Nvidia 3d Vision Controller Driver Not Selected

The second addition is the inclusion of the 3D Vision Controller driver which adds support for NVIDIA's 3D Vision technology that requires a compatible graphics processing unit, specialized 3D glasses and displays or projectors.

by Martin Brinkmann on December 26, 2012 in Tutorials - Last Update: January 17, 2017 - 40 comments

If your computer is powered by a Nvidia graphics card you have probably also installed the driver package that Nvidia makes available for various operating systems.

The package has currently a size of nearly 380 Megabyte and one of the reasons for that is that it includes several components and not only the graphics driver.

If you select to do a full installation in the installer, you end up with installed drivers for features that you may not be able to use at all.

If your monitor does not support 3D for instance, you can't really make use of the 3D drivers that get installed anyway on your system. Another example is the audio driver that you only need if you use the card's audio capabilities.

Then there is GeForce Experience, a new software that requires registration. Initially designed to offer configurations for games to improve performance or visuals, it has since been pushed to be a lot more than that. It is now used for instance to download and install updates automatically.

Even if you do not use the drivers, they may be loaded with the operating system and features they offer may be displayed in various menus of the operating system.

Nvidia custom driver installation

It is therefore highly recommended to custom install Nvidia graphics drivers and not use the express installation option that the installer offers.

If you select custom (advanced) installation in the installer you are taken to the next page where you can block several driver components from being installed on your system.

While you need to install the Graphics Driver, you are free to block the installation of any of the other components the installer makes available to you.

  • 3D Vision Controller Driver - You only need to install this driver if your screen supports 3D, if you have proper glasses and if you access 3D contents, e.g. movies or games, on your PC. If you do not, do not install this.
  • 3D Vision Driver - See above.
  • HD Audio Driver -You only need that if you want to transmit audio signals via your video cards HDMI connector. If you don't, you do not need to install this driver either.
  • NVIDIA Update (no longer offered) - This resident program checks regularly with NVIDIA if driver updates are available. If you check for updates manually all the time, you do not need the process running in the background on your system.
  • PhysX System Software - If you are into gaming, you may need to install this for some games to run. If you never play games, you do not need this.
  • NVIDIA GeForce Experience - This tool serves several purposes. It checks online to find new drivers, can optimize games so that they run better on your PC, and video broadcasting options.

I disable all features but PhysX during installation to avoid installing drivers that I do not need on my system. I suggest - highly - that you also check the perform a clean installation option unless you have created profiles that you want to retain.

You can download the latest Nvidia drivers from the official website.

Update: You may notice the two processes nvvsvc.exe and nvxdsync.exe running on your system even after you have only installed the modules that you needed to install using the custom installation option.

You can disable both process by stopping the NVIDIA Display Driver Service. When you do that, you won't be able to access the NVIDIA control panel anymore. I have not experienced any other issues doing so however.

  1. To disable the service tap on the Windows key, enter services.msc and hit enter.
  2. Locate the NVIDIA Display Driver Service, right-click it and select Stop.

This stops both processes for the current session. I suggest you do that for a couple of sessions to see if there are any other side-effects of turning the service off.

If there are not any, you can go back to Services and disable the service by right-clicking it, selecting Properties from the context menu and switching the startup type to disabled there.

Update 2: You may have noticed the processes nvbackend.exe and nvstreamsvc.exe running on the system as well. Follow the link to find out how what they do and how to remove them.

Update 3: Recent Nvidia drivers add other processes to the system after driver installation. You find the new NVDisplay.Container process there which powers the Control Panel applet now.

You can disable it in the following way:

  1. Tap on the Windows-key, type services.msc and hit the Enter-key.
  2. Locate the service NVIDIA Display Container LS.
  3. Double-click on it.
  4. Click on Stop to stop it for the session.
  5. Select Disabled under Startup Type.
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Hi David,

The issue you're experiencing might be due to a corrupted driver. For us to isolate issue, we'd like to gather additional information.

  • Did you make any changes or updates to your computer prior to this?
  • Have you tried to update your graphics card to its latest version?
  • Have you tried any troubleshooting steps before posting this concern? If yes, what are those?

Looking forward to your response.

SUMMARY OF ISSUE:

HI ROS! WOULDN'T MY EASIEST SOLUTION MAYBE BE TO ....... SAFELY REMOVE | UNINSTALL ALL NVIDIA APPS from my WINDOWS 10 PRO LAPTOP ...... Hopefully, without damaging or sabotaging my LAPTOP’S OPERATION, FUNCTIONALITY & PERFORMANCE?

Dear Ros Reymichael!

Many, many thanks for your reply, which I did not expect.

I appreciate your 3 questions and suggestions, but the truth is .........

.......... I DO NOT BELIEVE I NEED NVIDIA SOFTWARE, at all on my new laptop ---

-------- I DO NO GAMING AT ALL --- So I don't think i need NVIDIA at all on my DELL XPS LAPTOP.

----- So I did none of the three (3) actions you asked me about: (VIZ. NO CHANGES or UPDATES, NO UPDATE to GRAPHICS CARD, NO TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS)

................. (To be honest, I'm not really knowledgeable or competent enough to do any of the above steps you suggested.)

Instead, I just uninstalled the NVIDIA GRAPHICS SOFTWARE (NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER 384.77), which ALSO removed the NVIDIA 'graphics' shortcut from my desktop, the shortcut that gave me the 'error' message, as previously described to you ...

Nvidia 3d Vision Driver

.... Viz: primary display's adapter does not support NVIDIA 3D Vision. Error. Windows 10 Pro.

However, after uninstalling the NVIDIA GRAPHICS SOFTWARE (NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER 384.77), 2 or 3 days ago ---

---- NVIDIA HAS, ONCE AGAIN, AUTOMATICALLY RE-INSTALLED the NVIDIA GRAPHICS SOFTWARE (NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER 384.77) back onto my computer (which irritates me) ....

................ So, once again, I am faced with the SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.

NOW, all I want to do; is to TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY UNINSTALL ---

----- All the NVIDIA SOFTWARE FROM MY LAPTOP ....

.............. And I ask you please to answer this simple question for me:

I DO NOT EVER, EVER, EVER play any games --- and i do not need any superior graphics, etc ....

Nvidia 3d Vision Controller Driver

............. I DON'T BELIEVE I NEED ANY NVIDIA or GEOFORCE SOFTWARE | APPS, at all ... on my laptop ....

................. So if I totally UNINSTALL all NVIDIA SOFTWARE from my laptop ----

Nvidia 3d Vision Controller Driver Not Selected

------------- If it will not sabotage or mess up my use of my laptop ---

------------------- THEN I BELIEVE COMPLETELY UNINSTALLING all NVIDIA SOFTWARE from my laptop ----

--------------- Will be my easiest, most straightforward and simplest solution.

What I primarily use my DELL XPS 15 for is

--- Microsoft 2016 programs like --- OUTLOOK, WORD, EXCEL, etc

----- Internet: Google Chrome & Microsoft Edge --- & YouTube ...

............... And hardly anything more than the above very simple, straightforward purposes.

Please can you be so kind as to tell me ..........

3d Vision Controller Nvidia

.......... If you think, totally UNISTALLING all NVIDIA software should SOLVE MY PROBLEM.

I don't want NVIDIA, and I don't think I need it --- FOR MY OPERATING SYSTEM (which is Windows 10 Pro) ...

.......... And the operation of my LAPTOP ....

................... So why not just get rid of it, COMPLETELY??

I look forward to your soonest reply.

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Regards and thanks,

David