Layout

AIDA64 Engineer

Layout

 

This page covers several options that control the AIDA64 user interface and appearance.  Please scroll down to read explanation of each options.

 

preferences_layout

 

Enable "ASPI" page

 

This option displays or hides the Storage / ASPI page.  In some very rare cases on ASPI page AIDA64 may lock up or cause an application fault, in such cases disabling ASPI page can help to make AIDA64 stable.

 

Enable "Audio Codecs" page

 

This option displays or hides the Multimedia / Audio Codecs page.

 

Enable "DMI" page

 

This option displays or hides the Computer / DMI page.  The reliability and accuracy of DMI information depends on the manufacturer of the motherboard or brand-name computer. The DMI page should be disabled when DMI information is suspect or inaccurate.

 

Enable "OpenAL" page

 

This option displays or hides the Multimedia / OpenAL page.  OpenAL API calls may cause application or operating system fault when the audio driver does not fully conform to industry-accepted standards.

 

Enable "OpenGL" page

 

This option displays or hides the Display / OpenGL page.  OpenGL API calls may cause application or operating system fault when the video driver does not fully conform to industry-accepted standards.

 

Enable "DirectX" menu

 

This option displays or hides all pages under the DirectX menu.

 

Enable "Config" menu

 

This option displays or hides all pages under Config menu.  When those pages are not used or required, they can be disabled via this option.

 

Enable "Database" menu

 

This option displays or hides all pages under the Database menu.  When those pages are not used or required, they can be disabled via this option.

 

Enable "Benchmark" menu

 

This option displays or hides all pages under the Benchmark menu.  When those pages are not used or required, they can be disabled via this option.

 

Sort menu and submenu items alphabeticially

 

This option sorts the Page menu captions alphabetically.  This option simplifies navigation in the Page menu to ease finding a specific one in the wide selection of pages.

 

Hide icon and bubble in Notification Area

 

This option displays or hides the AIDA64 icon on the System Tray (also known as the Notification Area).  This includes the bubble shown for specific events under Windows 2000 and later operating systems.

 

Remember main window position

 

AIDA64 saves and restores the main window position when this option is enabled.  The AIDA64 main window will always be displayed on the desktop centre when this setting is disabled.

 

Remember main window size

 

AIDA64 saves and restores the main window size (both width and height) when this option is enabled.  The AIDA64 main window will be displayed using the default 800x600 window size when this setting is disabled.

 

Remember page menu state

 

AIDA64 saves and restores the page menu state when this option is enabled.  Page menu state means the expanded or collapsed state of each menu item of the page menu.

 

Remember last selected page

 

AIDA64 displays the last selected page when this option is enabled.

 

Hide the best benchmark reference results

 

This option can be used on old computers to hide the top half of the scores in the benchmark reference results list.