I have been running my Windows 10 (Version 1511 OS Build: 10586.420) for a while and getting updates via the standard “slow ring”. However I have been continuously without fail multiple times in a day been getting “Display Driver Stopped Responding and has recovered!” “Display driver Intel HD Graphics Drivers for Windows 8(R) stopped responding and has successfully recovered.”
I am running a Lenovo W540 with Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 card.
As you can see by the message, it’s referring to me still running Windows 8. Ok, away I go and update my drivers from Intel and also by running a tool called Driver Talent from the following blog: http://www.drivethelife.com/windows-drivers/how-to-fix-display-driver-stopped-responding-and-has-recovered-on-windows-10-8-7-xp-vista.html.
In both instances my drivers were fully up to date. But if you check the Driver Date: 17/07/2015 (on my machine below) and the one available from Intel’s website it doesn’t match up.
To resolve the issue follow the below quick steps:
Step 1: Go to Intel’s website and locate the Graphics drivers for your version. For my laptop it was: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25489/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-10-15-40-4th-Gen
Step 2: Download the .zip file and extract the content
Step 3: Open Device Manager and go to Display Adapters -> Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 and select “Update Driver”
Step 4: Select “Browse my computer for driver software”
Step 5: Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my computer”
Step 6: Select “Have Disk”
Step 7: Select “Browse” and point it to the .inf file in the “Graphics” folder from the downloaded drivers you extracted.
Step 8: Select “Open” and “Ok” to update.
This resolved the issue for me and the driver displayed the new and correct version.
Shabir Yusuf 