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I still have this problem and not sure or feel experienced enough with a computer to try to fix it myself. I have this error message that comes up, the first time it showed it recovered and the second time it hangs, turns blue with a lot of numbers etc and says that the display driver has stopped working and windows has shut down to prevent damage to work on computer. it says to check newly installed programs which I don't have or drivers and when I go to device manager and check the drivers it says all are correct . I found this site and it shows you may have to correct registry and I know that I would mess this up but it also says you can go and click on fix it for me. I am sending it to you. when I shut the computer down and start it back up I can work normally until it happens again which I noticed has started to happen more. /can you help me. is that fix it for me button ok? I don't have enough knowledge on the computer to do large detailed tasks so that is out. is there somewhere on the computer that keeps track of when problems arise so you can go back to it.
Your PC may temporarily hang or become unresponsive, and you receive the following error message:
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This behavior can occur for one or more of the following reasons:
You may need to install the latest updates for your display driver
Visual effects, or too many programs running in the background may be slowing your PC down
The GPU is taking more time than permitted to display graphics to your monitor
Note: If you are using an older video card, there may not be a video driver that is fully compatible with your version of Windows.
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To resolve this issue, follow the steps in the methods starting with method 1 and then proceding with method 2 if that solution does not resolve the issue.
Method 1: Increase the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) processing time by adjusting the Timeout Detection and Recovery registry value
Timeout Detection and Recovery is a Windows feature that can detect when video adapter hardware or a driver on your PC has taken longer than expected to complete an operation. When this happens, Windows attempts to recover and reset the graphics hardware. If the GPU is unable to recover and reset the graphics hardware in the time permitted (2 seconds), your system may become unresponsive, and display the error Display driver stopped responding and has recovered.
Giving the Timeout Detection and Recovery feature more time to complete this operation by adjusting the registry value, may resolve this issue.
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up the registry in Windows 7, see Back up the registry
To have us modify the registry value for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you prefer to modify the registry value yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.
Fix it for me
To fix this problem automatically, click the Fix it button or link. Then click Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.
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I still have this problem and not sure or feel experienced enough with a computer to try to fix it myself. I have this error message that comes up, the first time it showed it recovered and the second time it hangs, turns blue with a lot of numbers etc and says that the display driver has stopped working and windows has shut down to prevent damage to work on computer. it says to check newly installed programs which I don't have or drivers and when I go to device manager and check the drivers it says all are correct . I found this site and it shows you may have to correct registry and I know that I would mess this up but it also says you can go and click on fix it for me. I am sending it to you. when I shut the computer down and start it back up I can work normally until it happens again which I noticed has started to happen more. /can you help me. is that fix it for me button ok? I don't have enough knowledge on the computer to do large detailed tasks so that is out. is there somewhere on the computer that keeps track of when problems arise so you can go back to it.
Your PC may temporarily hang or become unresponsive, and you receive the following error message:
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Collapse imageCause
This behavior can occur for one or more of the following reasons:
You may need to install the latest updates for your display driver
Visual effects, or too many programs running in the background may be slowing your PC down
The GPU is taking more time than permitted to display graphics to your monitor
Note: If you are using an older video card, there may not be a video driver that is fully compatible with your version of Windows.
Back to the top | Give Feedback
Collapse imageResolution
To resolve this issue, follow the steps in the methods starting with method 1 and then proceding with method 2 if that solution does not resolve the issue.
Method 1: Increase the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) processing time by adjusting the Timeout Detection and Recovery registry value
Timeout Detection and Recovery is a Windows feature that can detect when video adapter hardware or a driver on your PC has taken longer than expected to complete an operation. When this happens, Windows attempts to recover and reset the graphics hardware. If the GPU is unable to recover and reset the graphics hardware in the time permitted (2 seconds), your system may become unresponsive, and display the error Display driver stopped responding and has recovered.
Giving the Timeout Detection and Recovery feature more time to complete this operation by adjusting the registry value, may resolve this issue.
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up the registry in Windows 7, see Back up the registry
To have us modify the registry value for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you prefer to modify the registry value yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.
Fix it for me
To fix this problem automatically, click the Fix it button or link. Then click Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.
Fix this problem
Fix this problem
Microsoft Fix it 50848