{"id":9209,"date":"2024-09-25T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T07:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/?p=9209"},"modified":"2024-09-25T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:20:06","slug":"restart-your-video-card-driver-in-windows-7-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/restart-your-video-card-driver-in-windows-7-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Restart Your Video Card Driver in Windows 7 Easily!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 6,711<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To restart a video card (GPU) driver in Windows 7, there are a few methods you can follow. Here are the most common approaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 1: Using Keyboard Shortcut (Quickest Method)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Windows has a built-in feature to reset the video driver using a simple keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Press<\/strong> <code><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Win + Ctrl + Shift + B<\/mark><\/code> on your keyboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your screen may flicker, and you will hear a beep sound.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The display will go blank for a second, then reappear, indicating that the video driver has been restarted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This method works for Nvidia, AMD, and Intel drivers on Windows 7 and newer versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 2: Using Device Manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can restart the video card driver through the Device Manager by disabling and re-enabling the GPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Right-click<\/strong> on <strong>Computer<\/strong> or <strong>This PC<\/strong> and select <strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Computer Management<\/strong> window, go to <strong>Device Manager<\/strong> in the left panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Device Manager window, expand the <strong>Display adapters<\/strong> category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Right-click<\/strong> on your video card (e.g., Nvidia, AMD, Intel) and select <strong>Disable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You may see a brief screen flicker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">     5. After disabling, right-click on the video card again and select <strong>Enable<\/strong> to restart the driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 3: Restarting the Graphics Driver Service via Command Prompt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can restart the graphics driver by restarting the <strong>Display Driver<\/strong> service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open <strong>Command Prompt<\/strong> as Administrator:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Start<\/strong>, type <code><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">cmd<\/mark><\/code>, right-click <strong>Command Prompt<\/strong>, and select <strong>Run as Administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">     2. Type the following command to stop the display driver service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   <code><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">net stop nvsvc<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(For Nvidia cards, or replace <code><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">nvsvc<\/mark><\/code> with the appropriate service name if using AMD or Intel cards).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To restart the driver service, type:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   <code><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">net start nvsvc<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Again, replace <code>nvsvc<\/code> with the appropriate service name for your GPU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 4: Restart Your PC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the above methods don\u2019t work or you want a more comprehensive reset, simply restart your computer. This will reload all drivers, including the video card driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Click Start<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Restart<\/strong> from the shutdown menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To simply restart any video card (or GPU) driver specifically in Windows 7, then there are several ways that you can easily follow along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/gpu-dedicated-server\"><mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>best GPU dedicated server<\/strong><\/mark><\/a>. The above-mentioned approaches help you to restart your card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6,711 Views To restart a video card (GPU) driver in Windows 7, there are a few methods you can follow. Here are the most common approaches: Method 1: Using Keyboard Shortcut (Quickest Method) Windows has a built-in feature to reset the video driver using a simple keyboard shortcut. This method works for Nvidia, AMD, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpu-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9214,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions\/9214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}