▷ What is nvbackend.exe and how to fix it?

If you have an NVIDIA graphics card installed in your system, you will notice processes and services like nvbackend.exe, Nvidia Streamer Service, nvcpl.exe, etc. These files are packages that come when you install your video card driver and come with additional programs that are necessary to operate the card at maximum performance..

So that your NVIDIA graphics card works smoothly and stable, you must install drivers regularly, which implies the installation of additional programs that you do not necessarily need. The most common application that you can identify with is NVIDIA GeForce Experience.

Nvbackend, also known as NVIDIA Backend or NVIDIA GeForce Experience Backend or NVIDIA Update Backend, a part of the NVIDIA GeForce Experience application. As the name implies, handles the backend of network communications used by GeForce Experience. For your information, GeForce experience is a program that provides additional functions, like video recording, to NVIDIA graphics card.

This process runs all the time and, sometimes, may cause high CPU load on PC. Although this application is totally harmless, here's how to remove it if you want.

1. Press Windows + R to open command prompt, type appwiz. cpl and press OK.

   

2. In the Programs window, look for Nvidia GeForce Experience in the list of installed applications, double click on it and follow the uninstall instructions.

Fix issues related to Nvbackend.exe

There have been a number of user complaints regarding NVIDIA's GeForce Experience backup system. Some include a high CPU load, game crashes and BSOD. We will explore possible solutions to this problem in the following methods.

Method 1: restart the pc

The easiest way to fix nvbackend.exe problem is to restart your PC. This fixed the problem for many users.

Method 2: fix NVIDIA Geological Force experience

NVIDIA's experience with GeForce has incorporated mechanisms to troubleshoot related services and processes. It's easy to fix these problems.

1. Right-click the NVIDIA GeForce Experience icon in the system tray and select Fix problem with NVIDIA GeForce Experience.

2. Follow the wizard's instructions to the end and restart your PC. Everything should work fine now.

Method 3: restart the Geforce Backend experience

1. Press the Ctrl keys + Shift + Esc on your keyboard to start Task Manager.

2. Click More to expand Task Manager and then locate the Nvidia Geforce Experience Backend

3. Right click and end the task or process.

4. Reopen the Geological Force Experience and everything should be fine now.

Method 4: disable antivirus

It is a common problem to see useful applications interrupted by antivirus applications, especially Avast. You should try to turn off the protectors and get nvbackend.exe to work properly. This is normally done by right-clicking on the antivirus icon in the tray and then disabling the shields / real-time protection from there.

Method 5: reinstall the Geological Force experience

Often, it is necessary to upgrade to a newer version or downgrade to a previous version of GeForce Experience for everything to work correctly again.

1. Remove all existing NVIDIA graphics drivers with the Show driver uninstall utility in safe mode.

   

2. Visit the NVIDIA driver website and search for your graphics card drivers in Find Drivers Manually. You can try to switch between the older and newer versions.

   

3. Go to the driver download location and launch the driver software. During the installation, select Custom Options and then Clean Install. This will further erase previous installations and install the current version.

   

4. Monitor nvbackend.exe to see if it has stopped creating problems.