Help, I can't install Nvidia drivers :(

[Wilderbeast]

You simply can't beat that freshly formatted feeling

 

[MoRT489]

Why do people uninstall old nvidia drivers before they update to newer ones???

The same reason u pull up the old carpet before putting down a new one - it's cleaner, fits better and things run [across it] more smoothly

 

[Mark A]

The same reason u pull up the old carpet before putting down a new one - it's cleaner, fits better and things run [across it] more smoothly

Only problem is sometimes you end up removing half the floorboards as well .

 

[MoRT489]

lol see a perfect analogy

 

[thevet]

been using drivesweeper for years and i never had a problem,i always use it to uninstall drivers
1.uninstall driver and phyx using add/remove
2.reboot into safemode
3.run drivesweeper and tick boxes to delete physx and nvidia display only(DO NOT select chipset)
4.reboot pc into normal windows
5.install new driver and reboot
this is how i have always done it and i test more drivers than most people as i used modded,beta and i tweak certain drivers for myself...i have never had a problem with this method

 

[kylew]

been using drivesweeper for years and i never had a problem,i always use it to uninstall drivers
1.uninstall driver and phyx using add/remove
2.reboot into safemode
3.run drivesweeper and tick boxes to delete physx and nvidia display only(DO NOT select chipset)
4.reboot pc into normal windows
5.install new driver and reboot
this is how i have always done it and i test more drivers than most people as i used modded,beta and i tweak certain drivers for myself...i have never had a problem with this method

Everyone knows how to use Driver Sweeper/Cleaner, the point isn't that we don't know how to use them, it's that they do cause problems for a lot of people.

For some people, they work, but for a lot they just cause problems.

Drivers over a year ago ideally needed Driver Sweeper to be used before installing new sets, now, that's just not necessary.

 

[UTmaniac]

Same as the problem I'm having? The driver I'm trying to install is 191.07, the latest WHQL driver from the nvidia site. Ive never had a problem with Nvidia drivers, they have always handled any game Ive played. The only game Ive had crashes with is L4D, but that is a problem with the game and loads of people get the odd crash.

I'll try system restore again but it only offers me 5 restore points and all were from yesterday and the earliest one didn't take it back far enough. When i had XP it had loads of restore points going back weeks IIRC. Then try and install it in safe mode.

If all else fails I'll do a fresh install of windows. Its been running a bit slow lately anyway. Thanks again and at least i know never to use drive sweeper again.

Yes, when I was running the installer, it said something about not being modified. First driver that has caused issues on my 8800 GTS 512.

Unusually (not my normal routine), installing in safe mode did the trick after running driver sweeper again in a previous safe mode session.

Part of me wondered whether the Windows Update graphics card download messed up the original process. I don't ever remember the download completing before I had completed my normal driver update routine, until this time with 195.55

 

[Mark A]

I'm back up and running after a fresh instal, I wanted to do a fresh install anyway, ive been putting it off on the basis that i CBA for a long time now .

Ive just installed the driver i had on before the update for now and will wait till there is a new driver made available before i update this one, just incase it was a problem with the driver.

So good not to be looking at 1" square icons .