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soogab

I was asked to prove that a manually installed display driver may not
show up in the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM. do you know of any way to show that
without using a PC?

Is it possible to have multiple display drivers installed on the PC and
not all of them will be showing up on the "ADD/REMOVE Programs" dialog
box if so where can we find the installed drivers on the registry?
 
soogab said:
I was asked to prove that a manually installed display driver may not
show up in the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM. do you know of any way to show that
without using a PC?
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Depends on what you mean by 'show', I suppose, but it sounds like trying to
show someone car without a car.
Is it possible to have multiple display drivers installed on the PC
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Yes, if you have multiple display adapters.
and
not all of them will be showing up on the "ADD/REMOVE Programs" dialog
box
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No driver installed via Device Manager, which includes the 'add new
hardware' wizard, will show in "ADD/REMOVE Programs."
if so where can we find the installed drivers on the registry?
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Easier to just look in Device Manager where they all are.
 
David Maynard said:
Depends on what you mean by 'show', I suppose, but it sounds like trying to
show someone car without a car.


Yes, if you have multiple display adapters.


No driver installed via Device Manager, which includes the 'add new
hardware' wizard, will show in "ADD/REMOVE Programs."
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Not true...... modems are one, ATI will leave a 'remove all ATI software/
drivers ' option in add /remove. Your doing what you preach about not doing,
the use of ' NONE - NO -NEVER' .
 
JAD said:
Not true...... modems are one, ATI will leave a 'remove all ATI software/
drivers ' option in add /remove.
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The Ati drivers are not installed via device manager or the add hardware
wizard but by their own program that then leaves a 'remove' link in
add/remove programs.

But you may be right about some modems via even the hardware wizard but
it's hard to tell exactly what they really mean because almost all of them
pop some program into at least control panel for jiggling with settings.
Your doing what you preach about not doing,
the use of ' NONE - NO -NEVER' .
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True. I got sloppy.
 
soogab said:
I was asked to prove that a manually installed display driver may
not show up in the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM.
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What is a "manually installed display driver"?
do you know of any way to show that without using a PC?
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That would be in the form of authoritative writing?
Is it possible to have multiple display drivers installed on the
PC and not all of them will be showing up on the "ADD/REMOVE
Programs" dialog box if so where can we find the installed drivers
on the registry?
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Maybe you're recalling the driver list presented when you install
new drivers through Windows. Those probably are not installed, they
are just sitting on the disk waiting to be installed.

Sounds to me like you all are doing some fishing for something or
another.
 
"Devices" (display adapter, network adapter, Hard Disk, Floppy Drive,
Monitor, Modem, Sound Adapter, etc.) are operated by software called
"drivers".

Although drivers ARE programs, they are typically not User Interactive
(UI) APPLICATIONS.

Hardware device MANUFACTURERS do create APPLICATION PROGRAMS to manage
the installation, configuration and removal of their device DRIVERS,
and they will typically package these applications together with the
device drivers on the CD-ROM they include in the box with the
hardware device when you purchase the item. These applications are
included to improve 'ease-of-use' for the end-user, and to make
installation of the new hardware device EASIER.

It is possible, however, to install the EXACT SAME DEVICE DRIVERS
without using these APPLICATION PROGRAMS.

How do you do this?

Example:
You want to upgrade your video display adapter to a 128MB ATI
Radeon AGP card. At the moment your PC has only a 32MB video card.
You go to Best Buy (or any store of your choice) and purchase a 128MB
ATI Radeon AGP video card and take it home. You get home, all
excited to install your new hardware. You open the box take out the
contents, and LO AND BEHOLD, the CD-ROM is missing. Best Buy is over
10 miles from your house, and they JUST CLOSED. What do you do?
Well, you can visit ATI's website, search for the drivers for your
new video card, and download the necessary files. Once they are
downloaded, you can uninstall the old video card driver from Device
Manager, shut down the system, crack the case open, remove the 32MB
video card, install the 128MB NEW video card, reboot the system, and
when the system detects the new video device, you can direct the
installation wizard to the video driver that you JUST DOWNLOADED FROM
ATI's WEBSITE. Windows will complete the installation, and reboot
your system to finalize the configuration and setup of your new video
card, all without installing a single program that will show up on
"Add/Remove Programs".

Hope this helps.
 
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