Nvidia Drivers causing log off/switch user problems

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Hey guys,
my desktop at home was "upgraded" to Win7 Ultimate 32bit last week. Since I installed the latest nvidia drivers for my GTX260 card(ver 306 i think..) the logoff and switch user functions result in the screen turning off after around 3 seconds, with a "no signal" message. The cabinet lights remain on (no HDD light) and I have to hold down the power button on the cabinet to shut it down, although my shutdown and other features work perfectly :mrgreen:

I decided to do a clean boot with the trusty old msconfig and found that the nvidia display drivers caused the problem. There is no logging off/switching issue when the drivers are uninstalled or when in Safe mode. I uninstalled the drivers, cleaned again with Driver Sweeper, and reinstalled...to no avail :cry:

Any ideas? Thanks

Which Driver version ??

306.43whql.

Try some other driver version and see if that helps.

the 295.something version was very stable. try it.

anirbandd said:
the 295.something version was very stable. try it.

Thanks. It worked

I think the drivers from ver300.xx onwards have slight issues with my PC. The tray icon process in my task manager (nvtray.exe) never stopped even though I stopped it from the manager as well as the Nvidia CP. Now no problems at all

Thanks again

no problem.. good to know it helped

even my pc had problems with 300 series. FIFA12 used to get laggy. i used that 295version till i bought the hd7770