removing bad driver

[scooter4n]

How can you remove driver all the way, to reinstall other one??

 

[XprincoX]

well can just install the good one, which will basically overwrite or disable the faulty driver.

 

[LiGhTBoY]

Or you could : rightclick MY PC (hehe)> Properties> Device manager and click your device and remove to remove the drivers . Don't know if that removes the registry entries though. You can install your new drivers now.

 

[funnyperson1]

well can just install the good one, which will basically overwrite or disable the faulty driver.

unfortunately that does not work with most modern grahics card drivers...

 

[NASsoccer]

everytime i want to use a new driver i always remove the old ones first and would never recommend installing over old files, especially bad file. i do exactly what lightboy said and then i reboot and it detects and i point it to the new drivers. Usually this was you will never have a conflict of any kind and usually less troubles in the long run.

 

[Starfoxer]

does the "remove from device manager thing" remove the
registry entries?

if you are on XP, i go to start/control pannel/remove program
and it has a lil entry where i can remove the ATI DISPLAY
DRIVERS

has anyone else tried this cuz this is how i normally do it.

 

[Maximus Nickus]

Go to Start Menu>Run, type in regedit then click on edit>find.

Type in Ati Technologys and you will find hundreds of entrys, remove all of these (not the Ati Multimedia ones) and then it is truly removed.

M_N

 

[NASsoccer]

Go to Start Menu>Run, type in regedit then click on edit>find.

Type in Ati Technologys and you will find hundreds of entrys, remove all of these (not the Ati Multimedia ones) and then it is truly removed.

M_N

so i am guessing the same would go for nvidia drivers too?

 

[funnyperson1]

so i am guessing the same would go for nvidia drivers too?

i dunno, ive gotten so annoyed with XP's auto install of the drivers i just go into the System 32 directory and delete all the files that came from the nvidia drivers....

 

[NASsoccer]

i dunno, ive gotten so annoyed with XP's auto install of the drivers i just go into the System 32 directory and delete all the files that came from the nvidia drivers....

hope someone can verify if that works to remove them. Also i am running win2k, so i don't know how much of a difference they would be in the complete removal of drivers between 2k and xp. Does anyone know??

 

[funnyperson1]

hope someone can verify if that works to remove them. Also i am running win2k, so i don't know how much of a difference they would be in the complete removal of drivers between 2k and xp. Does anyone know??

works for me ...the best way to do it is to find all the files listed in RIvatuner as Driver files and then delete them while youre in safe mode....some wont delete but thats ok because those are the essential ones that the new Drivers can overwrite....

 

[Maximus Nickus]

Just do a registry search for Nvidia/Ati and remove the results associated with the Drivers.

Also clean up C:\Windows\ those system directorys get clogged!!


M_N

 

[TranceBear]

The absolutely best way is to go to the control panel and go to add/remove programs and click on the ATI driver. it will remove all or at least most of it and it will tell you what is left. I have had great sucess with this way. For NVIDIA based cards, they have a special program that will eliminate all of the driver. I think it is called the Detonator destroyer

 

[funnyperson1]

The absolutely best way is to go to the control panel and go to add/remove programs and click on the ATI driver. it will remove all or at least most of it and it will tell you what is left. I have had great sucess with this way. For NVIDIA based cards, they have a special program that will eliminate all of the driver. I think it is called the Detonator destroyer

unfortunately that only works in Win98 the problem with XP is that when you restart afater uninstalling it starts to automatically install the crappy microsoft drivers...

 

[NASsoccer]

unfortunately that only works in Win98 the problem with XP is that when you restart afater uninstalling it starts to automatically install the crappy microsoft drivers...

So, still nothing to make sure that old drivers are completely off my system. Hmm, guess i will have to keep looking around.

 

[sneakyfart]

get "regcleaner" and use it to purge the registry of all the old files that uninstall doesnt delete

 

[funnyperson1]

So, still nothing to make sure that old drivers are completely off my system. Hmm, guess i will have to keep looking around.

thats the beauty of deleting the files manually...you dont have to reboot until after the device is installed

 

[NASsoccer]

thats the beauty of deleting the files manually...you dont have to reboot until after the device is installed

haha, good point. less reboots=goodtimes