Your Hardware Settings Have Changed, Please Reboot Your Computer for These Changes to Take Effect
43Your Hardware Settings Have Changed, Please Reboot Your Computer for These Changes to Take Effect.
The ‘Your hardware settings have changed’ message box often emerges due to a recent video card driver update or Windows update which causes the driver to not operate properly. The issue was mostly confronted by AMD graphic card users. The cause of the issue for them was the updates released by AMD for their graphics card drivers. When the drivers were released, Windows 10 automatically updated the video adapter drivers on the system due to which the message box appeared.
If when your Windows 10 device boots and you receive the message “Your hardware settings have changed. Please reboot your computer for these changes to take effect“, then this tutorial is intended to help you. In this tutorial, we will present the solutions you can try to resolve the issue.
The Windows 10 startup error "hardware settings have changed…please reboot", can appear even after a fresh installation of Windows 10, especially on computers (desktops or laptops) that own an AMD graphic card.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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However, for some users, this became some sort of a permanent thing as they started receiving the same message dialogue every time they booted up their operating system. This issue tends to be really annoying, however, the workaround is pretty simple. This tutorial will show you how to resolve your issue by following a few simple solutions.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung).