Occlude Background Geometry

I am new to Blender, so if there is some easy fix to this, sorry.

I am trying to do the Blender 3D: Noob to Pro Tutorial, and it says to turn the ‘Occlude Background Geometry’ thing on, and when I do, the whole screen turns black when I hover over any icons or hit a key.

I have a built-in video card on my G31-S2L Gigabyte motherboard, so I don’t know how to edit the OpenGL stuff. How do I fix this?