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The Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is a generic display adapter driver that’s built into Windows that provides basic display and graphics capabilities. A driver is a piece of software that allows a hardware device to communicate with Windows. The Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is used when a driver made specifically for the display adapter by the manufacturer isn’t available or installed. To get the best experience from a Windows device, it’s best to install a driver from the display adapter manufacturer.
Display adapter drivers from the manufacturer often feature:
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Faster performance.
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Smoother video playback.
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Higher screen resolutions.
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Improved battery life.
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Support for multiple monitors.
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Additional graphical features.
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Better stability.
Many times, a display driver is available in Windows out of the box and installs via Windows Setup when Windows is first installed. Other times display adapter drivers, including updated display adapter drivers, are available from Windows Update. However, other times drivers might either not get installed right away or might only be available directly from the display adapter manufacturer’s website.
To determine if the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is being used on a Windows device, select one of the following two methods:
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On the Windows device, right-click on the Start menu and then select Device Manager.
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In the Device Manager window that opens, select the arrow next to Display adapters to expand the Display adapters node.
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If Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is listed under the Display adapters node, then the generic Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver is being used instead of a manufacturer specific driver. Microsoft recommends updating to the manufacturer specific display adapter driver. For more information, see the section Update the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter to use the manufacture’s display adapter driver in this article.
Note: If multiple items are listed under the Display adapters node in Device Manager, it’s possible that the Windows device might have multiple display adapters. Each item represents a different display adapter. It’s possible that some display adapters are using the manufacturer’s driver, while are using the generic Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver.
Update the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter to use the manufacture’s display adapter driver
When the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver is being used by a display adapter, Microsoft recommends updating it to instead use the manufacture’s driver. For instructions on how to update the display adapter driver, see the article Update drivers manually in Windows which contains the following instructions:
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How to update drivers automatically using Windows Update. This option should be attempted first.
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How to update drivers manually using drivers downloaded from the manufacturer’s website. This option should be attempted if there are no drivers available via Windows Update but are available at the manufacturer’s website.
If the following two conditions apply:
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The hardware manufacturer doesn’t provide Windows drivers for the display adapter
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Windows Update doesn’t have any drivers for the display adapter
then the following are the two available options:
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Keep using the generic Microsoft Basic Display Adapter.
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If the Windows device has the capability of the video card being upgraded, then upgrade to a video card that has Windows display adapter drivers.
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Windows 10 shows the display adapter as a Microsoft Basic Display Adapter if there is no driver for your graphics card installed. In the Device Manager, you can see this listed under Display adapters.
The Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is software that ensures your display works with the minimum specs. Basically, you will get a working display with it, but resolution, color depth, and refresh rates are limited. So it’s in your best interest to find the right graphics card driver to achieve maximum video performance and higher resolutions.
To get full support for your graphics card, the graphics driver specific to your graphics card needs to be installed.
Typically you will see the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter if you have done a fresh install of Windows 10, and no graphics driver update has been installed yet.
But it is also possible that the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is used because there is no Windows 10 support for your graphics card.
What to do: Run Windows Update
If there is support in Windows 10 for your graphics card, a reboot might be all you need to install the proper driver. But if that is not the case, start by running Windows Update.
Open the Windows Settings from the Start menu, and then click Update & Security.
Windows 10 will start looking for updates and should automatically download and install any updates found.
If not, click the Check for updates button to initiate the Windows Update process.
By default, Windows 10 includes driver updates for supported devices. So if your graphics card is supported, the correct driver will be found and installed.
It needs to be mentioned that updates can also cause things to fail. So if the graphics driver was recently updated, try doing a driver rollback in the Device Manager to fix the issue.
What to do: Manually Update the Graphics Driver
If Windows Update does not find a driver, you can manually download the driver for the graphics card. Visit the manufacturer support site for your computer and look up support for the computer model. Then download the graphics or display driver from the support site.
In most cases, the driver will come in the form of an executable installer that will install the graphics driver.
If not, open Device Manager, right-click the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter, and in the popup menu select Update Driver.
Next, click Browse my computer for drivers, and then use the Browse option to locate the downloaded graphics driver files. Note that the driver files might need to be unzipped first.
Then click Next and wait for Windows 10 to finish installing the graphics driver.
Troubleshooting Microsoft Basic Display Adapter: What if you can’t find the driver you need for your computer or graphics card?
If Windows 10 doesn’t find the right driver and the manufacturer doesn’t provide the driver you need, you can try DriverFinder.
DriverFinder scans your computer hardware and automatically finds updated drivers – including graphics drivers – for your specific Windows version. You can easily download and install the recommended driver.
DriverFinder has a huge database of drivers so it’s not limited to the Windows Update catalog or a single manufacturer site. This means there’s a big chance you’ll find the exact driver you need.
Is ‘Incompatible Hardware’ the Reason Why the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter Is Showing?
One of the reasons the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is showing, instead of your actual graphics card, is if there’s hardware incompatibility in Windows 10.
That basically means there is no compatible driver for the graphics card for Windows 10. The hardware is not supported by Microsoft for Windows 10.
The options you have here depend on your computer (or device).
- For tablets, there is not much you can do other than downgrade to a compatible version of Windows.
- For notebooks or laptops, you can also downgrade to a compatible Windows version. But in many cases, modern laptops have two (2) video cards installed: an external, more powerful graphics card, and an on-chip, basic video card. The Intel integrated graphics device is often used. Try enabling or disabling one of the two cards in the system BIOS, to make sure Windows can properly recognize and install the graphics driver for it.
- For desktops, the same options are available as for laptops, but there is one more option: replace the graphics card. The graphics card might not be working anymore, or it’s too old to be supported in Windows 10. Replacing it with a modern graphics card will allow Windows 10 to install the correct driver.
Hopefully, these tips fix the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter problem. Once the right driver is installed, video performance should be better, higher resolutions will be possible and multiple monitors will be supported.
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Hello all! I’m Emma Gibson and I’m a work-from-home Technical Writer of over 10 years. I write for the DriverFinder site, and have provided thousands of short, step-by-step ‘How To’ content for the Customer Support portals of various US companies such as HP, Symantec, System Center, Cherwell, and others.
When I’m not writing ‘tech stuff’, I’m mostly likely to be found in the kitchen testing recipes, or outside sporting (to get rid of those calories I consumed while in the kitchen).
Hello all! I’m Emma Gibson and I’m a work-from-home Technical Writer of over 10 years. I write for the DriverFinder site, and have provided thousands of short, step-by-step ‘How To’ content for the Customer Support portals of various US companies such as HP, Symantec, System Center, Cherwell, and others.When I’m not writing ‘tech stuff’, I’m mostly likely to be found in the kitchen testing recipes, or outside sporting (to get rid of those calories I consumed while in the kitchen).
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Опубликовано: 27.06.2020
Категории: [Железо]
Метки: [Windows 98], [Драйверы], [Передача данных], [Периферия]
Проблема о том как передавать данные между современным и ретро-ПК является акутальной для любого владельца подобных устройств. Я сейчас не говорю о совсем древнем «железе», а тех компьютерах, которые в состоянии работать под управлением Windows 98. Этот нюанс сразу несколько упрощает задачу и позволяет пусть и танцами, но использовать USB-флэшки и в принципе любые устройства совместимые с Mass Storage.
Давайте разберемся, как же завести обычную флэшку под Windows 98. У нас есть два пути. Первый — найти официальный драйвер от производителя флэшки и использовать его. У меня в свое время была такая, и на каждом компьютере с Windows 98 нужно было ставить этот драйвер. Более того, изначально у каждого производителя был свой драйвер и он был не совместим с драйвером другого производителя. Этот путь явно тупиковые, т.к. вряд ли у современных флэшек будет родной драйвер для Windows 98, а старые флэшки слишком маленькие и их еще надо где-то найти. Стало быть нам нужно искать иной путь и он есть.
Существует универсальный драйвер для Mass Storage устройств для Windows 98. Он позволяет использовать любую флэшку с таким компьютером без особой возни с драйвером. Почти. Почему так? Потому что, каждый раз когда вы будете подключать в ваш компьютер на Windows 98 новую флэшку, вам надо будет вручную поставить драйвер для нее. Далее, этого делать уже не обязательно, система сама будет подхватывать ваш накопитель.
Порядок установки драйвера
- Скачиваем этот файл и устанавливаем его на вашем компьютере с Windows 98.
- Подключаем флэшку и вручную устанавливаем драйвер Hi speed flash device, который находится в разделе «Контроллеры USB». Система ругнется на возможную не совместимость драйвера и устройства, но мы это предупреждение пропускаем.
- После установки драйвера возможно потребуется перезагрузка (Windows 98 вообще любит это делать), но после нее в «Моем компьютере» (или любом другом файловом менеджере) появится съемный диск, который и есть наша флэшка.
Я лично проверил это на моей флэшке объемом 16 ГБ, которую использую для обмена данными с другими компьютерами с Windows 10 и Windows XP. С Windows 98 так же все работает корректно. Конечно, флэшка должна быть отформатирована в файловую систему FAT32 и крайне рекомендуется использовать команду «Извлечь» перед ее отключением от ПК с Windows 98. Иначе можно повредить файловую систему на флэшке, да и Windows 98 явно не любит, когда такой диск просто извлекают из разъема USB. Пару раз такая резкая процедура вываливала систему в BSOD. Так что, надо быть осторожнее и не торопиться. Так же не рекомендую оставлять какие-либо открытые файлы (например, смонтированные образы CD-дисков) на флэшке перед перезагрузкой. Ибо после оной система так же может вести себя неадекватно, пытаясь обратиться к файлам, которые она не может найти. При этом не имеет значения, что флэшка в системе определилась с той же буквой диска, что и до перезагрузки. Кроме того, на другом компьютере с Windows 98, если загрузиться со вставленной флэшкой, то путаются буквы дисков, что иногда приводит к неприятным последствиям. Впрочем, последнее возможно следствие того, что на этом же компе установлена еще и Windows XP. НО лучше флэшки извлекать перед завершением работы и не вставлять их до полной загрузки в Windows 98.
