Set up cannot continue "compatibility"

[Ron H]

Trying to upgrade from home to pro, have done searches to
find all references to noncompat. nvidia agp filter file,
none to be found. still won't run set up. Probably a bad
thing, but HP Pavilion. HP does not recommend changing
OS'S to PRO.. Of course not! I do NOT want to do a new
install.

 

[Carey Frisch]

The problem seems to be that the drivers from the NVIDIA web site don't
actually get updated when the driver setup is run. Update the drivers manually,
and you'll be able to run the XP Pro upgrade.

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.

 

[Ron H]

Thanks Carey, I will try that..

-----Original Message-----
The problem seems to be that the drivers from the NVIDIA web site don't
actually get updated when the driver setup is run. Update the drivers manually,
and you'll be able to run the XP Pro upgrade.

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

 

[Ron H]

Carey, Thank you for your help, however, I did another
search for the exact file, deleted it, and install went
off without a hitch...It appears this HP did not ship
with an NVIDIA card so there was really nothing to
update... Thanks again, Ron ! !