Tip 1: How to uninstall the monitor driver

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Tip 1: How to uninstall the monitor driver

The monitor, like any computer hardware, needs the driver. In this case, or it is installed from the disk,which comes with the monitor, or the display is running the system driver. If you installed a separate driver, you sometimes need to remove it, for example, if you change the model monitor.

You will need

- Computer with Windows OS;
- Driver Cleaner Pro.

Instructions

You can do it this way. Click on the empty inactive section of the desktop with the right mouse button. If your operating system is Windows 7, then in the resulting context menu select "Screen Resolution". Owners of Windows XP operating system must select "Properties".

In the next window, select "Additionalparameters ", then -" Monitor ". Then click "Properties" and go to the "Driver" tab. After that, click "Delete". Then close all running programs and windows. Restart the computer. After restarting the PC driver monitor will be removed from your system.

Also for driver removal, you canuse additional software. A very good program of its kind is called Driver Cleaner Pro. Find it on the Internet (it's free), download and install it on your computer's hard drive. The advantage of this method is that, in addition to removing the driver itself, the program will clear the system registry.

Run Driver Cleaner Pro. On the right in the program window is the arrow. Click on this arrow with the left mouse button. A list of the drivers that are installed on your computer appears. Walk through this list and find the driver monitor. Then click on its name with the left mouse button, then click on the Add button in the program menu. Then click Start. The process of deactivating drivers starts. Wait for it to finish.

After removing the drivers, a report appears. Close all active windows. Now restart the computer. After the driver is rebooted monitor will be permanently deleted, and the registry is cleared. Also Driver Cleaner Pro can be used to remove the drivers of the video card.

Tip 2: How to remove the graphics driver

The speed of the graphics subsystemmodern personal computer depends not only on the graphics card model, but also on the version of the installed drivers and the correctness of their installation. When replacing the old version of the drivers with a newer one, it is advisable not to put a new driver on top of the old driver, and beforehand completely remove the graphics card drivers (especially if a beta version was installed).

To safely replace the drivers, use the following sequence of steps:

Prepare to remove the drivers: download the latest version of the drivers, and rename the folder from which the installation of drivers last time, so that the system did not try to install the driver from it automatically. Completely remove the distribution of the old driver should not be, it can be done after the successful installation of the new driver.
To clean the system of unused entriesregistry and dll-files, use one of the utilities intended for this purpose, for example - Driver Cleaner Pro (http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.html). Version Pro is free, and it's quite enough to perform the required function.
Open Start - Control Panel -Administration. Select Computer Management, and in the window that appears, click Device Manager. Find the video card in the list of devices, right-click on its name, and select "Delete" in the appeared context menu.
Reboot in safe mode. If the monitor is connected via DVI, first connect it via VGA.
Run Driver Cleaner Pro tocompletely remove the graphics driver. Select in the list of devices everything that relates to your video card. If you have previously installed a different video card - also select everything that relates to it to remove the remaining driver. Click Start. The program will clean the system.
Reboot. The system detects a new device and prompts you to install drivers for it. Specify the folder with the new drivers.
If necessary, configure the settings of the video card.

The manufacturer of a particular video card can offer specialized utilities to remove drivers from the system. Examine the manufacturer's website to find information about such utilities.

Tip 3: How to remove all drivers

Everyone has long known that if you do not remove it in timeunnecessary driver from the program Windows XP, then it will simply spend system resources. And if these unnecessary drivers are too many, they can lead to an unstable computer system and waste a huge amount of resources that could be useful for solving some more useful and important task. From all this it follows that unnecessary drivers from the system must be deleted.