What does HRESULT 0xC0262004 (ERROR_GRAPHICS_INVALID_DRIVER_MODEL) mean?

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The display-driver stack did not match the driver model expected by the graphics operation.

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ERROR_GRAPHICS_INVALID_DRIVER_MODEL

ERROR_GRAPHICS_INVALID_DRIVER_MODEL (0xC0262004) means Windows detected a mismatch between the graphics stack and the display driver model required for the operation. It can occur with an unsupported, incomplete, or mismatched driver package.

What to check

Confirm that the display adapter has a supported driver package for the installed Windows version and architecture.
Avoid mixing user-mode and kernel-mode driver files from different releases.
After a driver update or rollback, restart Windows so the complete graphics stack is loaded consistently.

Useful command

pnputil /enum-drivers /class Display

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