White Screen Replaces Desktop

About 4 weeks ago my Desktop started being replaced by a completely blank, white screen. This would happen sometimes after I turned on the computer. Within probably a minute of Desktop appearing, it would be replaced by the blank, white screen. I could do various things to get Desktop back, but as soon as I did something else, like click on the Start Menu button, Desktop disappeared again. Restarting the computer would solve the immediate problem, but eventually, restarting the computer (not necessarily the very next time), it would happen again.

It was suggested I try Control Panel Troubleshooting; that found nothing. Then it was suggested I use Device Manager to uninstall and reinstall the video card driver. This seemed to work, but after 6 days the problem recurred.

I restored a system image from about 6 weeks before the problem first occurred, and it still happened. Apparently it's a hardware problem, but I'm not sure.

Any bright ideas? Thanks.

AndreTen, thanks for responding.

Only your middle sentence may apply. How do I "Change graphic card . . . ?", and how would this maybe-problem apply and occur only on Desktop and only right after I turn on the computer?

Try3, I do a clean install from NVIDIA's website of every driver update, of which there are have been 1 or 2 since this problem began. As for "demands on the graphics," I'm not sure what you might have in mind there. It's just a graphics card doing what graphics cards are supposed to do, and nothing new beyond what it's been doing since I got it. Also, I'm not sure why, if the card was going bad, it would do the same thing in the same place under the same circumstances, and do it sometimes.

AndreTen, as far as "connect monitor to another video output," I'm not sure what you have in mind. I have one computer and one monitor. There's nothing else to connect to anything else.

Ghot, thanks for the effort you put into your response!

Concerning 1., NVIDIA informed me about DDU earlier this year when I contacted them about something I don't remember now. I decided against using DDU because of all the steps and dire end-of-the-world-if-you-do-this-wrong warnings. Since it's coming up again, I'll reconsider if I have some time this weekend..

Concerning 2., thanks for the clarification (and again, the effort you put into this). Again, I'll try to find some time this weekend to put into this.

Fortunately (I guess), this is an intermittent problem, and even if I do something that works, it could take some time to know that it worked, and I may not even know what "it" was.

Thanks again, to all, and I'll report back when there's something new to say.

Ghot, or whoever can answer:

First, unfortunately, my computer is not levitating in mid-air in the middle of my living room; the back of this thing is very difficult to reach. I'm going to put off experimenting with connecting the monitor to the MOBO unless I become absolutely desperate over this issue.

Second, I downloaded DDU, and a couple General Options issues scare me:
1. A box is checked that says, "Remove present and non-present monitors." What the hell does this mean? Should this
box remain checked?
2. A box is checked that says, "Remove Vulkan Runtime." There are 3 Vulkan entries in my list of Programs and Features.
Should this box remain checked?

Finally, is there any reason the driver update process can't clean up after itself so third parties don't have to come along and do it right later?

Thanks.

The problem hasn't occurred in, I guess, 2-3 weeks. I don't know that it's permanently 'fixed,' but I am where I am, and there's nothing to complain about as of now. Thanks to those who responded.