Updating Nvidia drivers

[Guest]

A new game keeps crashing and I found that I need to update my display
drivers. I have a Nvidia geforce4 mx integrated gpu v. 6.13. When I go to
the nvidia website to download the update, some instructions say to uninstall
the old drivers before installing the new ones. I need info on the best way
to do this. I have created a set point in system restore in case something
goes wrong, but have not downloaded anything yet. Why would I delete the old
drivers if there is an option to roll back to the previous drivers if
something goes wrong? Since I'm not that comfortable with this, I would
appreciate step by step info on downloading, deleting and installing the
updated drivers. I am running windows xp home version without sp2. I
already updated to directx 9c.

Thanks, Sharon

 

[boss]

I went to the control panel system folder, device manager, removed the
display adaptor there. Then rebooted and it installed the updated drivers
for Nvidia. ( download them first)

 

[JJ]

Even though it recommends deleting the previous driver first , installing
the new driver with the old one in place has never given me a problem. JJ

 

[Tony Luxton]

Yeah, I found the same. I got an update to my nVidia driver from the
Microsoft site, and when I installed it (without uninstalling the old one)
it came up in my Add & Remove Programs list in Control Panel. I decided I
didn't like certain aspects of it and I uninstalled it from there, and the
old driver took over.

I've since changed my mind and installed the new one again. No problems at
any time.

regards Tony.