One possible option with a bad hardware driver is to make your actor an independent exe, using the NetworkMessenger for communication Then you can kill the entire exe and restart cleanly. I've never done that, though.
Hey folks. this year we're trying something new.
All Videos for NIWeek 2019 can be found here:
https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/NIWeek_2019
Feedback welcome.
Thanks to @Mark Balla and other volunteers for recording the videos.
Edit: We're starting to add the back catalog to YouTube. NIWeek 2018 videos are also up.