nVidia drivers

Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?

I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
(which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.

I had the same problem, so I tried something different and read the release
notes for 88.61. The release notes page 7 titled "Not NVIDIA issues" will
walk you through the procedure to install the drivers.

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

> Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
>
> I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
>

I appreciate the post and did indeed read the release notes but it's an exe
file that we download and those instructions say we should unzip it. Umm,
how?



"fwright" wrote:

> I had the same problem, so I tried something different and read the release
> notes for 88.61. The release notes page 7 titled "Not NVIDIA issues" will
> walk you through the procedure to install the drivers.
>
> "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
>
> > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
> >
> > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
> >

In any case, I noticed that the default drivers Vista installed were the 53
series from 2004 !!! Luckily I kept most of my old drivers and managed to
install the 78.01 series from September of last year so at least I have
OpenGl support, etc. now.

Why on earth the "latest" OS is installing drivers from two years ago that
don't even give us all of the graphics capabilities we need is beyond me.



"fwright" wrote:

> I had the same problem, so I tried something different and read the release
> notes for 88.61. The release notes page 7 titled "Not NVIDIA issues" will
> walk you through the procedure to install the drivers.
>
> "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
>
> > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
> >
> > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
> >

I went to nvidia and "run" directly the drivers that i needed(Forceware
Release 85 ver 88.61) Beta drivers for Windows Vista. I've only played San
Andreas so far, laggy but playable.

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

> In any case, I noticed that the default drivers Vista installed were the 53
> series from 2004 !!! Luckily I kept most of my old drivers and managed to
> install the 78.01 series from September of last year so at least I have
> OpenGl support, etc. now.
>
> Why on earth the "latest" OS is installing drivers from two years ago that
> don't even give us all of the graphics capabilities we need is beyond me.
>
>
>
> "fwright" wrote:
>
> > I had the same problem, so I tried something different and read the release
> > notes for 88.61. The release notes page 7 titled "Not NVIDIA issues" will
> > walk you through the procedure to install the drivers.
> >
> > "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
> >
> > > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
> > >
> > > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> > > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
> > >

Nah - the nVidia driver to be perfectly honest, is absolute shite. Just
stick with the Vista driver which comes with the OS - OK it might not run at
the best of performance, but it seems there's no way to get rid of the
nVidia driver after you install it 8o|

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"Ian M. Walker" <IanMWalker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
>
> I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
>

And then I don't have OpenGL and 3D support and can't play my games? Umm,
think I'll choose NO on that suggestion, thanks.



"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> Nah - the nVidia driver to be perfectly honest, is absolute shite. Just
> stick with the Vista driver which comes with the OS - OK it might not run at
> the best of performance, but it seems there's no way to get rid of the
> nVidia driver after you install it 8o|
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
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> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Ian M. Walker" <IanMWalker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E92C0B3-0910-4045-B0E6-2661F5B98978@microsoft.com...
> > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
> >
> > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
> >
>
>
>

To Zack

I don't want to start anything here, but are you a ATI video card user by
any chance??? As you may have guessed i'm an NVidia user. Never had any
problem what so ever installing or uninstalling drivers. I'm a gamer but i
don't go nuts on fps's.

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

> And then I don't have OpenGL and 3D support and can't play my games? Umm,
> think I'll choose NO on that suggestion, thanks.
>
>
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
> > Nah - the nVidia driver to be perfectly honest, is absolute shite. Just
> > stick with the Vista driver which comes with the OS - OK it might not run at
> > the best of performance, but it seems there's no way to get rid of the
> > nVidia driver after you install it 8o|
> >
> > --
> > Zack Whittaker
> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> > that up!
> >
> > --: Original message follows :--
> > "Ian M. Walker" <IanMWalker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2E92C0B3-0910-4045-B0E6-2661F5B98978@microsoft.com...
> > > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
> > >
> > > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> > > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Actually, just using the System Restore worked perfectly for me. I tried
installing the Nvidia Beta Vista drivers three times, and everytime I ended
up with a black screen on rebooting a couple of times.
System Restore fixed it, though no official Nvidia drivers still...

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> Nah - the nVidia driver to be perfectly honest, is absolute shite. Just
> stick with the Vista driver which comes with the OS - OK it might not run at
> the best of performance, but it seems there's no way to get rid of the
> nVidia driver after you install it 8o|
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Ian M. Walker" <IanMWalker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E92C0B3-0910-4045-B0E6-2661F5B98978@microsoft.com...
> > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
> >
> > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
> > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
> >
>
>
>

Thank God, I'm a nVidia user - but I've had... *experiences* with ATI in the
past...

*cough* arses *cough* ahem...

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"Marlon" <Marlon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> To Zack
>
> I don't want to start anything here, but are you a ATI video card user by
> any chance??? As you may have guessed i'm an NVidia user. Never had any
> problem what so ever installing or uninstalling drivers. I'm a gamer but i
> don't go nuts on fps's.
>
> "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
>
>> And then I don't have OpenGL and 3D support and can't play my games?
>> Umm,
>> think I'll choose NO on that suggestion, thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>>
>> > Nah - the nVidia driver to be perfectly honest, is absolute shite. Just
>> > stick with the Vista driver which comes with the OS - OK it might not
>> > run at
>> > the best of performance, but it seems there's no way to get rid of the
>> > nVidia driver after you install it 8o|
>> >
>> > --
>> > Zack Whittaker
>> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>> > and not
>> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> > cleared
>> > that up!
>> >
>> > --: Original message follows :--
>> > "Ian M. Walker" <IanMWalker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2E92C0B3-0910-4045-B0E6-2661F5B98978@microsoft.com...
>> > > Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?
>> > >
>> > > I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista
>> > > installed
>> > > (which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >