Display Appearance

Question

My display today suddenly went weird. My colours were not as deep and rich as they usually are and the fonts were slightly blurry. I have tried reinstalling my graphics drivers and everything but it still hasn't solved the problem. I am using a very nice hdr freesync ips panel monitor that doesn't seem to be the issue. I have a feeling I closed something in task manager that I wasn't supposed to bit if I did I'm not sure what it is. Is there any way I can just revert everything or reboot all the drivers that are supposed to be running in the background?

Answer 1

Hi DomoIA -

I'm Kevin B. Independent Advisor and a Windows user like you. I do apologize for the inconvenience that you're experiencing right now, let me help you sort things out.

Is there any update that was installed on your computer before the issue started?

You may try to rollback the driver of your display adapter and check if it fixes the issue.

Press windows key + X

Select Device Manager

On the device manager, locate and expand display adapters

Right click on the display driver that is currently installed

Select Update Driver

Select Browse my computer for drivers

Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer

List of installed driver will be displayed, select an older driver and hit next until the process completes.

Restart the computer and check if the same issue appears

If there are some changes on your computer that you're not aware of, you may try to perform system restore to reverse any changes on your computer.

Perform system restore

-This process will take your computer settings back to an earlier point in time where computer is working fine. If there's any changes made on your computer that removes the service, system restore should be able to fix the issue for you. To perform system restore please follow the steps below:

1. Open the run box by pressing the Windows key + R and type rstrui.exe
2. Once system restore windows open, normally it will suggest a restore point (sometimes it doesn't) if it does, select the 2nd option and hit next
3. Select your desired restore point date and time and hit next and finish.

Windows will going to restart your computer to initiate system restore. System restore might take several minutes to complete depending on the current speed of your computer and the changes it will made. Applications and updates that was installed on the computer prior to the date selected will be removed. It is important that when system restore starts, process must not be interrupted.

DISCLAIMER:

System Restore is a recovery tool for Windows that allows you to reverse certain kinds of changes made to the operating system. System Restore is used to return important Windows files and settings—like drivers, registry keys, system files, installed programs, and more—back to previous versions and settings. Being said all applications and changes made prior to the date selected will be removed and needs to be re-installed if its needed.

Hope this will help and have a bless day!

Thanks.

Kevin B.

Independent advisor