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A display driver is integral to watching anything on your PC. It is responsible for all the interaction that takes place between the operating system and all video watching software, which in the end, enables you to watch the movie/video/game on your system. Now, that alone brings out the importance of getting the right video card and the right settings required for its proper functioning. These display drivers allows for interfacing of the Windows Vista operating system, games and other applications. This makes their performance all the more better. You need to be wary when choosing the right video card, for a bad one can totally ruin it for you. A bad one will likely cause visible artifacts to pop up, discolorations, out of place lines and other problems such as a decreased frame rate that can make your system lag. Before outlining ways to fix the issue, you need to check for two things: one being whether your driver was recently updated and the other being whether the already installed driver has become problematic. Now, if the problem is with upgraded Windows Vista from an older Windows version, then make sure you install the right Vista compatible driver. These are the likely two causes of a flurry of Vista problems that might prop up. Here are some instructions to go about it.

Instructions

Determine Video Card Type

• First off, find out the video card type by clicking on “Start,” then typing “dxdiag” in the “Start Search” field.  Now press the “Enter” button.
• Click on the “Display” tab.
• Write down the “Name” and “Manufacturer.”
• Manually check your computer manufacturer or video card manufacturer’s website for updated drivers. Download any updated drivers.

Update Driver

• Click on “Start,” then type “device manager” in the “Start Search” field. Press the “Enter” key.
• Double-click “Display adapters,” then double-click your primary graphics card.
• Click on the “Driver” tab.
  

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• Click on “Update Driver.” Select “Search Automatically” and follow the on-screen prompts to update your device driver. Select “Browse my computer” if you already have a driver ready for installation.
• Click on the “Browse” button and navigate to the location where you downloaded the updated drivers. Double-click the file then click on “Next.” Follow the on-screen prompts to finish the installation.

Roll Back Driver

• Click on “Start,” then type “device manager” in the “Start Search” field. Press the “Enter” key.
• Double-click “Display adapters,” then double-click your primary graphics card.
• Click on the “Driver” tab.
• Select “Roll Back Driver.”
• Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the driver rollback.

These are the steps you need to follow to successfully the resolve this issue of display driver related Vista problems.