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I just installed my mobile NVIDIA drivers, and ever since the usual flicker, my desktop goes blank.

I can start Task Manager and log off/log on, but any other window which I try to bring up automatically hides behind a blank screen. The animations are visible, but the window isn't. So I can't really know what I'm doing. (Alt-tab, etc. don't show the popups but not the windows.)

Anyone know how to fix this issue?

Diogo
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user541686
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Use F8 to get the Option menu, choose "Troubleshoot"

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Then choose "Advanced Options"

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Then choose System Restore

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Moab
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Have you tried booting in the Safe Mode by pressing F8 during the boot sequence? In safe mode you may be able to uninstall Nvidia display drivers

Joe Schmoe
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You'll want to uninstall any graphics drivers and use the Windows Update Nvidia drivers. There are substantial changes to the Windows 8 graphics driver model that you don't want to install OEM drivers.

For more info, google the Windows 8 WDM.

surfasb
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It turned out that reinstalling Windows 8 and then using the latest drivers (which were around ~1-2 months newer) fixed the problem.

user541686
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