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Do you install GPU drivers in safe mode?

Arclite

Arclite

Arclite

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Hi,

The last 2 Geforce game ready drivers have been a mission to install on my pc. I always uninstall drivers from safe mode using the DDU uninstaller and then come back to windows to install the new ones. Last months Geforce drivers just did not go through the installation in windows properly at all and always either closed the installer or just crashed it midway install so I ended up going to safe mode with networking enabled uninstalled the drivers and then installed it in there and then came back to windows to find the driver installed properly but Geforce Experience did not which I separately downloaded and installed.

So my question, is it a good practice to install GPU drivers from safe mode?

Did anybody have this issue lately with Nvidia drivers?

Thanks
 
Ok tried installing the new nvidia drivers and this time the installer said "other installations are running" and then asked me to close the installer.
 
Ok installed by extracting the driver file with winrar and then manually searching for drivers in device manager. Drivers installed and then downloaded geforce experience and installed it.

I looked it up and it appears others have had this issue but nothing has fixed it.
 
Troezar said:
I'm more thorough of moving between Nvidia and AMD drivers. The last few AMD drivers I just installed over the top, seemed fine.
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I had three in row like that with no issue and then one which was just not right

do had to clean wipe and start again

dont think its always the drivers fault so much going on in the background every desktop is different have had some go really wrong in the past
 
No. I often just install drivers on top of each other if they are from the same branch. Or I’ll do a factory reset using the AMD Software installer if the driver is from a newer branch. For troubleshooting driver issues however a factory reset is always advisable.
 
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