Tag Archives: Nvidia

Fix for monitor staying dark at DisplayPort 1.4 during boot time

Posted on 2021-08-22 by guenni

[German]There is a partial fix for a problem that users of monitors on DisplayPort 1.4 have. Some monitors (with higher resolution) stay dark (black) when booting the computer and show nothing. Only when the operating system is loaded does a … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/8.1: Nvidia ends graphics driver support in October 2021

Posted on 2021-06-14 by guenni

[German]Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has announced the end of Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 support with graphics card drivers on June 11, 2021. Starting October 4, 2021, Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance improvements, new features, and bug fixes, will … Continue reading →

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nVidia: Monitor remains dark at DisplayPort 1.4 during bootup

Posted on 2021-05-30 by guenni

[German]It's a strange issue, that users of monitors on the DisplayPort have. The monitors remain dark (black) when booting the computer and do not display anything. Only when the operating system is loaded, a display appears on the monitor at … Continue reading →

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nVidia patches vulnerabilities in Linux/Windows drivers

Posted on 2020-06-27 by guenni

[German] nVidia has just updated its Linux/Windows drivers. The reason was, that there were twelfe serious vulnerabilities in old version of nVidia kernel mode drivers.

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Nvidia: Vulnerabilities in GeForce Experience & GPU driver

Posted on 2019-11-08 by guenni

[German]There are several serious vulnerabilities in the Nvidia GeForce Experience and GPU drivers that allow local attackers to increase privileges. Nvidia has provided a driver update.

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NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Security Bulletin Feb. 2019

Posted on 2019-03-02 by guenni

Nvidia released a security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver and issued a Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – February 2019. Within the Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – February 2019 Nvidia announded the releas of a … Continue reading →

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Support ends for 32 bit Nvidia graphics drivers (April 2018)

Posted on 2018-04-09 by guenni

Starting in April 2018, chip manufacturer NVidia has discontinued support for 32-bit graphics drivers. From this point on there will be no driver updates (only security updates until January 2019) and game ready drivers. This is stated in this message … Continue reading →

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Nvidia GeForce 388.13 WHQL graphics driver

Posted on 2017-10-31 by guenni

[German]Nvidia has released version 388.13 of its GeForce WHQL certified graphics driver for Windows. This update contains optimization for Call of Duty WW2 and Need for Speed Payback.

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NVIDIA GPU graphics driver vulnerability and update

Posted on 2017-05-16 by guenni

Nvidia has published a Security Bulletin on May 9, 2017, informing users about several vulnerabilities in it's GPU graphics drivers.

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Nvidia driver enables malware injection

Posted on 2017-04-23 by guenni

It's a nasty thing: Nvidia ships a Node.js server with its driver update function. But this Node.js server may be used to inject and execute malware on Windows systems.

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