CJacobs fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Jul 24, 2016

• Try disabling secure boot if that's an option.
  
• Windows may be going out for the drivers on it's own before you can get at it to put on your own, causing conflicts even after you fully remove it.. Try the steps here to temporarily tell Windows not to look on it's own and install the drivers manually on a fresh reboot after uninstalling.

CJacobs fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Jul 24, 2016

• Check for updates to your BIOS, usually found on the motherboard manufacturers website.
  
• Along those lines, you can also check your BIOS settings related to graphics. You'll want to lookup your motherboard's BIOS manual so you know if anything seems odd.
  
• Do you have another graphics card available you can test with; or try placing this one in a different PCI-e slot?

CJacobs fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jul 24, 2016

• Reinstall Windows 7, confirm it works there, decide if you want to try upgrading again to see if it works on a clean install and upgrade.
  
• Buy a new video card and try installing that, making sure it's compatible with Windows 10 and your motherboard.

# Set the location where the module we want to import is located.
# Replace the value of this entry with the folder path you save this script and the module in. KEEP THE SINGLE QUOTES ON THE OUTSIDE!
# e.g. For me, the full path of this script was 'C:\Users\Tim\Desktop\DeviceManagement\Enable-GraphicsDriver.ps1'
Set-Location 'C:\Users\Tim\Desktop\DeviceManagement\'

# Import the Device Management cmdlets.
Import-Module .\DeviceManagement.psd1

# The name of your graphics card, surrounded by asterisks and single quotes.
$deviceName = '*NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960*'

# Get the device object, the enable it.  If this works, powershell should say 'Device Enabled'
Get-Device | Where-Object -Property Name -Like $deviceName | Enable-Device

1. Download the module + the script I created here.
   
2. When the download is complete, right-click the zip file and select 'Properties'. At the bottom of the first tab, place a check in the box labeled 'Unblock'.
   
3. Extract the contents somewhere you won't delete them, they'll need to stay there to run as a scheduled task later. For example if your username in Windows matched the one here you could extract the 'DeviceManagement' folder to 'C:\Users\CJacobs\'
   
4. Find the file named 'Enable-GraphicsDriver.ps1' and right-click it, then select Open With > Notepad.
   
5. On the fourth line, modify the value after Set-Location to reflect where you saved the files. Using the above example you'd change it so the line reads Set-Location 'C:\Users\CJacobs\DeviceManagement\'
   
6. Save the file.

1. Restart your computer, login, open Device Manager, and confirm the graphics card shows as Error Code 43 and Disabled.
   
2. Open the Start Menu and type 'Powershell' without the quotes.
   
3. Right-click the 'Windows Powershell' desktop app and select 'Run as Administrator'
   
4. Run the commands below in order; the first command you have to replace my location with the same location you used when you changed "Set-Location" in the script.

cd 'C:\Users\Tim\Desktop\DeviceManagement'
Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Enable-GraphicsDriver.ps1

• Open the Start Menu and type "Task Scheduler", then select it from the list.
  
• Click on "Task Scheduler Library", it should show a list in the main pane of existing scheduled tasks.
  
• On the right-side click "Create Task" I'll show the next steps in pictures as well as text needed, because there's a bit going on.

Mo_Steel fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Jul 25, 2016