The one video at a time occurs whether or not I get the Graphics hardware message.

McCoy
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Hello zzyyzzk,

Would you take a look at this please :

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/application-blocked-accessing-graphics-hardware

and :

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/application-blocked-accessing-graphics-hardware-error-windows-10-solved/

'Hope that sheds a light on it (and helps) .....