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How to Roll Back Video Card Drivers in Windows 10 - Micro Center
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>So, you have updated your graphics/video driver and now the system is not working properly. The quick option to fix this is to roll the driver back to the previous version and see if that helps.</p><p>This article is going to show how to roll back a graphics driver on your Windows 10 PC.</p><p>Here is how to roll back your video drivers:</p><p>1) To start this process, <strong>Right click</strong> on the <strong>Start button, </strong>typically found at the lower left corner of the screen.</p><p><br></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/mu/z8vbc8c3m9p2.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/mu/z8vbc8c3m9p2.jpg" alt="z8vbc8c3m9p2.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>2) From the list of options that will pop up, click on <strong>Device Manager.</strong></p><p><br></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/eq/2ow5056p6n09.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/eq/2ow5056p6n09.jpg" alt="2ow5056p6n09.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>3) A Device Manager window will appear.</p><p>Once in Device Manager, click on the arrow next to <strong>Display adapters</strong> to show the list of installed video drivers.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/dn/6grmmxygsmvt.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/dn/6grmmxygsmvt.jpg" alt="6grmmxygsmvt.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>4) <strong>Double click</strong> on your video/graphics card driver listed here.</p><p><em>(for this example we are using the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740)</em></p><p><br></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/hb/11vc79t01qvn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/hb/11vc79t01qvn.jpg" alt="11vc79t01qvn.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>5) Click on <strong>Driver</strong> at the top of the properties window (if needed)</p><p>Under the "Driver" tab, select <strong>Roll Back Driver</strong>.</p><p><br></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/2b/doyc9kepu0wg.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/2b/doyc9kepu0wg.jpg" alt="doyc9kepu0wg.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>6) Select any reason for rolling back, then select <strong>Yes </strong>to continue.</p><p><br></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/as/kjz9ncjldk5b.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/as/kjz9ncjldk5b.jpg" alt="kjz9ncjldk5b.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>7) The screen should flicker/flash/go off and on for up to 30 seconds and then will bring you back to the properties screen for the driver. Note that the Roll Back Driver is grayed out, this confirms it was successfully rolled back.</p><p>Now click on <strong>Close </strong>and you are done with the roll back process.</p><p><br></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/ui/93mng0fydj8c.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/editor/ui/93mng0fydj8c.jpg" alt="93mng0fydj8c.jpg"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><p>If you are still running into issues, you may want to try a clean install of your video card drivers. Please check out our guide <a href="https://community.microcenter.com/kb/articles/133-how-to-clean-install-video-card-drivers-in-windows-10" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"><strong>here</strong></a> for instruction!</p> </article> </main>
