Windows 10: Issue with NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Causing System Freezes After Updates

Hello,I have a problem with nvidia graphics drivers. Everytime I update my graphics drivers my OS stops functioning. When i turn on the computer it works fine for few minutes but then it hard freezes, by that i mean completely no mouse and no keyboard so i cant use shortcuts to reload my drivers. I can either wait for about 5 - 10 minutes before the computer restarts itself or forcefully restart by power button. To fix this I found out I can restart the computer immidiately after I start it this is a short temr and the computer can also freeze when playing games that require good graphics I

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NVIDIA DRIVER 307.83

The issue still the same.

I went to NVIDIA Web site and they suggested to download a new driver

GE force 353.62. I was able to downloaded but was not able to install it due to:

"NVIDIA Installer cannot continue this graphic driver could not find compatible graphic hardware"

I don't know what to do anymore

Any other suggestion?

 

NVIDIA Graphics driver UPDATE and CRASHING issues? Try this...

I have repeatedly attempted to update my Nvidia graphics drivers through the Nvidia Experience program that is designed to update the drivers. I have never had the program complete successfully once since I started using Windows 10 for the past several YEARS.

I have complained repeatedly to the customer service line about this issue and now I see that the graphics driver is crashing every few seconds and "successfully" restarting to crash again. That looks like a failure to me.

Might I suggest not calling the restart a success until it actually fails to crash for the first few seconds it resumes normal activity, and if it immediately crashes again, maybe the operating system should TELL MICROSOFT ABOUT IT> with the customer's permission
to send a list of actively running programs and processes with the hardware description.

I am TIRED of being lied to. If I have a standard user account using the administrator's ID to get permission to perform administrative tasks, it should work all the time; any time it does not work as expected because of a non-stated Microsoft Policy to
protect it's own software, and requires all users to log in as the administrator, is a bit excessive and abuses the standard user with permission to run administrative actions.

If you don't like compromising what you've set up as a standard user, I suggest you make an advanced user profile, and start making the install program from NVIDIA work on WINDOWS 10! THAT IS A BASIC EXPECTATION. (or are you being completely stupid about computer
operating systems?)

 

System freeze and other perfromance issue on Windows 10.

Hello Rand,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.

Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

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  Did you update the graphics card after upgrading to Windows 10?
  
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  Does the screen freeze up when performing a particular task or at random?
  

You might be facing this issue due to the non-updated or incompatible graphics card drivers. Non-updated or incompatible device drivers may cause system performance issue in the operating system. Updating the device drivers, compatible with the operating
system will help in resolving certain device driver issue.

Method 1: I suggest you to update the graphics card driver from
Device manager manually by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• 
  Press Windows key + X and click on
  Device Manager.
  
• 
  Expand Display adapter option from the window.
  
• 
  Right click on the graphics display driver and select
  Update option from the context menu.
  
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  Follow the on-screen instructions and wait for the update to complete.
  
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  Close the window and check if the changes are effective.
  

Method 2: If the issue persists, I suggest you to install the graphic card drivers in compatibility mode by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

Step 1: Compatibility mode runs the program in the current version of Windows using the settings from previous version of Windows.

• 
  Download the latest driver setup file from the manufacturer’s website or locate the downloaded driver setup file of the previous operating system in your PC.
  
• 
  Right-click on the driver setup file and click on
  properties.
  
• 
  Click on the compatibility tab, check the box
  Run this program in compatibility mode for, select
  Windows 10 operating system from the drop down menu and proceed with the installation.
  
• 
  Once the driver is installed in compatibility mode,
  restart the PC for the effective changes to take place.
  

Step 2: You can also follow the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• 
  Press Windows logo key on the keyboard and type
  Run programs made for previous versions of Windows.
  
• 
  Select the top most search result and follow from
  step 2 from the article Make older programs compatible with this version
  of Windows (Also applies to Windows 10).
  

Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.

Thank you.