WoW to basic from aero on startup? Can't turn on overlay? Have VirtuMVP? ThisMayHelp

[ElMar]

Sorry, I'm not sure where to put this, but I just want it out there so it'll help other people with the same problem I had.

My motherboard came with a program called "VirtuMVP" that apparently increases performance for games. I had it on for WoW, and everytime I started the HB launcher, WoW would change from Aero to Basic color scheme, which wouldn't allow me to use the HB overlay that I needed for a routine. This was due to VirtuMVP's "Hyperformance" that I guess disabled Aero so WoW would perform better.

So if you have VirtuMVP, Disable it for WoW or uninstall it.

It took me a while to realize it was VirtuMVP causing the problem because it runs in the background and I had just installed it when I built my computer and forgot about it.

 

[lagalot]

Nice find.
Some food for thought. That program is nothing more than a gimmick from AsRock. It harms more than it tries to help. There's several benchmarks out there supporting this claim over at Tomshardware and other forums. It's best to never install it. If you have it installed, definitely uninstall it.