Hold the SHIFT button, and while holding SHIFT, right-click on the Start Menu, navigate to “Shut down or Sign Out”, then select Restart.To do that, follow one of these steps: Image: Kotaku Australia It’s always highly recommended to remove any and all drivers when in Safe Mode. When you fire up the program for the first time, it’ll give you a prompt if your PC isn’t in Safe Mode. It’ll also remove any leftover audio drivers, which can be especially handy on laptops that have issues with sound disconnecting or not playing correctly. You can use it to remove any GPU drivers from Intel, AMD or Nvidia. It’s called Display Driver Uninstaller, and it’s the perfect tool for cleaning your PC clean of any leftover drivers from upgrades you might have done. While Nvidia/AMD offer the option to do a “clean” install every time you go to update your drivers, it’s always best to wipe the slate clean - and the best way to do that is via an astonishingly free and handy tool. Image: Kotaku Australia How to do a full uninstall of your drivers Ignore the “offers from our partners” on the right hand side - you only want to use Display Driver Uninstaller for deleting things, not installing them. Image: Kotaku Australiaįrom there, you’ll be sent to a page with a list of all the drivers for that particular CPU/GPU – download and store away. But just in case it didn’t, you can select the CPU/GPU of choice through the various boxes. If it returns an error (either because you don’t have an AMD GPU or some other clash), then you’ll have to download drivers through the product selector here: Here, the AMD page automatically detected the CPU. The installer will do a check for compatibility. On this page, you’ll find all of AMD’s drivers and a tool that can auto-detect what AMD GPU you have, and what drivers are needed. Fortunately, they’re all available in the same spot. When it comes to downloads, however, you might have to download CPU and GPU drivers. Image: Kotaku Australiaįor AMD users: To find what GPU you have, you can access AMD Radeon Settings or AMD Radeon Software, depending on how old your drivers are, through the same steps above. If you open Device Manager (type it into the Start menu), you can then expand the “Display Adapters” tab on the next screen, and Windows will list your GPU. (You can also right-click on the desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel from the drop-down box there.) A new window will open, and on that window you’ll see “System Information” in the bottom left hand corner, which gives you all the details you need: Image: Kotaku Australia To access Nvidia Control Panel, just hit the Start button and type “Nvidia Control Panel” on the keyboard. That’s OK though - just open the Microsoft Store, search for Nvidia Control Panel and then install the program, or use this link. (Note: if you don’t have Nvidia Control Panel, it’s because you probably downloaded the DCH versions of Nvidia drivers, which don’t include Nvidia Control Panel due to a difference in how they’re packaged. However, if you’d rather not do that, Windows Device Manager, or the Nvidia Control Panel will tell you what your current GPU is. If you don’t know what GPU you have, you can just download GeForce Experience above and have the middleware work it out afterwards. (The Game Ready Driver will be your go-to in almost all cases, unless you specifically want the Studio driver because of certain programs you use.) If you know what your driver is, you can navigate through the manual drop down boxes, selecting your specific model, the Operating System and what driver you want. (The latter is typically fine.) Nvidia users will have a slightly easier time here since you’re only just dealing with GPU drivers, whereas AMD users might need to install chipset drivers for their CPU, as well as GPU drivers too.įor Nvidia GPU users: You’ll want to head to the official Nvidia driver page here, where you can grab drivers for desktop or laptop GPUs. Image: Kotaku Australia (GeForce Experience) How to properly install Nvidia or AMD driversīefore you even think about uninstalling or installing anything, you’ll want to make sure you have the latest files on a USB stick or hard drive first. A good reason why it’s worth checking this stuff - because occasionally, Windows will mess with things without telling you. So while companies have gotten better about reducing the friction with driver installs, you can do a lot to maintain the cleanliness of your system by making sure older drivers are completely removed beforehand, avoiding any potential conflicts in the future. Sometimes, those updates break in weird and wild ways - and sometimes Windows breaks it for you. That’s one of the great things about the platform, but every now and again you’ll need to update something. PCs collect all sorts of software and bloat over time, predominately because the vast majority of users install things and never think twice about it.
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