#$%^& MS UPDATE NVIDIA DRIVERS

[Guest]

AFTER SOME CRITICAL UPDATES TO MY PC I SAW A NVIDIA UPDATE FOR MY GEFORCE FX 5200 I'M THINKING OH GREAT MY GAMES ARE GONNA LOCK EVEN BETTER SO AFTER THE INSTALL AND REBOOT MY WINDOWS LOADING SCREEN WENT BACK TO THE LOOK OF NO DRIVERS YOU KNOW WITH THE LOW RESOLUTION LOOK THEN I GET THESE'S BLUE AND BLACK VERTICAL LINES AND THATS ALL I GET IM PISSED SINCE MY OLD DRIVERS WORKED GREAT SO STUPID ME THANKS A GREAT DEAL MICROSOFT HELP ME PLEASE.

 

[JAX]

First off, turn off your Caps Locks. Then, never take drivers from WU, go to
the web-site for your hardware and download drivers from them. Download the
driver from NVIDIA, install it.

LOL, JAX

AFTER SOME CRITICAL UPDATES TO MY PC I SAW A NVIDIA UPDATE FOR MY GEFORCE

FX 5200 I'M THINKING OH GREAT MY GAMES ARE GONNA LOCK EVEN BETTER SO AFTER
THE INSTALL AND REBOOT MY WINDOWS LOADING SCREEN WENT BACK TO THE LOOK OF NO
DRIVERS YOU KNOW WITH THE LOW RESOLUTION LOOK THEN I GET THESE'S BLUE AND
BLACK VERTICAL LINES AND THATS ALL I GET IM PISSED SINCE MY OLD DRIVERS
WORKED GREAT SO STUPID ME THANKS A GREAT DEAL MICROSOFT HELP ME PLEASE.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Roll back the driver:
Right click My computer
Click Properties
Click Hardware tab
Click Device Manager button
Click + by Display Adapter
Double click your video card
Click Driver tab
Click Roll Back driver
Click OK and follow prompts.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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AFTER SOME CRITICAL UPDATES TO MY PC I SAW A NVIDIA UPDATE FOR MY

GEFORCE FX 5200 I'M THINKING OH GREAT MY GAMES ARE GONNA LOCK EVEN
BETTER SO AFTER THE INSTALL AND REBOOT MY WINDOWS LOADING SCREEN WENT
BACK TO THE LOOK OF NO DRIVERS YOU KNOW WITH THE LOW RESOLUTION LOOK
THEN I GET THESE'S BLUE AND BLACK VERTICAL LINES AND THATS ALL I GET
IM PISSED SINCE MY OLD DRIVERS WORKED GREAT SO STUPID ME THANKS A
GREAT DEAL MICROSOFT HELP ME PLEASE.

 

[Guest]

I DID'NT THINK IT WAS A BASIC DRIVER I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF PIXEL FIX OR TWEAK FOR MICROSOFT GAMES TO ROCK ON MY CARD I'M THINKING OPTIMISE THE SOLUTION THAT ALREADY WORKS ,BUT ALL IS WELL THANKS TO THE GOOD OLD F8 KEY AND LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIG AND I'M BACK WHOOA THAT WAS A BAD TRIP I WAS ON.THANKS GENO.

 

[JAX]

POSTING IN ALL CAPS is difficult to read and considered rude!!

JAX

I DID'NT THINK IT WAS A BASIC DRIVER I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF PIXEL

FIX OR TWEAK FOR MICROSOFT GAMES TO ROCK ON MY CARD I'M THINKING OPTIMISE
THE SOLUTION THAT ALREADY WORKS ,BUT ALL IS WELL THANKS TO THE GOOD OLD F8
KEY AND LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIG AND I'M BACK WHOOA THAT WAS A BAD TRIP I WAS
ON.THANKS GENO.

 

[Craqon]

But apart from that he should have uninstalled his old
drivers first, then install a 'Standard VG Adapter" and
only then install the drivers. Obviously there was a
driver clash. AntiVirus needs to be disabled as well, etc,
etc, etc. Running Detonator Destroyer or similiar to strip
the drivers totally off the PC before upgrading is also
recommended. Nvidia and ATI driver updates is not like
changing underware anymore. Some people have it lucky. Or
unlike gENOCEAN have more PC skills.

 

[JAX]

Hi Craqon,

I agree with you except, I see no need for 3rd party software to install
drivers. In my response to the OP, perhaps I was a bit short-spoken. I'm
afraid I have a bad habit of taking some things for granted.

Cheers, JAX

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

First of all, please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all
caps, as you have done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is
considered very rude. More importantly, posting in all caps makes the
post very hard to read, further reducing your chances of getting help.

Simply rollback to the original drivers. And it's not really
Microsoft's fault, you know. They didn't make the new driver, nVidia
did. Microsoft simply provided the delivery mechanism.

Due to the nearly infinite number of possible combinations of
hardware, device drivers, and applications on any given PC, it's
impossible to guarantee that all patches will be 100% harmless. In a
very small number of cases, patches and hotfixes can
cause conflicts or other problems. Caution is advised.

All "Critical" updates should be installed. These address serious
issues that can affect a large number of computers. There will be
only rare occasions when a Critical update will not apply. Of special
importance are those that address security vulnerabilities. If people
had installed the available critical updates in July, the Blaster and
Welchia worms would not have spread throughout the Internet the
following month. In the unlikely event that problems do develop, you
can always use the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet or a
System Restore Point to uninstall the troublesome hotfix.

For the "Recommended" updates, simply study the information
provided to see if these updates apply in your specific situation. If
they don't apply, or you're not experiencing the problem(s) addressed,
you needn't install them. For instance, I have no use for WinXP's
MovieMaker, so I ignore any updates to it. Again, in the unlikely
event that problems do develop, you can always use the Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet or a System Restore Point to uninstall the
troublesome hotfix.

In general, though, I've found it best not to download the
"Driver" updates from Windows Update, unless they're for a hardware
device originally manufactured by Microsoft. Device drivers provided
by each component's manufacturer's web site are likely to perform
better and offer more features than will the watered-down, "generic"
drivers that those manufacturers provide to Microsoft for distribution
via Windows Update.


Bruce Chambers
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[Guest]

I am glad not to be alone in my Nvidia problems. When I got a msg saying I could download and install the latest Nvidia driver, I just did it. When that happened everything became very small, and nearly impossible to read. (I had to stop playing Hearts). Eventually I discovered that I could uninstall the driver. Nothing else had helped, but this cured everything. But now I get a msg from Windows everyday to install the darn thing. How can I get rid of Windows' pesky nagging? Any help much appreciated. And thanks for this very helpful and entertaining site. Andy

 

[roger]

Hi Andy,

I am glad not to be alone in my Nvidia problems. When I got a msg saying I could download and install the latest Nvidia driver, I just did it. When that happened everything became very small, and nearly impossible to read. (I had to stop playing Hearts). Eventually I discovered that I could uninstall the driver. Nothing else had helped, but this cured everything. But now I get a msg from Windows everyday to install the darn thing. How can I get rid of Windows' pesky nagging? Any help much appreciated. And thanks for this very helpful and entertaining site. Andy

Prevent Windows Update from prompting you to install a Hotfix
you know is already installed:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_hotfix_prompt.htm

Good luck