Video Drivers for Nvidia

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If I create a system restore point and then I update my video drivers and
they do not work properly with the programs I have will restoring bring back
the old drivers?
 
Old Bob said:
If I create a system restore point and then I update my video drivers
and they do not work properly with the programs I have will restoring
bring back the old drivers?
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That's not for sure because that's the wrong way. In order to revert to
the former nVidia driver: Device manager > doubleclick driver > Driver
tab > third button from the top (Installed Driver or similar).
 
[[This step-by-step article describes how restore a previous version of a
device driver if a newly-installed driver causes system instability. This
process is known as "rolling back" the driver to an earlier version.]]
HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous Version of a
Device Driver in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306546

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Old said:
If I create a system restore point and then I update my video drivers
and they do not work properly with the programs I have will restoring
bring back the old drivers?
Click to expand...

System restore should be used as a kind of last resort. Best way to
handle the above situation is to uninstall the drivers that don't work,
reboot. Let Windows totally reload, and if asked to let Windows search
for drivers, cancel out of it. Then, after Windows is totally loaded,
install the known working drivers.

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Wesley said:
[[This step-by-step article describes how restore a previous version
of a device driver if a newly-installed driver causes system
instability. This process is known as "rolling back" the driver to an
earlier version.]]
HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous
Version of a Device Driver in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306546


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Old Bob said:
If I create a system restore point and then I update my video
drivers and they do not work properly with the programs I have will
restoring bring back the old drivers?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

I kinda look at that the same way as system restore, a kind of last
resort. Today's video drivers from both nVidia, and ATI can have other
necessary drivers and control panels that only work with certain video
drivers, that using roll back to old drivers may not work with the
control panel installed, or the video capture drivers.

Best way is to do totally uninstall newer non-working drivers, and
reinstall of old known working drivers. YMMV. :)

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Better yet, buy something other than Nvidia. ;-)

I will never buy any nvidia products again.

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kurttrail said:
Wesley said:
[[This step-by-step article describes how restore a previous version
of a device driver if a newly-installed driver causes system
instability. This process is known as "rolling back" the driver to an
earlier version.]]
HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous
Version of a Device Driver in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306546


In
Old Bob said:
If I create a system restore point and then I update my video
drivers and they do not work properly with the programs I have will
restoring bring back the old drivers?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

I kinda look at that the same way as system restore, a kind of last
resort. Today's video drivers from both nVidia, and ATI can have other
necessary drivers and control panels that only work with certain video
drivers, that using roll back to old drivers may not work with the
control panel installed, or the video capture drivers.

Best way is to do totally uninstall newer non-working drivers, and
reinstall of old known working drivers. YMMV. :)

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Thank you for your replies..I have been battling with HP as they had me
install the new printer software and now that software keeps locking
up--they now say it is because I have a VOO-DOO video board and should put
on new drivers--thought (as I do not have such a video board) that the
problem might be the same with the nvidia. This driver thing is beyond
where I thought I would ever go in trying to resolve this thing. I do
appreciate your reply's

Wesley Vogel said:
Better yet, buy something other than Nvidia. ;-)

I will never buy any nvidia products again.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
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In
kurttrail said:
Wesley said:
[[This step-by-step article describes how restore a previous version
of a device driver if a newly-installed driver causes system
instability. This process is known as "rolling back" the driver to an
earlier version.]]
HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous
Version of a Device Driver in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306546


In Old Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
If I create a system restore point and then I update my video
drivers and they do not work properly with the programs I have will
restoring bring back the old drivers?
Click to expand...

I kinda look at that the same way as system restore, a kind of last
resort. Today's video drivers from both nVidia, and ATI can have other
necessary drivers and control panels that only work with certain video
drivers, that using roll back to old drivers may not work with the
control panel installed, or the video capture drivers.

Best way is to do totally uninstall newer non-working drivers, and
reinstall of old known working drivers. YMMV. :)

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Bob,

It's quite difficult to judge what stage a person is at in diagnosing a
problem from the first post, especially after they have followed some
instructions from some "Tech Support" which they follow properly but don't
understand.


So, what was the original problem that you contacted HP tech support about?
Is the video system built into the motherboard or is it a separate card and
if so which card?


One of my pet gripes about the likes of HP, Dell and used to be Compaq is
that they don't supply a driver disk, a "Proper" copy of windows and a
machine, they supply a machine with an altered copy of windows and a
recovery disk that can only "Recover" as far as the machine's condition when
it left the factory. The also seem to have a habit of supplying their own
"Updating" system which is usually so far behind Windows Update it's lethal,
because it actually tried to undo stuff.

Suffice to say when dealing with bulk manufactured machines I almost always
start over with a clean format, a real copy of windows and drivers from the
hardware manufacturer's website first.

If the original problem was caused by some foreign software on your machine
the printer and video problems may be just a secondary manifestation.

Charlie



Old Bob said:
Thank you for your replies..I have been battling with HP as they had me
install the new printer software and now that software keeps locking
up--they now say it is because I have a VOO-DOO video board and should put
on new drivers--thought (as I do not have such a video board) that the
problem might be the same with the nvidia. This driver thing is beyond
where I thought I would ever go in trying to resolve this thing. I do
appreciate your reply's

Wesley Vogel said:
Better yet, buy something other than Nvidia. ;-)

I will never buy any nvidia products again.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
kurttrail said:
Wesley Vogel wrote:
[[This step-by-step article describes how restore a previous version
of a device driver if a newly-installed driver causes system
instability. This process is known as "rolling back" the driver to an
earlier version.]]
HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous
Version of a Device Driver in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306546


In Old Bob <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
If I create a system restore point and then I update my video
drivers and they do not work properly with the programs I have will
restoring bring back the old drivers?

I kinda look at that the same way as system restore, a kind of last
resort. Today's video drivers from both nVidia, and ATI can have other
necessary drivers and control panels that only work with certain video
drivers, that using roll back to old drivers may not work with the
control panel installed, or the video capture drivers.

Best way is to do totally uninstall newer non-working drivers, and
reinstall of old known working drivers. YMMV. :)

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Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Old said:
Thank you for your replies..I have been battling with HP as they had
me install the new printer software and now that software keeps
locking up--they now say it is because I have a VOO-DOO video board
and should put on new drivers--thought (as I do not have such a video
board) that the problem might be the same with the nvidia. This
driver thing is beyond where I thought I would ever go in trying to
resolve this thing. I do appreciate your reply's
Click to expand...

HP has alot of conflicts with their software. I usually suggest just
keeping their device drivers, and uninstalling the rest of the garbage.

I've never been much of a fan of HP products. When they work, they work
well, but I've just seen too many lemons come out of HP too, especially
on the low end All-in-one products.

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