I have faced this issue for a few weeks now and it has disabled my multi-monitor setup and greatly decreased my productivity. I seek a workaround or resolution from someone who's already dealt with it. The trouble is happening on my Acer Aspire AX3400G-U4802 desktop PC. I've posted the issue at the Acer website, NVIDIA, and Microsoft.
So far, not one of these companies has given me an adequate answer though I hear the problem has affected many PC users that depend on NVIDIA graphics. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone that has gotten any further than I have!
My Windows 10 Pro installation was automatically upgraded to Windows 10 Pro version 1709 recently and it's since then that my NVIDIA GeForce 9200 on-board graphics card fails with the message
Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)
I have tried various versions of the NVIDIA driver, even using 3DGuru's DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to completely remove the new driver and start over but it's been no use.
I do have a dual-boot setup, so going back to Windows 7 does show me that all my hardware is fine. Also, prior to this upgrade to Windows 10 version 1709, whatever version of Windows 10 I had earlier was running just fine.
I've even restored my old Windows 10 version using the built-in Windows 10 Restore procedure and everything worked again. I noticed that the working NVIDIA driver was v341.81 at this point.
Eventually, however, Win10 still goes back and upgrades that driver up to v342.01 against my wishes and destroys my multi-monitor setup again. While that error code 43 appears in Device Manager, my Windows 10 environment won't detect my second monitor and displays graphics very slowly.
Attempting to force Windows not to install further driver updates doesn't seem to help; it still goes out and updates my video card driver.
Does anyone know of a sure-fire correction to this issue?
