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    senorbill Guest

    removing video card drivers in Vista

    To Start: I have an asus invidia nforce 4 mother board and when I want to
    remove my video card driver (7900gt co). I have downloaded the newest invidia
    drivers for my mother board Any way under ad & remove programs it does not
    give me the option to remove the video driver only. Not there!! So I have
    tried to update the driver from the internet and also with windows update. I
    have nothing but solid colors and verticle lines when i try to update the
    driver. (Over write.) I expect that the old driver is iterfereing withe the
    new driver during install I am disabled the driver in safe mode and
    uninstalled it in safe mode. Did not work correctly. I have installed the new
    driver that I downloaded in safe mode. It does not show the new driver when I
    look for it.The old driver from windows is still there. In programs it does
    show the driver there though 169.25.. I have done every trick I know. Not a
    problem with drivers with xp only vista.
    Any ideas... Thanks
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    Bill S.



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    Re: removing video card drivers in Vista

    Quote Originally Posted by senorbill View Post
    To Start: I have an asus invidia nforce 4 mother board and when I want to
    remove my video card driver (7900gt co). I have downloaded the newest invidia
    drivers for my mother board Any way under ad & remove programs it does not
    give me the option to remove the video driver only. Not there!! So I have
    tried to update the driver from the internet and also with windows update. I
    have nothing but solid colors and verticle lines when i try to update the
    driver. (Over write.) I expect that the old driver is iterfereing withe the
    new driver during install I am disabled the driver in safe mode and
    uninstalled it in safe mode. Did not work correctly. I have installed the new
    driver that I downloaded in safe mode. It does not show the new driver when I
    look for it.The old driver from windows is still there. In programs it does
    show the driver there though 169.25.. I have done every trick I know. Not a
    problem with drivers with xp only vista.
    Any ideas... Thanks
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    Bill S.
    Hi Bill,

    Installing the new driver should replace the old one for you. Sometimes you will need to restart the computer for the new one to be applied though.

    To uninstall a driver, you will need to go into the Control Panel (Classic View) and click on the Device Manager icon. In Device Manager, expand the device type and right click on the device and click Uninstall. You can see what driver version it is by right clicking on the device and click Properties, then click on the Driver tab.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

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    David B. Guest

    Re: removing video card drivers in Vista

    First, NEVER install drivers from Windows update, they are often older than
    what you already have, and can cause instability. You don't need to
    uninstall the old driver, just install the new one over it.

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    "senorbill" <senorbill4@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > To Start: I have an asus invidia nforce 4 mother board and when I want to
    > remove my video card driver (7900gt co). I have downloaded the newest
    > invidia
    > drivers for my mother board Any way under ad & remove programs it does not
    > give me the option to remove the video driver only. Not there!! So I have
    > tried to update the driver from the internet and also with windows update.
    > I
    > have nothing but solid colors and verticle lines when i try to update the
    > driver. (Over write.) I expect that the old driver is iterfereing withe
    > the
    > new driver during install I am disabled the driver in safe mode and
    > uninstalled it in safe mode. Did not work correctly. I have installed the
    > new
    > driver that I downloaded in safe mode. It does not show the new driver
    > when I
    > look for it.The old driver from windows is still there. In programs it
    > does
    > show the driver there though 169.25.. I have done every trick I know. Not
    > a
    > problem with drivers with xp only vista.
    > Any ideas... Thanks
    > --
    > Bill S.

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