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    The Witcher EE Stopped Working after Windows 10 Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Observer, Aug 1, 2015.

  1. Observer

    Observer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    After upgraded to Windows 10 from 8.1 I then installed nVidia driver 353.62. When I tried to play The Witcher Enhanced Edition (the first Witcher game), the game was able to launched into main menu. But after loaded a save game, the graphics was screwed up and corrupted, then my system went into BSOD.

    I am aware The Witcher is an old game, but before upgraded to Windows 10, it played very well in Windows 8.1.

    Anything I can do to solve my problem?

    My system specs are:
    ALIENWARE 17 R1 2013
    Intel Core i7-4700MQ processor
    Windows 10 Pro
    750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s+64GB mSATA SSD Caching
    16GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M with 3GB GDDR5
     
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    Flaick Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't have Windows 10, but is there a compatibilty mode like Windows XP/7 has?
    Have you checked the official Dell support page? They realesed all drivers for Windows 10.
     
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    After many troubleshooting steps, The Witcher EE seemed has worked in my systems, but I have not played it for long to be really sure.

    What I have done is I rolled back the driver version by uninstalling using DDU, from 353.62 back to 352.84 and also uninstalling and reinstalling the game.

    Since Win 10 will automatically update the driver version to 353.62, what can I do to prevent the driver from updating itself?

    Anyone kind enough to help?
     
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