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PC Drivers & Software

ramihaidafy
Adept II
‎08-26-2023 09:17 AM

Why is a restart strictly required after a driver update for AMD Software to run?

When updating to a new Adrenalin driver, a restart is required for the AMD Software to run, which is inconvenient but understandable.

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What baffles me is that even if you shut down your PC and boot it the next day, AMD software will still say that a restart is required.

Why is it that a restart is strictly required but a shut down and boot up is insufficient?

1 Reply
CaligoVereor
Challenger
‎08-26-2023 10:19 AM

Do you have fast boot (or fast startup) enabled in your Windows settings? Because if you do then doing a shut down doesn't "properly" shut everything down in order to decrease bootup times. Restart, however, does a full reboot. And fast startup is usually on by default unless you specifically turn it off (even then it can be re-enabled by a Windows update).