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”.

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.