The exact error message is usually displayed as “Display driver failed to start: using Microsoft Basic Display Driver instead. Check Windows Update for a newer display driver”.

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Display driver failed to start in Windows 11/10 Display driver failed to start; using Microsoft Basic Display Driver instead. Check Windows Update for a newer display driver.

On Windows 11, if you're experiencing screen flickering, it's either an incompatible app or an issue with the display driver, which you can fix with these instructions.

If the Display Option is missing from Windows Settings on your Windows 11/10 computer, you can follow the solutions mentioned here to resolve the issue.