

To fix this problem automatically, you can download and run Microsoft Fix it 50848. If the GPU is unable to recover and reset the graphics hardware in the time permitted (2 seconds), your system may become unresponsive, and display the error Display driver stopped responding and has recovered. When this happens, Windows attempts to recover and reset the graphics hardware.

Timeout Detection and Recovery is a Windows feature that can detect when video adapter hardware or a driver on your PC has taken longer than expected to complete an operation. You can do this by modifying the registry value for Timeout Detection and Recovery. You may also have to increase the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) processing time. 5] Modify Timeout Detection and Recovery Registry value

If you are on low-end computers or if your current video card or video driver does not support GPU hardware acceleration, then you should try and disable Hardware Acceleration and see if it helps you. You can do so via Control Panel > Visual Effects > Select Adjust for best performance, OR Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer. If you have tweaked your Visual Effects, you may want to reset them to defaults.
