- Jun 25, 2009
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Ok so i've asked around here for help with an Nvidia driver problem i've been having, and I never got any responses 
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The problem is that even when i completely wipe my drivers (in safe mode with driver sweeper), and reinstall newer ones (i tried many drivers, so it has to be the way i uninstall) my system is always unstable. I even disabled the windows vista auto installer (that comes up immediately after booting) since i thought it might be the problem (since it installs drivers right after i cleaned them and before i had a chance to cleanly reinstall) by doing this:
Open gpedit.msc
go to Computer Configuration, then Administrative Templates, then System, then Device Installation, then Device Installation Restrictions, and finally I enabled "Prevent installation of devices not described by any other policy settings"
When i went back and tried the cleaning and installing all over again, it didn't work. So i undid that, and decided to just let Windows install the default drivers. When i gave up and just tried to install the newest drivers without doing any cleaning, it worked.... for a little bit. I was able to enable Windows Aero (yes, even that made it crash) and play a game. However when i restarted, im back to square one.
Also its worth noting this has happened with both the crappy 7500 LE im using now and my GTX 295. So do i have to completely uninstall my os??
....The problem is that even when i completely wipe my drivers (in safe mode with driver sweeper), and reinstall newer ones (i tried many drivers, so it has to be the way i uninstall) my system is always unstable. I even disabled the windows vista auto installer (that comes up immediately after booting) since i thought it might be the problem (since it installs drivers right after i cleaned them and before i had a chance to cleanly reinstall) by doing this:
Open gpedit.msc
go to Computer Configuration, then Administrative Templates, then System, then Device Installation, then Device Installation Restrictions, and finally I enabled "Prevent installation of devices not described by any other policy settings"
When i went back and tried the cleaning and installing all over again, it didn't work. So i undid that, and decided to just let Windows install the default drivers. When i gave up and just tried to install the newest drivers without doing any cleaning, it worked.... for a little bit. I was able to enable Windows Aero (yes, even that made it crash) and play a game. However when i restarted, im back to square one.
Also its worth noting this has happened with both the crappy 7500 LE im using now and my GTX 295. So do i have to completely uninstall my os??
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