disable automatic driver installation?

alapic · External Since: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 9

jedi51822;967287 Wrote:
> > alapic;966702 Wrote:
> > > > jedi51822;966420 Wrote:
> > > Right now this seems to work even my device manager recognize the
> > > graphic card as 7900gs instead of avg adapter.
> > >
> > > I hope it will stay working this time.
> > >
> > > thanks for all your help> > > >
> > You're welcome...
> > just curious, what made it work?
> > Was it the disabling of chipsets -frame buffer size or do you have
> > two video adapter in you device manager?-> >
>
> before disabling frame buffer, install the card an driver; and even
> though the system still had video coming from the system port instead
> of the card, I then tried disabling frame buffer size again. Now video
> comes from the card and device manager list display adapter as 7900
> gs.

awesome
Glad to see you got your problem fixed:)

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alapic

kaiserbachfeld · External Since: Jun 23, 2009 Posts: 2

I am having a similar issue where I would like to install the new Nvidia
drive clean. I don't want to install it over the old driver. I am
having troubles with my Sid Meier's Civilization games and 2k Games said
that they have seen issues with certain games when a new driver is
installed over the old one. However, no matter if I tell Vista to ask
me before hand or to not search for new drivers when new hardware is
detected it still does it. I always select the box that says delete
driver software. There is an Nvidia folder under my C drive and the
folders in there has both the 1.8.2 and 1.8.6 drivers (I have never used
the 1.8.2 driver so I don't know why it is there). The prefetch folders
that the automatic search finds (which I don't know where those are)
always installs my previous driver which is 7.1.5. It starts out
finding the generic VGA control device and then quickly installs the
7.1.5 driver. How do I get it to stop that so I can do a clean install
of the latest driver?

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kaiserbachfeld

Spirit · External Since: Jan 28, 2009 Posts: 10

This might help as the procedure works on many drivers.

http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_3.html

http://www.drivermagician.com/UninstallDriver.htm

http://www.drivercleaner.net/

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/uninstall.mspx

"kaiserbachfeld" <guest DeleteThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I am having a similar issue where I would like to install the new Nvidia
> drive clean. I don't want to install it over the old driver. I am
> having troubles with my Sid Meier's Civilization games and 2k Games said
> that they have seen issues with certain games when a new driver is
> installed over the old one. However, no matter if I tell Vista to ask
> me before hand or to not search for new drivers when new hardware is
> detected it still does it. I always select the box that says delete
> driver software. There is an Nvidia folder under my C drive and the
> folders in there has both the 1.8.2 and 1.8.6 drivers (I have never used
> the 1.8.2 driver so I don't know why it is there). The prefetch folders
> that the automatic search finds (which I don't know where those are)
> always installs my previous driver which is 7.1.5. It starts out
> finding the generic VGA control device and then quickly installs the
> 7.1.5 driver. How do I get it to stop that so I can do a clean install
> of the latest driver?
>
>
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> kaiserbachfeld

alapic · External Since: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 9

Windows uses nvidia drivers for their generic drivers on nvidia
hardware, perhaps that's what the 1.8.2 is. And as for the 7.1.5 it
might just be the generic one from MS.

You can try a program called "driver sweeper". Just Google -> Driver
sweeper guru3d for the link. Once you install it, run your computer in
safe mode and then run Driver Sweeper and select Nvidia Geforce Drivers
to remove completely.

If you need xtra help in doing this let me know. Cool

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alapic

kaiserbachfeld · External Since: Jun 23, 2009 Posts: 2

alapic;1073069 Wrote:
> Windows uses nvidia drivers for their generic drivers on nvidia
> hardware, perhaps that's what the 1.8.2 is. And as for the 7.1.5 it
> might just be the generic one from MS.
>
> You can try a program called "driver sweeper". Just Google -> Driver
> sweeper guru3d for the link. Once you install it, run your computer in
> safe mode and then run Driver Sweeper and select Nvidia Geforce Drivers
> to remove completely.
>
> If you need xtra help in doing this let me know. Cool

I had to go to safe mode twice and run the the guru2d twice to get it
all cleaned out but it finally did the trick. When I finally logged
into normal mode there was no driver so Vista didn't go through its
automatic driver install process. Then I was able to install the newest
driver. The roll back option is not available so I know it was
installed clean. I hope that does the trick and the problem with my
game freezing goes away.

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kaiserbachfeld