#WINDOWS 10 HOW TO INSTALL NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER DRIVERS#

(Display, HDAudio, and Physx) It cuts out the extra bloat they keep adding while still allowing you to uninstall the drivers from add/remove programs. HDAudio Folder (Can Delete if not needed)Īfter you remove the other stuff and have just the above left, you can double click the setup.exe and it will run the Nvidia Installer and -only- install the above drivers. Keep the following folders/files and delete the rest. Once you enter the folder you can now delete unneeded subfolders. I do this in a similar but different way, since I need the control panel and a couple other drivers. Now You: How do you install graphics drivers on your systems? While you can run the Nvidia installer, uncheck all options, and clean up the system afterwards for pretty much the same effect, it is probably easier and faster to do it this way instead. If you just need the graphics card driver, then this is one option to ensure that only it gets installed.

#WINDOWS 10 HOW TO INSTALL NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER DRIVER#

This indicates that Windows has installed the new driver for the Nvidia graphics card, and will use it from that moment on. You should get a 'Windows has successfully updated your drivers' notification in the end. It will pick up the display driver, and install it on the machine. Hit the next button, and wait for Windows to finish scanning the folder for suitable drivers. Select 'browse my computer for driver software' on the next window, and select the Display.Driver folder as the folder that you want Windows to search for drivers for the video card. Switch to the driver tab, and click on the 'update driver' button that is listed there on the page. Locate your video card there, you find it under Display Adapters, and right-click on it and select Properties. The easiest way to open the Device Manager is to tap on the Windows-key, type hdwwiz.cpl, and hit the Enter-key. You need to open the Windows Device Manager as you will be installing the driver using the Control Panel applet.

#WINDOWS 10 HOW TO INSTALL NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER ARCHIVE#

The archive opens, and you may extract the content of the package to the local hard drive. With Bandizip, all you need to do is right-click on the downloaded driver file, e.g. I have used the excellent software Bandizip for that, but other archive programs may work as well. If I was reasonable getting paid for al these hours learning how to administer Windows, I could simply buy a few MacBooks.Head over to Nvidia's official driver downloads website, and fill out the fields there to download the driver for your video card and operating system.

May be I must give up this ordeal and simply start saving money for a MacBook or two. Last Step? I don´t know? Writing this is one step. Next Step: I might be able to have even MORE control when I make some changes in the Group Policy Editor! The outcome: even more hours spend, and even more knowledge about my Operating System. Let's try that! The outcome: more hours spend, more knowledge about my Operating System, more frustration. So I learned further: You have more control over updates using Windows Pro or Windows Education. But after a while there is a new NVIDIA-update It helped for the first NVIDIA-update and I could 'hide' that particular NVIDIA update-version. I have tried the troubleshooter ( wushowhide.diagcab), but it does not REALLY help me.

#WINDOWS 10 HOW TO INSTALL NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER UPDATE#

and on-and-on I go (each new OS build and each new NVIDIA-driver update again)

#WINDOWS 10 HOW TO INSTALL NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER WINDOWS 10#

during automatic updates within Windows 10 EducationĨ. after the migration from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Educationħ. during automatic updates within Windows 10 HomeĦ. Having spend hours and hours and evenings and evenings on the same issue, I learned that one cannot ignore individual driver-updates in Windows 10! So the story continues:ĥ.

automatically and immediately after the migration from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 HomeĪfter step 3, I had so much knowledge that I could safely ignore all video-related drivers or updates! Tada, everything works like a charm! But then step 4 came.

during automatic updates within Windows 8.1.

automatically and immediately after the migration from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.

during automatic updates within Windows 8.

As soon as the driver is automatically updated (EVERY SINGLE TIME), I get a Blue Screen of Death and I can spend a few hours learning how repairing a Windows PC works for my actual version af Windows. My laptop works fine when I use the original NVIDIA-drivers. I have the same problems with my NVIDIA-driver. How to stop automatic installation of NVIDIA Driver on Windows 10?

Windows 10 how to install nvidia graphics driver