How to do a clean install the new 71.89 drivers

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Yes, you should do that, and XP can do it just fine.

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DaveW



"Bowe" <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> It's been almost a year since I've updated my drivers. I've just
> downloaded the latest 71.89 drivers. What's the best way to install
> this? I've read a while back that it's better to completely uninstall
> the old drivers before putting in the new one and there's actually a
> program that does that. Is this still true? Where can I get that file?
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

It's certainly better to remove old drivers first, yes.
If you're running XP then the add/remove programs found in control panel
should do the trick.
Just remove NVIDIA DRIVERS.
Ignore XP trying to install for you when you reboot and carry on with
installing the new drivers you've downloaded.

"Bowe" <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1113852500.418840.281490@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> It's been almost a year since I've updated my drivers. I've just
> downloaded the latest 71.89 drivers. What's the best way to install
> this? I've read a while back that it's better to completely uninstall
> the old drivers before putting in the new one and there's actually a
> program that does that. Is this still true? Where can I get that file?
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

When I try uninstalling first with WindowsXP, Windows automatically installs
the previous drives when I reboot. If I try to cancel it, I still get a
listing for the nvidia drivers in the device manager -- i.e. it seems that I
get some sort of "partial" install of the previous drivers rather than the
"Standard VGA Adapter" that I got with previous Windows versions. What am I
missing here? The uninstall process just doesn't seem to work as others
describe, and it ends up making a mess of things. Could somebody point me
to a CURRENT, detailed step by step process for uninstalling/installing the
latest detonators. As I said, when I proceed as others describe, it simply
doesn't work as they say -- I simply can't "completely" prevent XP from
automatically installing the previous drivers.

Thanks for any information on this,

Larry

"Phill Danks" <Phill.Danks@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> It's certainly better to remove old drivers first, yes.
> If you're running XP then the add/remove programs found in control panel
> should do the trick.
> Just remove NVIDIA DRIVERS.
> Ignore XP trying to install for you when you reboot and carry on with
> installing the new drivers you've downloaded.
>
> "Bowe" <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1113852500.418840.281490@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> It's been almost a year since I've updated my drivers. I've just
>> downloaded the latest 71.89 drivers. What's the best way to install
>> this? I've read a while back that it's better to completely uninstall
>> the old drivers before putting in the new one and there's actually a
>> program that does that. Is this still true? Where can I get that file?
>>
>
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

"Larry L." <lalittleREMOVE2REPLY@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:ShK9e.979$CH.807@news-wrt-01.socal.rr.com
> When I try uninstalling first with WindowsXP, Windows automatically
> installs the previous drives when I reboot. If I try to cancel it, I
> still get a listing for the nvidia drivers in the device manager --
> i.e. it seems that I get some sort of "partial" install of the
> previous drivers rather than the "Standard VGA Adapter" that I got
> with previous Windows versions. What am I missing here? The
> uninstall process just doesn't seem to work as others describe, and
> it ends up making a mess of things. Could somebody point me to a
> CURRENT, detailed step by step process for uninstalling/installing
> the latest detonators. As I said, when I proceed as others describe,
> it simply doesn't work as they say -- I simply can't "completely"
> prevent XP from automatically installing the previous drivers.
> Thanks for any information on this,
>
> Larry

Try this; uninstall the drivers, then, before rebooting, go to Device
Manager Display adapter, Update driver, and select the Standard PCI VGA
adapter. Then reboot. You should get the desktop without the New
Hardware Wizard and install the new driver set then.
Mcg.

>
> "Phill Danks" <Phill.Danks@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news aW8e.22868$JO6.20038@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> It's certainly better to remove old drivers first, yes.
>> If you're running XP then the add/remove programs found in control
>> panel should do the trick.
>> Just remove NVIDIA DRIVERS.
>> Ignore XP trying to install for you when you reboot and carry on with
>> installing the new drivers you've downloaded.
>>
>> "Bowe" <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1113852500.418840.281490@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> It's been almost a year since I've updated my drivers. I've just
>>> downloaded the latest 71.89 drivers. What's the best way to install
>>> this? I've read a while back that it's better to completely
>>> uninstall the old drivers before putting in the new one and there's
>>> actually a program that does that. Is this still true? Where can
>>> I get that file?