The secret Windows hotkey that restarts the drivers of the graphics card

Windows has a secret keyboard shortcut that restarts the drivers of your graphics card. If your computer freezes, try this shortcut before you restart it completely.

This key combination restarts the graphics subsystem in Windows 10 and Windows 8. There is no corresponding keyboard shortcut to restart the graphics card drivers in Windows 7.

To restart the drivers of your graphics card, press the keys at the same time Win + Ctrl + Shift + B. Your screen will turn black for a second and you will hear a beep. Immediately afterwards, everything will reappear just as it was before you pressed the above combination of keys. All your current apps will remain open and you will not miss any of your work.

The same will happen even during the appealtreatment ενός παιχνιδιού στον υπολογιστή σας. Το game will continue to work properly immediately after restarting the graphics card drivers. This is because Windows simply restarts the graphics subsystem. All your applications remain as they were and continue to run normally.

This keyboard shortcut is part of the Windows 10 operating system, so it will restart NVIDIA, AMD and Intel card drivers. Whatever graphics hardware your computer has, it will work.

Of course, there is no guarantee that this will fix a system freeze. However, if your computer froze due to a problem related to your graphics card drivers, this shortcut can fix it. Graphics card issues can occur when playing 10D games, but they can also occur when you're just using your computer normally. Windows XNUMX uses graphics hardware to accelerate its design surfaceof your work and even modern web browsers use it to speed up the performance of a web page.

If still not resolved problem after restarting the graphics card drivers as above, and you still have a black or frozen screen, then try the hotkey Ctrl + Alt + Delete. You can also try to press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to immediately open the Task Manager or press Alt + Tab or Win + Tab to try switching windows.

Εάν ο υπολογιστής σας δεν ανταποκρίνεται σε καμία από αυτές τις συντομεύσεις πληκτρολογίου, ακόμα και μετά την επανεκκίνηση των drivers της κάρτας γραφικών, ίσως χρειαστεί να εκτελέσετε ένα απότομο τερματισμό. Για να το κάνετε αυτό, πατήστε το κουμπί τροφοδοσίας του υπολογιστή και κρατήστε το πατημένο για περίπου δέκα δευτερόλεπτα, μέχρι να απενεργοποιηθεί ο υπολογιστής. Περιμένετε λίγα δευτερόλεπτα πριν ενεργοποιήσετε ξανά τον υπολογιστή με το κουμπί τροφοδοσίας. Δεν είναι καλό για τον υπολογιστή σας να τον απενεργοποιήσετε με αυτό τον τρόπο, αλλά αυτό είναι το μόνο που μπορείτε να κάνετε εάν ο υπολογιστής σας παραμένει "παγωμένος".

Of course, if you see one blue screen, this shortcut will not help. The blue screen (BSOD) indicates that your Windows operating system has completely collapsed, and all you can do is restart your computer.