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**THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD**

I've had this issue for ages:
Open Issues in Version 497.09 WHQL
  • In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker. [340522]
For some reason it's fixed for me in this patch, it's been bothering me for some time.
Hopefully it doesn't return.
 
I really hate the fact that the Nvidia drivers are now using the stupid Windows App Store to install a control panel!

Sadly it looks as if I'll never be able to use any of the DCH drivers on the other GTX 980 system at my family home because unlike the Standards the Windows App folder has a corrupted Administrator profile. All the other directories are working fine apart from the Nvidia control panel, even with a reinstall!

I've tried
-Changing security permissions for that folder to Administrator or even as a standard user which always ends up with a failed to enumerate objects in the container. So the files are hard locked
-Reset WindowsApps folder Permissions to Default
-Doing a full windows repair but it says everything is fine
-Doing an image repair but again says everything is fine
-Making a new account, reinstalling the drivers, but again fails

The Nvidia driver works fine, the control panel doesn't! Annoyed is an understatement :mad::mad:

Hopefully this doesn't happen on the RTX 2070 super system or i'll be ******
 
V F said:
Why not create a new Administrator profile and transfer any of the stuff you need to the correctly working one?
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Tried that, it's corrupted some of the Windows Apps folder permissions and wont let you change it as it says Access Denied, group profile is corrupt and will need to be removed. Even though you can't remove it because it's blanked out haha

But anyway I fixed it by doing this via Mapson's idea

The 'AppX Nvidia Control Panel' is a 'Desktop Bridge AppX' IIRC.
If all other troubleshooting has failed, as a last resort you may be able to extract the core files from the AppX Package and run the NVCPL 'normally'
1. Extract the AppX package from the driver installer '\Display.Driver\NVCPL\' folder using 7Zip or similar. Currently '5efb955d2acb49ea89ce8df2b4fd49dc.appx'
2. Extract the AppX files (currently '5efb955d2acb49ea89ce8df2b4fd49dc.appx') using 7Zip or similar
3. Run nvcplui.exe in the folder created in from step 2
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Thankfully this isn't happening on the RTX 2070 Super system! But atleast I can access the control panel normally now
 
Nvidia Studio Driver v472.84 WHQL
Standard and DCH available

Release Notes - https://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/472.84/472.84-win10-win11-nsd-release-notes.pdf

Overview
The December NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications including Blender 3.0, NVIDIA Omniverse, Isotropix Clarisse, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve, BorisFX Sapphire, and JangaFX Embergen.
Blender 3.0 Release Accelerated by NVIDIA RTX GPUs, Adds USD Support for Omniverse
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/12/13/blender-omniverse/

Fixed Issues
[Redshift]: Denoiser alpha channel shows artifacts when using kernel prediction mode and with "denoise alpha" enabled. [200734753]
[Redshift3d][Ampere GPUs][OptiX Ray Tracing]: OptiX may crash. [3401652]
[Maxon C4D]: Dark flickering appears in the viewport. [3357082

Open Issues
Windows 10 Issues
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 may display graphical artifacts. [200754013]
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]

Download Links
Standard - https://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/184385/en-uk
DCH - https://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/184349/en-uk

Source
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-studio-driver-v472-84-whql-released.440967/
 
NVIDIA GeForce 497.29 WHQL

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-1 gaming experience for the latest new tittles including GTFO as well as the latest update for Horizon Zero Dawn which utilizes NVIDIA DLSS to improve performance by up to 50%.
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Fixed Issues in this Release
- [Microsoft Flight Simulator]: The game may crash to the desktop during gameplay. [3454519]
- [Microsoft Flight Simulator]: Purple/blue artifacts appear on ground textures in the game. [3454530]
- [Supreme Command:Forged Alliance/Supreme Commander 2]: Performance drop occurs when there is mouse movement. [3405920]
- Desktop may stutter after extended period when mouse cursor is moved. [3443235]
- In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker. [3405228]
- [NVIDIA Control Panel]: Spelling error in the German language NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D Settings -> Shader Cache Size default option. [3442310]
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Windows 10/11 Issues
- [Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled. [200767905] If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
- [HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998] To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.
- [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
- [NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721] Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
- [NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284] If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution.
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Release Notes https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/497.29/497.29-win11-win10-release-notes.pdf

Download https://us.download.nvidia.com/Wind...-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe
 
If I alt-tab from a game, I get a black screen for around 2 seconds which is really frustrating. It used to be instant. Any idea why it might be doing this?
 
Does anyone do driver result comparisons at all? What I mean by that is bench a load of games on one driver, update then bench again and compare results? I'm wondering what might be the best driver for my 1080 in terms of performance.
 
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