# Paraview Installation problem
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270 "2019-02-11T13:06:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@martingardener](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martingardener)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270/1 "2019-02-11T13:06:48Z")
Hi,
Couldnt find an answer to this one anywhere. I installed Paraview 5.6.0 on windows 7 and when I run it the screen is just black. When I click where the menu should be it does activate drop downs and mouse-over hints appear.
Sounds like a windows problem? Any ideas how to resolve?
Many thanks,
Martin
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270/2 "2019-02-11T16:46:13Z")
What kind of graphics card is on your system? Is there anything unusual about your setup?
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270/3 "2019-02-11T17:50:30Z")
And running along the lines of where Cory is going, try updating your graphics drivers to the latest/ greatest? Sometimes default graphics drivers are actually ancient with regards to OpenGL.
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### Author:  [@martingardener](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martingardener)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270/4 "2019-02-11T21:05:51Z")
Thanks both. Your response is much appreciated as Paraview looks very good for the CFD processing I would like to do. My details are;
My specs (from windows) are Dell Latitude E7450, Intel i7-5600U 2.6GHz, 8Gb RAM, 64 bit Windows 7.
I beleive the graphics are integral to the CPU. There certainly isnt a dedicated graphics card (its a work laptop).
Let me know any other information that would help let me know and many thanks for your response. I will check out the drivers but I think they are up to date.
All the best,
Martin
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### Author:  [@martingardener](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martingardener)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270/5 "2019-02-13T11:34:23Z")
Ok I looked into this more and ParaView 4.4.0 works fine. Its all version of 5 that seem to have this issue.
Many thanks!
Martin
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-installation-problem/1270/6 "2019-02-13T11:35:34Z")
Looks definitelly like an OpenGL issue, since we switched OpenGL requirement between 4.4 and 5.0.0.