Windows 10 Update uninstalled my graphics drivers. WTF?

[Eug]

Geez. Pretty irritating. I have a Windows 10 net-top computer which is Atom based with nVidia ION. Screen is 1366x768.

I don't use it much, but when I installed Windows 10 on it, everything worked fine after I installed the nVidia drivers. I could play back 1080p H.264 just fine using DXVA. It was working fine as recently as a few weeks ago. However, all that I've done with it in the last few weeks is allowed it to install updates.

Today I decided to use it again and for some reason my video playback either wouldn't work at all (Windows Media Player), or else would be all stuttery (MPC-HC). Didn't know why. Then I found out the display driver was the Microsoft Basic Display Driver. Reinstalled the nVidia driver, and everything works fine again.

What gives? Why is Windows Update replacing the August 24, 2015 nVidia GeForce 341.81 display driver with a generic MS driver?

 

[vailr]

August 24, 2015 nVidia GeForce 341.81 display driver

Something doesn't make a lot of sense, because version 341.81 is dated quite a bit older than August, 2015.
If you look for Geforce Ion drivers:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers
There's no Windows 10 drivers offered there for download.
You don't say whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10, but neither type is shown as being available.

Only for Windows 8.1 & earlier.

 

[Puffnstuff]

It seems that folks are having to experiment to find a working driver https://forums.geforce.com/default/...-ion-windows-10-64bit-driver-for-asus-1215n-/.

 

[Ketchup]

I agree, it's most likely due to the difference in official support. You may just have to tell Windows not to automatically do driver updates.

 

[Eug]

Something doesn't make a lot of sense, because version 341.81 is dated quite a bit older than August, 2015.
If you look for Geforce Ion drivers:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers
There's no Windows 10 drivers offered there for download.
You don't say whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10, but neither type is shown as being available.

Only for Windows 8.1 & earlier.

Yeah, it's a Windows 8.x driver. The date on this 341.81 is 2015-08-24, and it's 64-bit.

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverresults.aspx/89879/en-us

GEFORCE 341.81 DRIVER

Version: 341.81
Release Date: 2015.8.24
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
CUDA Toolkit: 6.5
Language: English (US)
File Size: 269.73 MB

GeForce 400 Series:
GeForce 405

GeForce 300 Series:
GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310

GeForce 200 Series:
GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205

GeForce 100 Series:
GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100

GeForce 9 Series:
GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100

GeForce 8 Series:
GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a

ION (Desktops):
ION

ION LE (Desktops):
ION LE

When I installed Windows 10 it defaulted to the MS Basic Display Adapter, but I could understand that since it's a new OS install. That's happened before with me with new OS installs, so it wasn't a big surprise. Then I installed the latest nVidia drivers then and everything was fine. Updates also worked fine... up until some time in the last couple of weeks. With updates in those last couple of weeks, it reverted back to the MS Basic Display Adapter.

I hope this isn't an ongoing problem for MS and nVidia, because it's pretty annoying. I don't care if Windows 10 doesn't see an officially supported Windows driver. It's stupid that MS Windows 10 Update would unilaterally decide to install a basically useless MS driver. Thus, I have now turned off all device driver updates.

 

[Ketchup]

Sounds like a desire by both (MS and Nvidia) to get you to upgrade.

 

[Noid]

ALL my software control for my ATi drivers are also gone.

No more CCC.

No ability to adjust driver display quality.





Autodetect utility says no support.

 

[escrow4]

Buy a NUC and chuck that net-top in the bin. I'm surprised you put up with it for so long.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Win10 likes to uninstall drivers sometimes. It will definitely do it if you're doing Win10 version upgrades (Insider builds, for example). It uninstalls my PCIe NIC drivers every time it updates, despite the fact that the drivers come bundled with the OS.