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Tobes
11-01-01, 05:12 AM
Is there an easy way of reading which version of the 4in1 drivers is currently installed?

Asking because the last couple of times I've updated the 4in1's the PC has frozen with driver installation 100% complete (or so it says).
PC requires manual rebooting then everything appears Ok.

I'd just like to make sure everything loaded.

BTW I checked 'System properties' in the control panel and looked under 'System Devices/Via CPU to AGP controller/Properties/Driver' and the driver date is 08/10/2000.
This seems a bit old since I just loaded the newish 4.34 drivers.

Could someone please check the driver date in their system properties and report what it says.
Sonny
11-01-01, 10:19 AM
There is no way of checking what version of 4in1 drivers that you have installed as of the moment. This was mentioned at this (http://www.viahardware.com/) site but I can't find it right now.
RedDeathDrinker
11-02-01, 04:35 AM
I have the 4.35's installed now. Just did them 2 days ago......
shadowdr
11-02-01, 04:29 PM
my agp also says 8-10-200
my cpu to pci says 8-1-200 ver. 64
the vxd had to be uninstalled so i could use the computer(getting vxd bsod's and hard locks)
craydog
11-20-01, 09:51 PM
:) i believe that this works.START,RUN TYPE "REGEDIT"HKEY LOCAL MACHINE,SOFTWARE,VIA4IN1DRIVER.ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE YOUR VERSION.IVE TRIED TO UPDATE TO THE 35'S BUT KEEP HAVING PROBLOMS MYSELF.GOOD LUCK.
craydog
11-20-01, 10:01 PM
:) i believe that this works.START,RUN TYPE "REGEDIT"HKEY LOCAL MACHINE,SOFTWARE,VIA4IN1DRIVER.ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE YOUR VERSION.IVE TRIED TO UPDATE TO THE 35'S BUT KEEP HAVING PROBLOMS MYSELF.GOOD LUCK.
Tobes
11-20-01, 11:54 PM
I just had a look in my registry and there is no 'VIA4inOneDriver' entry. At least in Windows ME.

I was playing around with the XP OS on my machine last week and did find the key you mention.

So I presume you are using XP?

BTW I got mixed results with XP, I liked some stuff but couldn't get outgoing e-mail to work. Tried everything then fell back to ME.
Something must have loaded wrongly. I'll have another crack at it later.
craydog
11-21-01, 12:39 AM
MY OS IS WIN 98:)
Tobes
11-21-01, 04:32 AM
This is really strange.
ME is just a warmed over version of 98.

Can another ME user confirm that the registry key mentioned above is not there?
craydog
11-21-01, 11:15 AM
yeah, kinda strange.i picked up that tip from some forum,i believe it may have been on via's web site.it works for me but like i said i cant install the 4.35's so maybe its not saposed to be there or somethun.every time i try to install the 4.35's i check the reg when im done and it say's 4.34 so maybe my reg is currupt er somethun.someone check thier reg for this please and let us know whats up!
Dukester
11-23-01, 02:51 PM
Same thing here. My Registry says I have 4.34 but I am sure I installed 4.35. Anyone else seeing this?
Tobes
11-24-01, 05:27 AM
This must be normal for these drivers.
I think the 4.35's use the 'inf' file from the 4.34's.

Win XP only loads the inf file and reports 4.34 in the registry.