Uninstall Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
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Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is a software built in Windows 10 and it used to provide display and graphics capabilities when your device driver is not installed or installed incorrectly on Windows 10, here is this post, it is to say the graphics card driver is showing as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter rather than Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. Usually, you can install the suitable graphics card driver and the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter can be replaced by Intel or AMD or NVIDIA graphics card drivers. Unless you are computer veteran, or you are strongly recommended to automatically download and install the graphics card drivers.
Video card information.Last updated: March 16, 2008 How to uninstall your current display drivers Sorry, but no Vista info yetUnfortunately, Microsoft changed things in Vista and I'm not currentlyrunning it. So, I have no experience uninstalling display drivers underVista. But from what I've read, the ' process described below has changed a bit.
There's more thanone way to start the Vista version of add/remove but the one which works foreveryone (apparently) is to open 'My Computer' and then click the 'Uninstallor change a program' item which appears towards the top of the window. Thatshould bring up the new version of the add/remove window. Then click thedisplay driver to select it as described below in' and thenclick the 'Uninstall button'.Why you should uninstallYou should always uninstall your current before installing newdisplay drivers. If you install new drivers over the old ones, parts ofthe old drivers can be left around and cause problems. You can usuallyinstall new ones over old ones without getting into trouble. But when thingsgo wrong, it may not be the least bit obvious what is causing the problem.
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Itcauses misery often enough that there are specialized programs likeand ATI's Catalystuninstaller which try to eliminate all vestiges of any leftover displaydrivers.Before starting the process of changing display drivers, it's a good idea tocreate a restore point as described. That way, if something goeswrong you can undo the changes you just made. You should always haveadministrator privileges before uninstalling drivers (instructions).The easiest and most reliable way to uninstall display drivers is with the'Add/Remove Programs' window. This should always be the first method you try.All but the most ancient drivers from NVIDIA and ATI can be removed this way.Most other recent display drivers can also be uninstalled in 'Add/RemovePrograms'.To use the add/remove approach, open the 'Control Panel' and thendouble-click 'Add/Remove Programs'. In Windows 95, 98, and ME, select the'Install/Uninstall' tab. Then for all versions of Windows, find the entryfor your display drivers and click it.
The entry is usually the name of themanufacturer of the onyour followed by 'graphicsdriver' or 'display driver'. Then just follow the prompts and remove thedriver. You will then be asked to restart Windows.If your display driver doesn't support 'Add/Remove Programs' thenyou have to use one of the other approaches: if you're running Windows 95,98, or ME, then you; or if you're running Windows 2000, or Windows XP, you.Uninstalling NVIDIA drivers with Add/Remove ProgramsIf you see an entry which says 'NVIDIA Graphics Drivers' or 'NVIDIA DisplayDrivers' then select it and remove it. But sometimes NVIDIA display driversappear as 'NVIDIA Drivers' as seen above. This version appears because NVIDIAmakes more than just display adapters. They also make chipsets which means thatthere is more than one kind of NVIDIA driver which can be removed in'Add/Remove Programs'.
If you see something like 'NVIDIA nForce Drivers',don't remove them. Those are motherboard chipset drivers. In the case shownabove, just select 'NVIDIA Drivers' and click the 'Change/Remove' button.If the only NVIDIA driver installed is a display driver, then it will ask youto verify if you want to remove your display driver.If there is more than one NVIDIA driver, then it will allow you to selectwhich drivers to remove. Click 'Remove only the following' and then make surethat only 'NVIDIA Display Driver' has a check to the left of it. Click'Remove' and then it will uninstall your display driver and leave the rest ofthe NVIDIA drivers installed.If you have more than one NVIDIA display adapter installed in your computer,removing the display driver will remove the drivers for all display adapterswhich are using it.Uninstalling ATI drivers with Add/Remove ProgramsWhen uninstalling ATI drivers using 'Add/Remove Programs', you may have anentry for 'ATI - Software Uninstall Utility'. The uninstall utility removesthe ATI control panel or ATI catalyst control center, the ATI display driver,any ATI demos, and the uninstall utility itself. This utility is the easiestway to uninstall the ATI software.
Just select the uninstall utility, clickthe button, follow the prompts, and then reboot.If you don't have the uninstall utility then you should have the 'ATI DisplayDriver'. You probably also have either the 'ATI Control Panel' or the 'ATICatalyst Control Center'. First uninstall the 'ATI Control Panel' or the 'ATICatalyst Control Center' if you have either of those. You will be prompted torestart the computer but you can cancel out of that.
Then uninstall the 'ATIDisplay Driver'.If you have more than one ATI driver installed, then a window will ask you toselect which driver to uninstall. In this example, both drivers are installedfor a single Radeon 9700 Pro video card. The 'Radeon 9700 PRO' entry is theoutput for the main monitor and 'Radeon 9700 PRO - Secondary' is the outputfor the secondary monitor. Both drivers are listed even if you're only usingone monitor. You should uninstall both of them.
If you have any other ATIdisplay adapters in the computer then they will appear in this list as well.Put a check to the left of all of the display drivers and then click 'OK' andfollow the prompts and reboot.If you have Catalyst drivers installed but for some reason you cannot removethem in 'Add/Remove Programs', you can download a copy of the ATI Catalystuninstaller utility from ATI's support site.Unfortunately I can't give you a direct link to the utility anymore becausethe morons at ATI decided to prevent links into their support site. You'lljust have to navigate their labarynthine website on your own. Startand click the 'Customer Care'link at the top of the page. If a drop-down menu appears when you move themouse over 'Customer Care' then just ignore it and click 'Customer Care' atthe top. Type 'catalyst maintenance utilities' into the search box in theupper left part of the window and then click the 'GO' button. Look in thesearch results for the 'CATALYST - ATI Maintenance Utilities' link and thenclick it. Click the 'cat-uninstaller.exe' link to download the utility.The only difference between this utility and the 'ATI - Software UninstallUtility' in 'Add/Remove Programs' is that the downloaded version does notuninstall itself.Windows 2000 and XP display drivers are normally removed in the 'Add/RemovePrograms' window but some drivers may not work that way.
You can also havedamaged installations which should appear in 'Add/Remove Programs' but donot. In cases like that, you can uninstall the driver in the 'DeviceManager'. This approach only uninstalls the display driver itself and not anysupporting programs like control panels, so it should only be used if youcan't do it in 'Add/Remove Programs'. To use this method, open the 'ControlPanel' and then double-click 'System'. Select the 'Hardware' tab and click'Device Manager'. Then click the '+' to the left of 'Display Adapters' toshow the installed display adapters.In both examples above, the installed drivers are actually drivers providedby Microsoft.
This kind of display driver does not need to be uninstalledlike a normal one. It doesn't hurt to uninstall it, but it isn't necessary.If you're not sure whether it's a Microsoft display driver then just go aheadand uninstall it. To uninstall the driver, right-click it and then select'Uninstall'. The Radeon 9700 Pro shown above has two monitor outputs. The'Radeon 9700 PRO Family' driver is the main monitor output and the 'Radeon9700 PRO SEC Family' driver is for the second monitor output.
You shoulduninstall the driver for both outputs.If you can't use the 'Add/Remove Programs' method in Windows 95, 98, or ME,then you have to uninstall your current display driver by installing adefault driver to replace it. Open the 'Control Panel' and then double-click'Display' to bring up the 'Display Properties' window. Select the 'Settings'tab, click 'Advanced', and then select the 'Adapter' tab.That displays the information about your current display adapter. Click'Change' to start the 'Update device driver wizard'.Click 'Next', select 'Display a list of all drivers in a specificlocation.' , and then click 'Next' again.Select 'Show all hardware' and then click on '(Standard display types)' whichis at the top of the list on the left.
Then click 'Standard PCI GraphicsAdapter (VGA)' in the list on the right unless you're using a REALLYold computer with an ancient ISA video card in which case you should select'Standard Display Adapter (VGA)' (and run out and buy a new computer). Thistells Windows to load up a generic display driver which also unloads yourcurrent driver. Click 'Next' twice and then 'Finish' and then reboot Windows.Once Windows has rebooted, you should be operating with a generic displaydriver.Dealing with uninstall problemsIt's a good idea to be thorough when you're uninstalling display driversbefore changing video cards or before updating your drivers. Unfortunately,sometimes things go wrong. Perhaps you forgot to uninstall your old driversbefore installing new ones, or maybe your computer crashed while changingdrivers. Whatever the cause, you may have parts of leftover display driversin your computer which are difficult to get rid of.
You can use a programcalledto try to clean out leftover drivers. It's a free program whichcan clean up ATI and NVIDIA display drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP, andWindows Vista.If 'Add/Remove Programs' successfully uninstalled your display drivers, thenyou don't need to run Driver Sweeper unless you like to be extremelythorough. Most people don't run this kind of program unless they are havingproblems with their display drivers.
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You should always uninstall your displaydrivers using one of the methods above before running Driver Sweeper. It isnot a full uninstaller. It just gets rid of things which may be left overfrom a regular uninstall.
What follows is a general description of how to useDriver Sweeper. The program contains help information which you should readbefore using Driver Sweeper to clean things up. The help information maycontain instructions which apply to your specific situation.To uninstall a display driver using Driver Sweeper, the first step is touninstall the display drivers using one of the methods described above.
If you can't uninstallthat way then try to use one of the other methods. But when your systemrestarts, boot in safe mode (instructions) rather than booting normally.At that point a 'Found New Hardware' window may try to install new displaydrivers. Cancel out of that if you're given the choice. If you can't cancelout and it installs a display driver, then uninstall that display driver inthe 'Device Manager' as explained exceptuninstall the driver even if it's a Microsoft driver and don't allow it toreboot. The goal here is to get into safe mode with only the default VGAdriver installed.
Windows 2000, XP, and Vista sometimes install drivers for you anyway so you needto try to stop them. Once you are in safe mode disable any anti-virus scanneryou have running and run Driver Sweeper.Go to the 'select' box on the left and click on the driver you want to sweep.Select 'ATI - Display' for ATI video cards or select 'NVIDIA - Display' forNVIDIA video cards. Don't select 'NVIDIA - Chipset' because it's designed tosweep chipset drivers for motherboards with NVIDIA chipsets. Once you've clicked on thedriver to sweep, click on the ' button. Then the selected driver will showup in the 'Remove' box on the right.
If you've selected the wrong one thenclick the '.
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