Hardware acceleration



When using Nero Vision to burn DVD's I get a warning message at starting the
Nero Program up.....
"Hardware acceleration is deactivated. Some capture devices may not work
properly. You can activate hardware acceleration using the Direct X
diagnostics tool".

I am not sure about the direct x diagnostics tool and how to get there and
use it. However, when going into Control Panel>Display>Settings and clicking
on ADVANCED, I see that Hardware acceleration is set to full. This tells me
that it is set and activated, correct?
The problem I am having is that none of my burning programs will do a dual
layer disc. I use Nero (this is the only program that gives me a message of
hardware acceleration is deactivated), DVD Decryptor, DVD Shrink, Image Burn,
Magic ISO and others for various tasks. I have burned dual layers in the past
but am now wasting dual layer discs due to errors half way through the burn.
I can use Nero and burn these larger files by reducing quality and putting
them on a single layer disc, but the same file onto a dual layer for better
quality, errors out half way through the burn.
I'm using Windows XP Home Edition 2002 with service pack2 if this helps.
Does this hardware acceleration message/prompt have anything to do with my
dual layer burner(s) not working properly?
PLEASE HELP.... :-(

Thanks, Bob

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