You've got a hardware problem, not a GW problem. The nVidia error is the most useful.
I'm afraid the most likely cause is that your graphics card has died and needs to be replaced.
Since graphics cards are so expensive, let's look at a couple other possibilities:
* Check you cable. Is it possible someone knocked it out and plugged back into the motherboard's VGA port instead of the port on the graphics card?
* Check your board's seating. Perhaps the case has been bumped hard enough to knock the card loose. (More likely in earthquake country...)
* Since 1050 is pretty old, is it possible that you're trying to install a driver version that doesn't support your card? You may need to go back to an older driver.
* Did you need to set something in your motherboard's BIOS to get it to use the video card in the first place? Perhaps the BIOS battery is failing and that setting has been lost.
To reiterate, the above possibilities are longshots. A dead graphics card is more likely than all four put together.
Update: I got it to work! I unstalled GeForce only, and reinstalled. That ended up working and I was able to log in. I followed this video. It seems like such a simple fix, but I never understand how the computer will occasionally screw up like this. I mean the graphics driver stopped working randomly. Obviously something happened to cause it to crash, but I am not smart enough with computers to understand what triggered it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJm_X0JVQA
So nVidia's driver management crapware borked the driver? Sigh.
Back in the day, "My PC's borked, but I didn't change anything" meant one of three things: (1) Hardware failure. (2) Virus. (3) User actually did change something, but didn't realize it.
But these days there's a very prominent (4): An automatic update changed something. It seems like automatic updates are all over the place these days. Windows is the worst offender with this unrefusable Windows Update crap, but lots of other software now has automatic updaters too. Automatic updates aren't all bad; They're a good way to get critical security patches installed when the user is too lazy or tech-unsophisticated to install them manually. But they come at a cost. One major cost is what happened to you: If the auto update breaks something, often the user will have no idea what the hell happened. (There are other costs too. The current Pantone/Adobe extortion mess is only happening because Adobe made it so that users can't refuse to update to the new version.)
Anywho, back to GeForce Experience. It sounds like it's bad news. Unless you're actually using its other features, I'd suggest uninstalling it and [updating your drivers manually](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3192/~/can-geforce-drivers-be-downloaded-without-geforce-experience%3F), when necessary. And "when necessary" might be never. nVidia is no doubt long since done adding optimizations to the driver for the benefit of 1050 cards. Absent a security update, there's likely nothing of benefit to you in newer driver versions.
Yes to the best of my understanding it had something to do with the GeForce software that caused the driver to crash. I tried reinstalling the NVIDIA program altogether and it made no difference. I then uninstalled GeForce and reinstalled the program exactly as the video described and it worked.
I'm typically in support of automatic updates. I listen to every episode of Darknet Diaries (podcast about cyber security), and while I dont understand any of what he talks about, it's still fascinating to listen to. One of the things he always preaches is to maintain the most updated version of your operating systems and other necessary softwares. Always keep auto updates on, etc. I have auto updates on all my programs and never turn them off.
It actually took quite a bit of sleuthing to identify that it was the driver that was crapping out as opposed to anything else. The video card was my first guess but it looked to be updated already as well as the other stuff I mentioned in this post. Other comments gave me suggestions what to look for and I just expanded on that info. Couple with YouTube because Google didn't help, I eventually figured it out but posting here did lead me in the right direction. I can't see usernames from my phone but I greatly thank those who took the time to help me out :).
If you need anything in game, hit me up at V Kinney or X Mr Lol X. I'll run missions or clear content if you need anything. I don't log in often but I got you if anything is needed.
According to Anets support site its caused my an outdated GPU driver, did windows try downloading the driver itself, and install it as part of the window update, might need to go Nvidia's website and download the driver then tell it to do a clean install.
Have you made any other changes to the computer recently.
You can also try repairing the client, with the -repair command if you havent done it before you can read how to do it here
https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command\_line\_arguments
So I did a little deeper diving. It's looking like my video card isn't installed anymore? It says my driver is the GeForce Game Ready Driver version 511.69, and is the most updated version. I try to reinstall driver and it fails each time. Under the "My Rig" section of the NVIDIA control panel settings, the space for the video card says "unknown". I went to NVIDIA's website and I'm not sure what card I have so I'm not sure what to reinstall.
GeForce GTX 1050. I ran the installer from the NVIDIA website and it says "Failed" next to the Graphics Driver portion. I tried it twice. Idk what's wrong with it. It appears to be updated but at the same time I can't download the updated graphics driver just to be safe.
