PC Drivers & Software

[Ryhan]

I had already had my drivers installed and wanted to update them. When I had started updating them I got the Error 211and I can no longer access any of my drivers, uninstall, repair, or anything with them. The article addressing the error did not apply to me as my account is an administrator on the computer and is the only account on the system. I'm not sure what to do because I can't even access them anymore.

[elstaci]

Try doing a Windows Restore to get your computer back to the way it was before you tried installing the AMD Driver.

If you computer doesn't boot up into Windows 10/11, restart your computer 3 times as soon as POST or BIOS goes to loading you Windows. By the 3rd time Windows will go into Automatic Repair. From there you can enter Windows Diagnostic and click on Windows Startup Repairs.

Now see if Windows boots up or not. If not do the same thing but this time choose Windows Restore point before you installed the AMD Driver.

Can you post your PC information including Windows Version and GPU Card or IGPU you have installed?

Are you changing the Default AMD Driver installation location to somewhere else?

[Ryhan]

Like reset my computer completely?

[elstaci · Accepted solution]

No, When you click in Windows Troubleshooting menu - Windows Startup issues it will configure Windows to its last configuration that worked.

It isn't resetting or installing a new Windows OS. 

Same with Windows Restore. It just restores your computer to the way it was when the Restore Point was created not installing a new Windows OS.

The two above troubleshooting is only if you can't boot into Windows.

By the way you can enter the same Windows Troubleshooting Menu with a Windows Installation disc or USB Flash drive.

If you can enter Windows then run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) with the internet disconnected and deleting AMD Driver Installation folder at C:\AMD before installing the AMD driver again after DDU reboots back into Windows.

See if you get the same error. Don't change the default location of the AMD driver when starting up the installer.

[MADZyren]

So is it like a laptop, desktop, Windows 10 or 11, do you have just one GPU or in integrated into CPU and another dedicated one or?

When you say you can't access them what do you mean by it? Can you take a screenshot for instance and post it here.

[Ryhan]

I have a desktop on windows 10 with a rx6800 that I built myself. I have an intel i5 10600k aswell.

[MADZyren]

It would be a good practice to have two accounts. One with Admin rights and one regular user. Then simply use the computer as regular user. When you need to install something, computer asks for Admin credentials. This is an extra layer which protects your machine from effects of malware and such.

As passwords are slow to use, use online account (you could create individual email addresses for user and admin as outlook addresses don't cost anything) and you can simply use a pin-code to access computer and give admin rights when needed.

Also save all your data files (music, videos, office files aso.) to another drive, not C-drive so if you need to reinstall something, you don't have to worry about those.

I don't quite understand what you mean by "can't access", but would do as elstaci recommended up there. If there is - however - some deeper issue with user accounts (which I would find strange), then a whole clean reinstallation might become necessary.