Vista - NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT cannot upgrade to Vista Ultimate

When attempting to upgrade from Vista Home Premium (32bit) to Vista Ultimate (32bit) can an upgrade error - upgrade fails. The Vista Upgrade advisor tells me that the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT will not work in Windows Vista:-

"This device will not work in Windows Vista. For more information, please go to the device manufacturer's website, Windows Marketplace, or contact your retailer."

How can I proceed to upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate?

Is this just a Vista Ultimate upgrade issue or is this display adapter truly not supported on Vista (even though I have a HP Pavilion laptop with one installed running Vista Home Premium).

Any help or advice appreciated.

..by the way, I have just updated driver to latest version from NVIDIA (8.15.11.8585 Dated 30/04/2009) and tried upgrade advisor again - still no good!

hmm..it should definitely upgrade...you sure the graphics card is the only problem? i know vista says thats the only problem, but there might be something else

I was running Vista Ultimate x64 with my 8800GT so I doubt very much the 9600GT couldn't but, could it be that your video drivers are very old, hence, the issue with Vista?

that is strange..???

its certainly compatible, its gotta be a driver issue.

uninstall the GFX driver, install vista & reinstall the driver afterward..



SK

I have ABOUT the same card and upgraded the same as you (except x64 to x64) It gave me a BSOD ann I had to start in safe mode, and install the newest driver for Vista from there. It now works fine....it's only been 3 minutes though. I would try that I guess. Worked for me.

I have a 9500 GT and had the driver on a CD. Just to clarify. It's working great now....

I really hope this helps you. I just went through the same issue.

Another thing you must check is if you are also running a x64 bit driver for your monitor, otherwise, it may give you problems later on... mostly when playing games though (IIRC).