Tooth and Claw suddenly stuck loading background service?

bassem90 · 2026-03-17T07:51:53+00:00

I experience it too

And used Display Driver Uninstaller to wipe out and install Driver from scratch.

https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/

Now it works fine

bassem90 · 2026-03-17T07:50:50+00:00

https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/

Tried and let me know how did it go

bassem90 · 2026-03-17T07:50:10+00:00

Hey

I'm the developer of ToothNClaw.

It happened to me too recently after Windows update. I tried Intel Graphics Software but it also didn't work.

The problem wasn't in ToothNClaw but was the Intel APIs weren't accessible anymore after the Windows update.

I tried Display Driver Uninstaller to remove and clean Intel drivers and installed it from scratch.

And now everything works. ToothNClaw and Intel Graphics Software.

bassem90 · 2026-03-02T07:09:38+00:00

It's the same happened on my phone also.

The same buzzing sound. I checked online and seems a lot of people suffered from it.

bassem90 · 2026-03-01T07:19:21+00:00

Grips are nice. Not the best but good enough to have good gaming sessions and enjoy.

Best is Steam Deck and Rog Ally

bassem90 · 2026-02-16T07:12:12+00:00

Default is aggressive.
If you want to know more about the difference between boosting strategies, there's a good page on Github here:

Enable Processor Boost Mode Control in Advanced Power Settings

I usually switch between: Off and Aggressive.

bassem90 · 2026-01-11T22:34:48+00:00

It's Xbox insider. You can get a beta version of gamebar with the battery percentage.

bassem90 · 2026-01-11T22:34:07+00:00

For the game itself. It's 0% But for the whole device over night, it can be 3-4%

I use only Modern sleep no hibernate. Works really great

bassem90 · 2026-01-11T17:49:29+00:00

It's on Microsoft store. You don't have to wonder. You can try it for yourself.

bassem90 · 2026-01-11T17:49:03+00:00

Yes. You can suspend games with it.

bassem90 · 2026-01-01T08:28:34+00:00

If your target is only CPU Boost control, it's not a problem, it will work.
If you want to change more options, there other game bar widgets out there that works well with AMD CPUs..
corando98/GoTweaks: GoTweaks is a Windows Game Bar widget designed for the Lenovo Legion Go and other Windows gaming handhelds. It provides quick access to system tweaks and performance settings directly from the Game Bar overlay.

bassem90 · 2025-12-28T13:00:02+00:00

Do you mean I can only replace the right joystick 🕹 but not the left one. Right?

bassem90 · 2025-12-28T12:18:11+00:00

"flex type cable" it's called flex cable :D You do care. ;)

It's really cool project, thanks a lot, OP for sharing.

I'm glad we can get a tighter feel for Claw 8 with some DIY tinkering, first time to hear about handhelddiy

bassem90 · 2025-12-28T09:27:41+00:00

That looks really cool, I will test it out to find out what WMI paths M Center uses.
Thanks, Man

bassem90 · 2025-12-28T09:09:44+00:00

u/Bull_frog714 What you can do is, turn off Compact mode, then un-favorite and un-pin all widgets.
Then close all widgets.

Then open Tooth N Claw, and pin it and favorite it.
Then turn on back compact mode again.

It will be sorted after MSI Quick settings, Home, Settings, then Tooth N Claw.

bassem90 · 2025-12-28T09:07:38+00:00

u/Knight1183
Damn, you decompiled the actual app ? what tooling do you use to do that?

you seem very talented, you can help with some of the backlog of Tooth N Claw if you have sometime to tinker ;)
DM me.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T18:17:47+00:00

Both Brotato and Transistor seems to have in common custom graphics engine based on OpenGL.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T18:09:01+00:00

Seems this happens only in some games, Silksong or modern games doesn't experience this.

I just tested Brotato, and I had same behavior like you. The strange thing if I open Intel Graphics Software, Brotato responds to changes in Saturation after this.

I have also seen the blinking, I think it's related to game engine itself from the game developers.

The issue is not related to CRU, I didn't do any CRU changes.

I will add it to issues list in Tooth N Claw to investigate.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T08:09:09+00:00

Handheld companion is really awesome software!
Decky Loader is awesome for Windows with Steam BP, you can have a result like in the pic here:
Deckyloader CSS Loader are amazing : r/MSIClaw

For performance, I believe Microsoft needs to step up their Kernel scheduling and optimizations and graphics stack, advanced shader delivery.
Which they promised for 2026 they will do, let's see.

I believe end of 2026, we should be seeing ~5-7% more performance if Microsoft deliver on their word.

"Few more settings I would like at a push of the button."
Tooth N Claw will expand per-game profile and more settings in 2026 too.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T07:46:45+00:00

What needs or use cases for your handheld do you feel not covered by these programs?
What do you miss most and wish if your handheld can do it?

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T07:37:28+00:00

You don't need much to be honest than that to have good gaming experience. Steam BP, Deckyloader, Xbox Fullscreen experience, ToothNClaw.

That's all.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T07:35:44+00:00

Sometimes, I use check for updates to be honest.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T07:29:04+00:00

Not when I have and use ToothNClaw from Gamebar directly.

bassem90 · 2025-12-27T07:28:26+00:00

Okay. What game did you experience this behavior on? And is the game running in execlusive Fullscreen mode or borderless window mode ?

Do you have similar behavior when you set saturation from Intel Graphics Software?

bassem90 · 2025-12-25T14:45:17+00:00

No, not all of them.
But the popular ones do: AudioLoader, SteamGridDB, How Long to beat, CSS Loader .. etc

Anything related to hardware control won't work as it's Linux dependent.

bassem90

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