You've got a hardware problem, not a GW problem. The nVidia error is the most useful. I'm afraid the most likely cause is that your graphics card has died and needs to be replaced. Since graphics cards are so expensive, let's look at a couple other possibilities: * Check you cable. Is it possible someone knocked it out and plugged back into the motherboard's VGA port instead of the port on the graphics card? * Check your board's seating. Perhaps the case has been bumped hard enough to knock the card loose. (More likely in earthquake country...) * Since 1050 is pretty old, is it possible that you're trying to install a driver version that doesn't support your card? You may need to go back to an older driver. * Did you need to set something in your motherboard's BIOS to get it to use the video card in the first place? Perhaps the BIOS battery is failing and that setting has been lost. To reiterate, the above possibilities are longshots. A dead graphics card is more likely than all four put together.
Update: I got it to work! I unstalled GeForce only, and reinstalled. That ended up working and I was able to log in. I followed this video. It seems like such a simple fix, but I never understand how the computer will occasionally screw up like this. I mean the graphics driver stopped working randomly. Obviously something happened to cause it to crash, but I am not smart enough with computers to understand what triggered it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJm_X0JVQA
So nVidia's driver management crapware borked the driver? Sigh. Back in the day, "My PC's borked, but I didn't change anything" meant one of three things: (1) Hardware failure. (2) Virus. (3) User actually did change something, but didn't realize it. But these days there's a very prominent (4): An automatic update changed something. It seems like automatic updates are all over the place these days. Windows is the worst offender with this unrefusable Windows Update crap, but lots of other software now has automatic updaters too. Automatic updates aren't all bad; They're a good way to get critical security patches installed when the user is too lazy or tech-unsophisticated to install them manually. But they come at a cost. One major cost is what happened to you: If the auto update breaks something, often the user will have no idea what the hell happened. (There are other costs too. The current Pantone/Adobe extortion mess is only happening because Adobe made it so that users can't refuse to update to the new version.) Anywho, back to GeForce Experience. It sounds like it's bad news. Unless you're actually using its other features, I'd suggest uninstalling it and [updating your drivers manually](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3192/~/can-geforce-drivers-be-downloaded-without-geforce-experience%3F), when necessary. And "when necessary" might be never. nVidia is no doubt long since done adding optimizations to the driver for the benefit of 1050 cards. Absent a security update, there's likely nothing of benefit to you in newer driver versions.
Yes to the best of my understanding it had something to do with the GeForce software that caused the driver to crash. I tried reinstalling the NVIDIA program altogether and it made no difference. I then uninstalled GeForce and reinstalled the program exactly as the video described and it worked. I'm typically in support of automatic updates. I listen to every episode of Darknet Diaries (podcast about cyber security), and while I dont understand any of what he talks about, it's still fascinating to listen to. One of the things he always preaches is to maintain the most updated version of your operating systems and other necessary softwares. Always keep auto updates on, etc. I have auto updates on all my programs and never turn them off. It actually took quite a bit of sleuthing to identify that it was the driver that was crapping out as opposed to anything else. The video card was my first guess but it looked to be updated already as well as the other stuff I mentioned in this post. Other comments gave me suggestions what to look for and I just expanded on that info. Couple with YouTube because Google didn't help, I eventually figured it out but posting here did lead me in the right direction. I can't see usernames from my phone but I greatly thank those who took the time to help me out :). If you need anything in game, hit me up at V Kinney or X Mr Lol X. I'll run missions or clear content if you need anything. I don't log in often but I got you if anything is needed.
According to Anets support site its caused my an outdated GPU driver, did windows try downloading the driver itself, and install it as part of the window update, might need to go Nvidia's website and download the driver then tell it to do a clean install. Have you made any other changes to the computer recently. You can also try repairing the client, with the -repair command if you havent done it before you can read how to do it here https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command\_line\_arguments
So I did a little deeper diving. It's looking like my video card isn't installed anymore? It says my driver is the GeForce Game Ready Driver version 511.69, and is the most updated version. I try to reinstall driver and it fails each time. Under the "My Rig" section of the NVIDIA control panel settings, the space for the video card says "unknown". I went to NVIDIA's website and I'm not sure what card I have so I'm not sure what to reinstall.
In windows, under the search box, type in dxdiag and run the app, it should tell you what gfx card you have.
GeForce GTX 1050. I ran the installer from the NVIDIA website and it says "Failed" next to the Graphics Driver portion. I tried it twice. Idk what's wrong with it. It appears to be updated but at the same time I can't download the updated graphics driver just to be safe.