By default, doing so will produce a Beep sound and turn your screen black for a short time. Then, your display will start operating normally.
When to Reset Graphics Driver
How to Restart or Reset Graphics Driver on Windows
Please find some of the methods to restart or reset your graphics driver on Windows down below and adopt one according to your preference.
Freezing or crashing of your display. If you get display errors like a black screen, flickering issues, etc. Crashes during the operation of GPU-intensive applications. Poor graphics quality. Missing or flickering Taskbar/Cursor
Restart Graphics Driver Through PowerShell
If you prefer using commands to restart your Graphics Driver, you can do it using Windows PowerShell. It allows you to separately refresh your external drivers along with the built-in graphics device driver. Here are the steps to refresh your drivers through PowerShell:
Restart Graphics Driver Through Task Manager
It is also possible to restart your external or dedicated graphics driver from the Task Manager. If you kill the driver process, Windows will automatically restart it. Here’s how you can end the graphics driver process in the Task Manager: Shortly afterward, Windows will restart the driver. Or you can launch an application forcing Windows to do so as well.
Reset Graphics Driver Using Their Settings
All Graphics devices have their individual settings interface through which you can reset their settings to default. The method is different for separate devices. The following steps show the process for INTEL, NVIDIA, and AMD Graphics Drivers: INTEL Graphics Driver NVIDIA Graphics Driver AMD Graphics Driver
Reset Graphics Driver From Device Manager
Using the Device Manager, it is possible to both refresh and reset your graphics driver. To refresh the driver, you can simply disable and enable it. Here’s how you can do so: To reset the driver, you need to reinstall it. Follow the steps below to perform this task:
Reset Graphics Driver Through Control Panel
As mentioned in the previous method, uninstalling and reinstalling the driver will reset it to the default configuration. You can also use the Control Panel to reset your graphics driver software. Please follow the instruction below:
