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Everytime i try to open any game, it always says something like it is unable to display due to some applications or something, and all this occurred only after i did a hp update. I suspect that it has something to do with my NVIDIA graphic driver. Anyone can help? Greatly appreciate it.

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It might help to post the exact error message that you are getting.

Reply to ijack

The problem is i am getting alot of different ones, but i think they are all linked, for example,

Failed to find a suitable display device. Exiting program.
Requires Hardware Graphics Acceleration.

Reply to nooblike

Go to the nVidia Drivers site and use Option 2: Automatically find drivers for my NVIDIA products.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Download and install the nVidia driver.

Reply to hett

Sounds like it's failing to recognize your video card. You say it's an Nvidia one. I'd go to the Nvidia web site and install the latest driver for your card.

Reply to ijack

Tried all your methods, none work thus far. Anyway to confirm that it is my driver with the problem? Or is it something else, someone help pls, thx.

Reply to nooblike

Do you by somechance own a dell?

If so there is a process running in the background controlled by the devil made to slow down and crash things.

Please press CTRL + ALT + DEL and check your processes. Filter it by highest memory first. Report back with findings.

Also, go to your CPU monitoring page (Its the performance tab in taskmanager) and do nothing just sit and stare at your desktop. Report back with your average CPU usage percent and average memory usage percent.

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