NVIDIA AGP filter incompatibility with XP Pro installation

[Guest]

I'm upgrading a few computers at work from XP Home to Pro. 5 installed fine;
the 6th won't install becuase "NVIDIA AGP filter is not compatible with XP".
This computer was abused by teenagers; I tried updating the drivers, as
suggested, to no avail. I also uninstalled NVIDIA, but it still is in the
program files. I then moved it elsewhere onthe network, and I still gett he
same error. I don't even know what NVIDIA is, but the computer appears to be
an HP Pavillion with stock parts inside (i.e., original sound and video).

Any suggestions?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Using Device Manager, and setting the "show hidden devices" option from the
view menu, you can see the NVIDIA nForce AGP Bus Filter under
"Non-Plug and Play drivers". The original version that was on my PC
was 4.12.01.0217. The driver file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers\nv_agp.sys.


Downloading and installing the latest Platform/nForce Drivers Unified Driver Package
for Windows XP from the NVIDIA web site (www.nvidia.com), places the new driver
in the C:\nvidia\nforceWinXP\2.00\GART directory, but doesn't update it in the Windows
System32 drivers directory. By manually copying the driver from the Nvidia directory,
you'll get past the compatibility problem. The version of the driver that works is 4.12.01.0278.


SOLVED THE PROBLEM THIS WAY:


Go to 'Windows Update'. After running the program, click 'Windows Catalog'
(lower left hand side). Click on the appropriate categories, IE: XP, Drivers, NVIDIA
(you get the point) and download the 'certified' driver.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups


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| I'm upgrading a few computers at work from XP Home to Pro. 5 installed fine;
| the 6th won't install becuase "NVIDIA AGP filter is not compatible with XP".
| This computer was abused by teenagers; I tried updating the drivers, as
| suggested, to no avail. I also uninstalled NVIDIA, but it still is in the
| program files. I then moved it elsewhere onthe network, and I still gett he
| same error. I don't even know what NVIDIA is, but the computer appears to be
| an HP Pavillion with stock parts inside (i.e., original sound and video).
|
| Any suggestions?

 

[johngoodin]

Problem is just which driver is the correct one.
I'm downloading nForce4 SLI Intel Edition - Windows XP/2000 32-Bit
(7.13)
from
ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/7.13/nForce4_7.13_winxp2k_international_whql.exe'

Think this is the one for my HP 542x. But WinXP Pro said 'NVidia AGP
Filter' was the problem.

Started from http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Welcome to the NVIDIA software download page.

Below you will find drivers for all NVIDIA multimedia processors and
additional software applications, tools and games designed to
demonstrate the exciting features of NVIDIA processors. Simply choose
from the selections below and press "Go" when you are ready to
download.

Selected 'Graphics Driver - GeForce and TNT2 - Windows XP / 2000
Is this the correct Driver to fix this?

The download is 40,960 KB