Troubleshooting
[IMPORTANT] How to configure AIDA64?
It appears blurry on my high-resolution screen.
Some widgets behave abnormally.
I accidentally set a Panel\Config to be Click Through, now I can't access it.
First, download AIDA64 Extreme or other versions. And then:
- Open AIDA64, cilck "file" at menu and select "preferences".
- Down "hardware monitoring" category at the left menu, select "external applications" page, check "enable writing sensor values to Registry" at right, and click "select all" at below.
- Confirm all the dialog, and refresh the skin. Ensure that AIDA64 is running at the background. It should be noted that NOT ALL hardware is capable of displaying ALL extra informations due to device differences.
Follow it:
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Find the executable program/shortcut of Rainmeter.
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Right-click it, and select "properties".
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Select "compatibility" page.
4.1. To Windows 10/11: click "change high DPI settings", check "override high DPI scaling behavior", and change "scaling performed by" to "application".
4.2. To Windows 7/8/8.1: check "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings".
- Confirm all and restart Rainmeter process.
By deactivating some skins, you can optimize the performance of your computer.
You may need to update to Rainmeter 4.5, as it's a significant improvement in performance.
We would recommend avoiding using something high-occupancy, e.g. skins with web parser modules and visualizer.
Please try to refresh them, or restart Rainmeter process.
To widgets with system monitoring, restart Perfmon.exe, then refresh the skin.
To widgets with web parser modules, check your Internet connection and settings of the skin.
You can modify the source through the settings of skin.
Due to problems with the Rainmeter mechanism, timing is not directly related to system time. That said, you shouldn't actually use the Rainmeter skin for accurate timing.
Due to its default "hybrid shutdown" (called "fast startup" in the system) mechanism, the computer does not shut down completely after performing "shutdown", but enters a "sleep" state. At this point, Rainmeter does not consider it a complete shutdown of the system, so it does not reset the time to zero.
Press and hold Ctrl and right-click it, then uncheck that option.
First of all, you need to make sure you're using one of these players and that you set its setting correctly. (For example, Windows Media Player is WMP, iTunes is ITUNES, and so on)
Here is a list of the players:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| AIMP | AIMP |
| CAD | foobar2000; J. River Media Center; Media Jukebox |
| ITUNES | iTunes |
| WINAMP | Winamp |
| WMP | Windows Media Player |
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| SPOTIFY | Spotify |
| WLM | Last.fm Client; TTPlayer; OpenPandora; Zune |
[Advanced] The extra datas displayed in "CPU", "Driver", "GPU" and "RAM" are incorrect. How do I fix this?
First, the data read by these skins comes from the registry. If the data shows errors, it is possible to read the registry key incorrectly. To correct them, modify them through the skin settings.
You can find this data in the registry. To view them, open the Registry Editor and go to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FinalWire\AIDA64\SensorValues
This is a list of data for the AIDA64 sensor.
The key value name is interpreted as follows:
Layer 1: "Label" or "Value". What we need is the latter.
Layer 2: A single letter, such as P, S, T, or V, means power, state, temperature, or voltage, respectively.
Layer 3: Short name for hardware.
Layer 4: Serial number.
(Layer 5: Suffix.)
Take "Value.VGPU1" as an example, its separation can be seen as:
Value V GPU 1
It means the "Value" of the "V (voltage)" of the "1(st)" "GPU (graphics card)", the value of the voltage of the 1st graphics card.
Copy the name of the key value (note that it is the name and not its value), and then open the settings of the skin you want to modify. Select the object you want to fix, then paste, and press Enter to confirm.