# ParaView Freezes on start - Windows 10

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-freezes-on-start-windows-10/2603
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** opengl
**Created:** [September 21, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-freezes-on-start-windows-10/2603 "2019-09-21T21:29:58Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-freezes-on-start-windows-10/2603/15 "2019-10-16T03:52:20Z")

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Do you have an HD 3000 graphics card ?  
If so your computer does not support OpenGL on windows 10. See here for more info.

> [@OPENGL not supported in WINDOWS 10 and Intel HD graphics card, GLEW could not be intialized missing GL version](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-not-supported-in-windows-10-and-intel-hd-graphics-card-glew-could-not-be-intialized-missing-gl-version/2701):
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> I can’t open Paraview on a Windows 10 64 bit machine. I get the error: GLEW could not be intialized missing GL version By doing some research on google I have found that the latest Intel drivers for Windows 10 for Intel HD 3000 graphics adapters do not support OpenGl which seem totally necessary for ParaView. In this YouTube video and the associated GitHub channel a solution is provided: It consists of installing the Windows 10 Deployment Kit ([https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardwa…](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install)

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