@@ -, +, @@ 
 when non-hardware-accelerated capabilities are requested,
 because only updateGraphicsConfigurationGDI provides
 software rendering capabilities.
---
 .../opengl/windows/wgl/WindowsWGLGraphicsConfigurationFactory.java     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/src/jogl/classes/jogamp/opengl/windows/wgl/WindowsWGLGraphicsConfigurationFactory.java	
+++ a/src/jogl/classes/jogamp/opengl/windows/wgl/WindowsWGLGraphicsConfigurationFactory.java	
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ public class WindowsWGLGraphicsConfigurationFactory extends GLGraphicsConfigurat
             }
         }
         try {
-            if( !updateGraphicsConfigurationARB((WindowsWGLDrawableFactory)factory, config, chooser, hdc, extHDC, pfdIDs) ) {
+            if( !((GLCapabilitiesImmutable)config.getChosenCapabilities()).getHardwareAccelerated()
+                    || !updateGraphicsConfigurationARB((WindowsWGLDrawableFactory)factory, config, chooser, hdc, extHDC, pfdIDs) ) {
                 updateGraphicsConfigurationGDI(config, chooser, hdc, extHDC, pfdIDs);
             }
         } finally {
--