Stop clicking "Express Installation" and turning your gaming PC into an 800MB data farm. NVIDIA's official installer bundles telemetry, background services, and bloatware that tracks your gameplay and slows your system. This complete DDU + NVCleanstall guide shows you how to remove every trace of old drivers in Safe Mode, block Windows Update from force-installing garbage drivers, and use NVCleanstall to strip GeForce Experience, Nvidia Container, and Node.js Web Helper while enabling Message Signaled Interrupts for lower DPC latency and better frame consistency. You won't get higher average FPS, but your 1% lows improve by 5-10 FPS with rock-solid frame times and zero telemetry surveillance. Nvidia driver 591.59
