XP home won't let me install new driver  
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PapaJohn





PostPosted: Thu Jul 08 03:29:58 CDT 2004 Top

Windows XP Hardware >> XP home won't let me install new driver I have a Radeon 9700Pro and I need to put the latest drivers on. So, I turn
off system restore and uninstall the drivers from add/remove. So far so
good. But then I have to reboot to complete the uninstall process, and
here's where XP automatically puts on the old drivers (complete with a
little icon telling me this) without any input from me! How on earth am I
supposed to update my GFX card driver?

Thanks for any help (getting desperate) ;(

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Nathan





PostPosted: Thu Jul 08 03:29:58 CDT 2004 Top

Windows XP Hardware >> XP home won't let me install new driver Try this:

1. Use this utility to remove all ATI stuff from your computer:
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/cat-uninstaller.exe

2. Install the latest video card drivers from here (new 4.7 released today):
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c.exe

That should take care of it. If Windows installs drivers for it after
reboot from the uninstall utility, don't worry about it. Just install
the new drivers ;)

Nathan McNulty

Di Farker wrote:

> I have a Radeon 9700Pro and I need to put the latest drivers on. So, I turn
> off system restore and uninstall the drivers from add/remove. So far so
> good. But then I have to reboot to complete the uninstall process, and
> here's where XP automatically puts on the old drivers (complete with a
> little icon telling me this) without any input from me! How on earth am I
> supposed to update my GFX card driver?
>
> Thanks for any help (getting desperate) ;(
>
>
 
 
Kelly





PostPosted: Thu Jul 08 04:57:41 CDT 2004 Top

Windows XP Hardware >> XP home won't let me install new driver Go to Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini/Basevideo. Reboot.

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"Di Farker" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Radeon 9700Pro and I need to put the latest drivers on. So, I turn
> off system restore and uninstall the drivers from add/remove. So far so
> good. But then I have to reboot to complete the uninstall process, and
> here's where XP automatically puts on the old drivers (complete with a
> little icon telling me this) without any input from me! How on earth am I
> supposed to update my GFX card driver?
>
> Thanks for any help (getting desperate) ;(
>
>