"updated" graphics card problems?

I had tried to update my graphics card because my computer was having a few problems both running games and just running itself. I researched and was under the impression that if I just simply updated my driver all would be well again. I downloaded what this site told me to and now my computer is worse. It runs slow and sketchy and the color was all messed up. I disabled the driver so I could actually use it but it hasnt helped much. I tried to do a system restore but my computer wont let it. Any suggestions on what to do to fix this and then update my driver?

"updated" graphics card problems?

if you right click my computer, choose properties then hardware,

open device manager and select your graphics card

then choose rollback driver.this should work.

to find a driver for your card, visit the manufacturers website the latest drivers will be on there DO NOT INSTALL RANDOM DRIVERS NOT SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR YOUR HARDWARE!!

good luck

Andy

"updated" graphics card problems?

did you try roll back driver?

what video card do you have btw?

"updated" graphics card problems?

you may need to either do a system restore to point before install the driver or if easier download a new driver, one you are sure about

"updated" graphics card problems?

Right click on the driver then property then driver then roll back old driver.

"updated" graphics card problems?

updating your video card driver wont simply makes your computer better. due to demand of memory of todays game old video card sometimes need to be replace by a higher memory and or add more RAM memory for you to be able to play or experience what you are expecting on the game. on your situation that you said "running by itself" you also experience problem, video card might not be the source of the problem. there is a lot of reasons, virus, spyware, corrupt system files, populated hard disk (running low on space), etc.,

What you have download is not maybe proper driver for your video card.

first need to remove/or uninstall the driver you installed and its previous driver, go to hardware properties and remove it from there if it is not available in add/remove programs. then restart you pc.

upon restart your computer, will detect you video card. then install the driver of your video card. if you dont have one dowload its driver ONLY FROM THE WEBSITE OF ITS MAKER.

this might solve your problem.

"updated" graphics card problems?

Obviously, the first thing to try is going back to 'zero' by uninstalling the driver you presently have installed, preferably after using a free program called 'DriverCleanerPro' which works with nVidia and ATI drivers (also 3DLabs, Creative, Matrox, Realtek and several others).

After installing it reboot into 'safe' mode which will allow you to uninstall the driver from the Device Manager, then run the uninstall wizard for the app and, finally, run 'Driver Cleaner Pro' to fully eliminate all the tidbits that may be left over.

Then as you reboot into normal mode, XP will try to reinstall it's own drivers (since you just got rid of the updated driver) from its CAB files (they have a Cab Cleaner program for cleaning these out also). Try to cancel this process, then install the alternate driver, in your case, I'd try the original driver disk, since it was designed to work with the card.

If that's the driver you're having trouble with, go to the site that made the card and see if their update is the same as the latest nVidia or ATI driver at their respective sites. If the makers of the card only recommend the latest nVidia or ATI update, then there may be other details, such as what specific apps seem to be triggering the problems, that may indicate where the problem may lie. From my experience though, it's the driver itself and not another program.