Windows 10: Video controls within a game no longer work

I have a game that I am thoroughly addicted to. Within the game, it has video options to brighten the screen(or not). Since upgrading to Windows 10 Pro, these controls no longer work. The game works just fine but the screen is very dark. Been playing this game for more than a decade. I'm hoping there is a solution!

Video card = Nvidia GeForce GTX 660ti

I have not been able to download Nvidia drivers for some time. Each time I try, it says the website cannot be reached and to try again later.

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Constant Blue Screens - Event ID 10016, Distributed COM Error

Changed the start value to a 4. Restarted the comp.

Sound no longer works, FiiO USB DAC-E10 had a yellow warning on it under Sound, video, and game controllers.

Deleted the driver under Sound and video controllers that had a yellow warning, and it just refreshed and reinstalled it without my prompt. Sound is working again, but FiiO USB DAC-E10 is now back under Audio outputs as well.

 

game no longer allows video accleration by hardware since upgrading to windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the description, I understand that you are facing some issues using Windows 10.

This might have occurred due to some system conflicts.

Not all computers will support this. Most new computers using NVidia or AMD/ATI graphics cards will not have the ability to change the amount of acceleration through. These options are typically only available on older computers or computers using
onboard video.

Hardware acceleration cannot be increased or decreased. It can only be enabled or disabled. It also depends on the graphics card. Some graphics cards do not support hardware acceleration.

Please refer to these steps to check if the graphics card supports hardware acceleration or not and to enable it:

• 
  On the desktop, press Windows key + X and select
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  In Large Icons View, click on Display and click on
  Change Display Settings, in the left pane.
  
• 
  Click on Advanced Settings.
  
• 
  In the Advanced Settings window, if Troubleshooting tab is present, then the graphics card supports hardware acceleration.
  
• 
  Click on the Troubleshooting tab and move the
  Hardware Acceleration slider to full.
  
• 
  Click on OK and restart the computer to save the settings.
  

Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other assistance with Windows in future. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Welcome to the forums Steve. Have you tried a different browser to update your drivers
Drivers | GeForce

What game is giving you the problem? Is it the only game that does that?

 

The game is Blitzkrieg (and its numerous follow-ons) by Nival Interactive. I don't have any issues with any other games. Don't really play anything else. I had Windows 8.1 Pro before upgrading to 10 and this was not an issue.

I have been able to download the latest drivers from GeForce since my original post. No change in the situation.

 

Well since no other games have the issue you have to look at maybe reinstalling the game. It is a pain but games can be tricky.

Are all you other drivers, specifically the motherboard chipset drivers updated?

 

Motherboard chipset drivers are not updated. It is an ASUS motherboard but I cannot identify it further without opening up the case.

 

You can use Speccy, and click the motherboard to see what board it is.

Speccy - Download

 

Speccy sez the motherboard is:
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H81M-PLUS (SOCKET 1150)

 

You can get the chipset\motherboard drivers here

H81M-PLUS | Motherboards | ASUS Global

 

try running windowed mode and see if theres any difference? doesnt help your problem but gives more ideas of what could be wrong

 

What is "windowed mode"?

 

alt+enter or via games video options?