How to "update" driver?

[Michael Conrad]

Hello,

Having a bit of trouble with a video card driver.

GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP8x
Detonator drivers 45.23 (Aug. 13, 2003)

I am having compatibility issues in graphics-intensive games, so I would
like to roll-back to an older driver, one that is "approved" for Windows XP.
On installation of the 45.23 driver set, I got the window that says the
drivers have not been approved for Windows XP, etc. How can I do this?

I have tried installing the old drivers over the new, but the new just
stayed there and I couldn't roll back to the old.

I have uninstalled the new drivers, thinking I could install the old ones
after restart, but Windows auto-detects/installs the newer set of
drivers before I can install the old.

Is there a way to get the new ones off and keep them off? I seem to
remember something about a 'driver cache' folder that keeps copies of
drivers in case the uninformed user deletes something they shouldn't. Does
this exist? I had to make hidden files visible and system files/folders
too, but this may have been in a different Windows version. But I
digress...

Anyway, any help?

 

[Blaedmon]

go to guru3d or 3dguru.com and grab NFR (nasty file remover) it'll remove
old nvidia drivers totally from the system.

 

[Incognitus]

Hello,

Having a bit of trouble with a video card driver.

GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP8x
Detonator drivers 45.23 (Aug. 13, 2003)

I am having compatibility issues in graphics-intensive games, so I would
like to roll-back to an older driver, one that is "approved" for Windows XP.
On installation of the 45.23 driver set, I got the window that says the
drivers have not been approved for Windows XP, etc. How can I do this?

But 45.23 has been approved for XP:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23

Windows XP/2000

Version: 45.23
Release Date: August 13, 2003
WHQL Certified

 

[Michael Conrad]

I understand that, but I still get the dialog box that says it hasn't been
during install. Normally I would ignore it and install anyway, which I did,
but now I am having graphics problems, so I would like to revert to an
older, more stable driver...

Mike