P.S. При желании доступ к флэшкам можно получить и из MS-DOS. Как это сделать — описывается тут.
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Contents:
- Microsoft Basic Display Adapter Overview
- What does Microsoft Basic Display Adapter do on Windows 10?
- How to Fix Microsoft Basic Display Adapter Driver Issue
Microsoft Basic Display Adapter Overview
If you find that your desktop is blurred or blank, you want to figure out what is wrong with the graphics card in device manager, but to your surprise, under the display adapter, your Intel or AMD or NVIDIA card driver is missing, as a result, it presents you the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter just as the picture above.
Without the right graphics card driver, many functionalities on Windows 10 may be impaired, for example, you may find that your PC performs slowly or lags or stutters. On account of the importance of the Intel or AMD driver on Windows 10, you must try every way possible to change the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter to your Intel HD graphics card driver or AMD or NVIDIA drivers.
To fix the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter showing instead AMD or Intel graphics driver on Windows 10, you are supposed to understand what the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is.
What does Microsoft Basic Display Adapter do on Windows 10?
Microsoft Basic Display Adapter is a software built in Windows 10 and it used to provide display and graphics capabilities when your device driver is not installed or installed incorrectly on Windows 10, here is this post, it is to say the graphics card driver is showing as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter rather than Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA graphics card driver.
How to Fix Microsoft Basic Display Adapter Driver Issue
As a consequence, to turn the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter to Intel or AMD or NVIDIA graphics driver, to solve Windows 10 not recognized the graphics driver issue, you may as well learn how to reinstall or to update the graphics driver.
Solutions:
1: Perform Windows Update
2: Install the Graphics Card Driver in Device Manager
3: Install Graphics Card Drivers Automatically
Solution 1: Perform Windows Update
Now that the Windows 10 prompts you that you did not install the graphics or you have installed the graphics card driver incorrectly, it is certain that you can try to update the graphics card drivers to fix the Microsoft Basic Display adapter issue on Windows 10.
The simplest way to reinstall the graphics card driver is to use Windows update, with which you can reinstall the new graphics drivers, no matter you are using Intel or AMD or NVIDIA graphics card.
To use Windows Update to download and install the right graphics card drivers, you can go as the path:
Settings > Update & Security > Check for Updates.
Once you have checked for updates, Windows 10 will automatically search for the drivers to be updated, in this case, it may find the graphics card driver for you, thus the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter will disappear in device manager and Windows 10 can recognize the right graphics card driver.
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Solution 2: Install the Graphics Card Driver in Device Manager
As mentioned above, the reason why Windows 10 only find Microsoft Basic Display Adapter under Display adapter rather than the exact AMD/Intel/NVIDIA graphics card drivers lies in the graphics driver is not installed or installed incorrectly, so you can choose to download and install it via device manager.
1: Enter Device Manager.
2: Expand Display Adapters and right click and choose to Update driver software the graphics card driver, such as Intel/AMD/NVIDIA drivers. Here choose to update Intel HD Graphics card driver.
3: Click Search automatically for updated driver software.
Windows 10 will automatically search online for the latest or compatible Intel HD Graphics card driver.
Usually, you can install the suitable graphics card driver and the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter can be replaced by Intel or AMD or NVIDIA graphics card drivers.
Unless you are computer veteran, or you are strongly recommended to automatically download and install the graphics card drivers.
Solution 3: Install Graphics Card Drivers Automatically
Windows 10 can only find Microsoft Basic Display Adapter instead of the graphics card driver, which is a driver issue, so to fix this graphics card issue quickly and safely, you can make full use of Driver Booster.
Driver Booster is designed to download and install the latest and compatible device drivers for you. It can help users to get the latest graphic driver, audio driver, USB driver, mouse driver etc with one click. And as the best driver scanner, it can detect the most outdated and missing drivers for your computer. You can count on it to install the new graphics card driver for Windows 10.
1. Download Driver Booster on your computer. As long as you installed and run Driver Booster on your PC, follow the steps to get the graphics card driver.
2. Click Scan. You will find Driver Booster is scanning your PC for the missing or corrupted drivers.
In this step, Driver Booster shows you how many drivers need to be updated, including Graphics card drivers, such as Intel HD graphics card driver.
3. Update. With this click, you are able to download and install the graphics card driver as soon as possible.
Driver Booster enables you to find the exact graphics card driver for Windows 10, thus solving the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter showing in device manager rather than the Intel/AMD/NVIDIA graphics card driver.
Aiming at helping you fix the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter not the graphics card driver showing on Windows 10, this post focuses on telling you that the uninstalled or installed improperly graphics card driver cannot turn normal unless you reinstall it on your PC.
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