Windows 7 doesn't detect nVidia graphics card

Question

I am setting up a new PC, I just installed windows 7 but it doesn't detect the card for what it is (nVidia GTX 760) and the device manager in windows only show a generic "Standard VGA adapter".

The nvidia drivers I downloaded say they can't find any supported hardware.

I have installed all the drivers that came with the motherboard (ASRock H170 pro4), but to no avail. The BIOS setup detects the nvidia card on the PCI-E slot, but windows just sees a standard VGA adapter.

I am using the correct card (the monitor is connected to it, not to the builtin motherboard adapter).

The card is ok because I just took it off another PC on which it has been working perfectly since I bought it.

What can I do to solve this?

Solution

Answering my own question for future reference.

I could get the video drivers to recognize my card and install after a full round of windows update. But that wasn't enough since the most recent nVidia drivers seem to not work well with my GTX 760, and right after boot windows kept telling me that the the "Desktop Window Manager" had stopped working. That meant no aero and quite likely (as I read from many other users) general instability especially in games.

What finally solved the issue was installing an older version of the nVidia drivers (in my case I tried v. 347.52 as someone else with my problem suggested) and everything is now working fine.