Blue Screen Started After a Driver Update Roll Back the Driver
Timing is evidence. If the blue screens started within a day of a driver update, that driver is your prime suspect - and Windows has a built-in undo button. This guide shows the rollback route, including what to do when the Roll Back button is greyed out.
Watch the full method in the video - identifying a blue screen cause, step-by-step
Driver updates arrive through Windows Update, GeForce Experience, or the maker's own tool - and occasionally one is simply buggy on your hardware. The giveaway is the timeline: the PC was stable for months, then crashes begin right after an update. Do not reinstall Windows for this. The fix is to roll back that one driver, then verify the crashes stop, then block the same version from reinstalling until a fixed version appears. Work through the steps in order.
Device Manager - driver properties (example)
DeviceNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Driver Date18-10-2025
Driver Version32.0.15.6590
Roll Back DriverAvailable
The Driver tab of a device shows its version and date - and the Roll Back button when a previous version still exists.
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Confirm the Timeline Before You Touch Anything
Five minutes of checking saves hours of wrong fixes.
Compare your first crash date (from the oldest recent file in C:\Windows\Minidump) with update history
Open Settings, Windows Update, Update history - look for driver updates installed just before that date
For graphics drivers, check the maker's app for its last install date
If the dates line up, you have your suspect - proceed
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Roll Back from Device Manager - the Normal Route
This works when Windows still boots and stays up long enough.
Right-click Start and open Device Manager
Expand the category of the suspect device, right-click it, open Properties
On the Driver tab, click Roll Back Driver
Pick a reason (previous version performed better) and confirm
Restart and use the PC normally - including whatever used to trigger the crash
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Roll Back Button Greyed Out - Your Other Routes
Greyed out simply means Windows kept no previous version. You still have clean options.
Uninstall the device in Device Manager (tick 'attempt to remove the driver' if shown), restart - Windows installs its basic driver
Then install an older known-good version manually from the laptop/motherboard maker's site, or the GPU maker's archive page
For graphics drivers that leave leftovers behind, a clean install using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) in Safe Mode, then the older driver, is the thorough route
Avoid random driver sites - only the device maker or PC maker
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If Windows Crashes Too Fast to Work - Use Safe Mode
Safe Mode loads almost no third-party drivers, so the bad driver cannot crash it.
Interrupt boot three times (power off during the spinning dots) to reach the recovery screen, or hold Shift while clicking Restart
Choose Troubleshoot, Advanced options, Startup Settings, Restart, then press 5 for Safe Mode with Networking
Do the rollback or uninstall from Device Manager inside Safe Mode
Restart normally and test
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Stop the Same Bad Driver from Coming Back
Windows Update may reinstall the version you just escaped.
Pause updates briefly from Settings, Windows Update, while you confirm stability
If the driver returns, note its version - when the maker releases a newer fixed version, update to that instead
On Windows Pro, Group Policy can exclude driver updates from Windows Update entirely - a reasonable setting for a machine that must stay stable
Do not disable Windows Update permanently - security updates matter more than this one driver
Roll back ONE driver, then test. Rolling back five drivers at once feels faster but proves nothing - and if the crashes continue you will not know which change mattered.
Watch the Complete Video Guide
The full blue screen identification method - dump files, stop codes and the fix - shown live, step-by-step.
The blue screens started after a Windows update, not a driver update. Same fix?
Often yes - Windows Update delivers drivers too. Check Update history for driver entries first. If it was a quality update, uninstalling that update from Settings, Update history, Uninstall updates is a valid test, and a system restore point from before the update is even cleaner.
How long should I wait before updating the driver again?
Until the maker releases a version newer than the bad one. Check the release notes - makers usually mention crash fixes openly. There is no prize for running the newest driver on day one.
Roll Back is greyed out and there is no older driver on the maker's site. Now what?
Use the driver Windows itself provides: uninstall the device and its driver in Device Manager, restart, and let Windows Update offer its certified version. For GPUs, the maker's site keeps an archive of previous versions under older-driver or beta/archive links.
This guide is based on the Technical Anshu blue screen video - stuck on any step, ask in the video comments and you will get an answer.