Unfortunately, even with the automatic updating of system components necessary for the correct operation of graphic adapters, a lot of problems can arise during their update. One of the most acceptable solutions is the restoration of previous versions of drivers. How to roll back the driver for an NVIDIA graphics card, Radeon or integrated chipset will now be discussed. This is done very simply using several methods.
How to roll back video card drivers on Windows 7 or another system in the simplest way?
In the simplest case, we can assume that the user knows exactly when the failure occurred, and the graphics adapter stopped responding or showed incorrect functionality. How to roll back drivers to a video card in this case? There is nothing easier than starting system recovery. This can be done from the corresponding section of the Control Panel (in the simplest version, called by the control command from the Run console).
If the user knows exactly the time or date the problem occurred, you can simply start the process, after which, as you know, the user files will not be affected, but the drivers will be restored to the previous state.
A system boot is also considered to be a no less simple way using the latest workable configuration. In this case, at startup, you just need to press the F8 key (for versions not older than Windows 7, this works, but in the OS above, you must initially rebuild the startup system).
How to roll back drivers to the video card using the “Device Manager”?
There is another, no less interesting solution. The problem of how to roll back drivers to the video card can be solved by using the "Task Manager". It is called from the same “Control Panel”, but for quick access you can use the devmgmt.msc command in the Run menu. Here you need to find your device (graphics adapter) and use the context menu in which the property string is selected.
The driver tab has a special rollback button. If it is active, just click it, after which the previous version will be restored if some update was installed on top of it. If the button is not active, it means that everything is in order with the driver, and the problem must be sought elsewhere.
Restore a previous version using related utilities
But that is not all. The fact is that the problem of how to roll back drivers to a video card can be solved with the help of some accompanying control programs that come with NVIDIA and Radeon adapters in a pre-installed form. These are utilities like PhysX and Catalyst (official releases).
If nothing helps at all, you can just try to remove the device from the system, reboot, after which Windows will automatically install the most suitable driver from its own list. True, it is not a fact that then the device will work correctly. It’s better to use the original driver disk that comes with the purchase and install it from there.