Why do my Windows 8.1 games crash when going fullscreen?

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windows 8.1 games crashing when going fullscreen

all the games i try to play in fullscreen crash. tarzan won't even open in full screen, need for speed opens like that by default but crashes (a box pops up saying that windows has found a problem), luxor 3 is fine windowed but when i try to go fullscreen it crashes and another box pops up with a lot of text, jazz jackrabbit 2 doesn't even go fullscreen, etc. changing the resolution does nothing. please help.
 

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