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Old 09-13-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x86
 
 

Can't Install Graphic Driver

I can't install my graphic card driver any idea ?

Note:
My Graphic card is GeForce 8800 GTS
My driver version is NVIDIA Win Vista Driver v190.62
I have 2 hard disk and they are shared
I am in vista ultimate sp2


Please help me asap ???

Here is screenshot from bad driver installation

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Old 09-14-2009   #2 (permalink)


Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

Have you tried the right drivers, wheter 32 or 64-bit?
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Old 09-14-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

go to the manufacturer's website. and get the correct drivers.
Do autodetect or even use windows update.
We need more info why you cant install them.
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Old 09-15-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x86
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

I updated my drivers always by Driver Magician 3.45 is this a right program ?

I mean can i trust to DM 3.45 ?
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Old 09-15-2009   #5 (permalink)


Vista 32 win 7 7600 32 bit
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

VUU

its often best to download your drivers yourself. DM will download whatever its most current driver is and there may be newer ones on the manufacters' web site.

Ken
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Old 09-15-2009   #6 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Vista Ultimate User View Post
I updated my drivers always by Driver Magician 3.45 is this a right program ?

I mean can i trust to DM 3.45 ?

NVIDIA DRIVERS 190.62 WHQL

uninstall old drivers via control panel reboot as prompted then install new drivers . if you still have issues come back and we can tell you how to use a driver cleaner in safemod to properly get rid of all the old driver remnants
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Old 09-16-2009   #7 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x86
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

I still have issues problem
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Old 09-16-2009   #8 (permalink)


Vista 32 win 7 7600 32 bit
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Vista Ultimate User View Post
I updated my drivers always by Driver Magician 3.45 is this a right program ?

I mean can i trust to DM 3.45 ?
You can trust yourself more. We can help you install the driver but you need to get the correct one first.

My suggestions are get the driver for 32 bit, reboot into safe mode uninstall your current driver, install the correct driver.

If this doesn't work describe what went wrong in detail

Ken
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Old 09-18-2009   #9 (permalink)


Vista x64 + Windows 7 x64 (Ultimate)
 
 

Re: Can't Install Graphic Driver

This is how I installed my drivers from now on and I have had no problems whatsoever...

I download the latest drivers for my Video, Audio & Monitor and save it to a Folder I can get to later.

I uninstall my current driver from Device Manager, I immediately see the screen changing to regular vga drivers, it asks me to reinstall, I DO NOT do so, I know go to the Control Panel and uninstall the PhysX drivers as well (this is part of the 170/180/190 Nvidia series drivers), I Reboot now and Vista installs the std vga drivers, I then use CCcleaner to get rid of any instances or drivers remnants on my registry (when you open it, you'll see the registry icon, choose it and Run it. I reboot again for good measure.

Once I am back at the desktop, I go to the folder where I downloaded the drivers, un-compress the file directly to the same folder I saved it to, I again go to my device manager, go to my display adapters, double click on vga card and then, double click on driver tab and click on update drivers.

Once there, I tell it to let me choose the driver, click on "Have Disk", search for the folder where I uncompressed the executable and click on the .inf file, it starts doing the whole installation process and tells me to reboot once its done.

I am sure there are other ways to do this faster but, so far, this has work for me in Vista x64... I wouldn't think it wouldn't hurt anything trying it this way.

If this fails, we will use the other method.
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