OK- not seeing the display adaptor in your device manager is not good - that essentially means the display card is not recognized.:(. So some questions - a.Did you try doing an uninstal, reboot and reinstal cycle of the driver. Sometimes even if it shows install complete it may not have actually completed- you can check the logs for the install. Did you do a clean install or an upgrade (i know a colleague who had a similar issue when doing an in place upgrade with settings but that cleared when he did a reset) c. What motherboard and bios version are you using - it could be an issue there (I have an ASUS z68 Pro and i didnt face this issue even though its on an older chipset). To add to Kyles post, I had a similar issue. The HD 4xxx series are no longer supported, and when loading Win 10, I noticed the default Windows driver.

I right clicked on this and 'update driver' and did the trick. It recognised it. I have two pc's which have HD4300 and HD4550. I had to do this on both. After this, I tried to download the Catalyst Control Centre, but won't download due to the age of my graphics card which alough managed (in the end) to get 1920x1080, there was a black border around.

Device Software Downloads For software and drivers select your product from the list below. Basic Optical Mouse. Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter.

Wave Number To Wavelength Converter Table more. HOwever, there is a work-around for this in Regedit, but to be fair isn't a Windows / Microsoft issue as it's down to AMD/ATI as the drivers are no longer supported.

Updates your missing, outdated and/or faulty graphics card driver in no time! If you just updated to a new version or build of Windows 10, or did a reformatted your computer, and you find that your screen resolution is terrible, you’re not alone. Many Windows 10 users are reporting this problem as well. In fact, this is not a unique problem for Windows 10 users, it happened on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 before.

If you look deeper in, you will see that the item listed under the Display adapters category is not the graphics card you have, say Intel HD 4400, AMD 7800 etc, but Microsoft Basic Display Driver. You may wonder, what happen to my graphics card, and why can’t I see it anymore? No worries, this problem is not at all hard to fix.

And we’re here to help. Here are 4 solutions for you to try. You may not need to try them all; just work your way down and find the one works for you. Method 1: Method 2: Method 3: Method 4: Note: The screen shots below are shown in Windows 10, but all fixes apply to Windows 8.1 as well.

Method 1: Run Windows Updates One of the reasons why you have the Microsoft Basic Display Driver instead of the right one for your video card is that Windows has yet to provide you with the proper driver update after your operating system upgrade. So you may need to run the update manually. Here is how: 1) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and I at the same time, then click Update & security. 2) Click Check for updates. See if Windows will help you locate the needed graphics driver for you.

3) If this is not helping, please go to the methods below for more assistance. Method 2: Update the graphics card driver If Windows Update can’t get you the correct graphics card driver, you can try to locate the driver in the following ways: Manual driver update – You can update your graphics card driver by going to the manufacturer’s website and searching for the most recent correct driver. If you’re a laptop user, you should always go to your laptop manufacturer to search for the appropriate driver to download. Graphics card manufacturer is not recommended as you might lose some important customized features for your graphics card.

If you don’t have the time, patience or computer skills to update your graphics card driver manually, you can always do it automatically with. Automatic driver update – Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct display driver for it.