What's the best way to delete ALL old/unused Nvidia drivers?

I tried one of the newer sets of drivers from Nvidia (I'm running GeForce 2 Ultra 64mb) and didn't care for them and want to go back to the older ones I was using. The Nvidia drivers are in a self installation file and I don't know if they are installing and replacing ALL of the other drivers/files or if they are still on my system. Can someone tell me the best way to A. Install new drivers correctly and B. how to make sure I get all of the old ones (drivers/files) off my system that I'm no longer using. Thanks in advance.

This really depends on what OS you are using. If it is Windows 9x you should download the Detonator Destroyer utility from http://guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/ If you are using XP, uninstall the old drivers and install the new ones. Phil Lee --- Racesim Central Administrator http://www.racesimcentral.com <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I tried one of the newer sets of drivers from Nvidia (I'm running > GeForce 2 Ultra 64mb) and didn't care for them and want to go back to > the older ones I was using. The Nvidia drivers are in a self > installation file and I don't know if they are installing and > replacing ALL of the other drivers/files or if they are still on my > system. Can someone tell me the best way to A. Install new drivers > correctly and B. how to make sure I get all of the old ones > (drivers/files) off my system that I'm no longer using. > Thanks in advance. >

It's *usually* possible to just install one set of Detonators over another without all the usual fol-de-rol: uninstalling old drivers, reverting to 640x480 VGA, installing new drivers, etc. Indeed, one of nVidia's most tempting features is that almost any Detonators will work with almost any TNT or GeForce card, backwards or forwards, from the past several years. OTOH, the biggest crash in my 20-year-history of computing came from simply updating from one WHQL driver set to the next, so if you're running XP or something like GoBack, I'd choose a restore point judiciously. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I tried one of the newer sets of drivers from Nvidia (I'm running > GeForce 2 Ultra 64mb) and didn't care for them and want to go back to > the older ones I was using. The Nvidia drivers are in a self > installation file and I don't know if they are installing and > replacing ALL of the other drivers/files or if they are still on my > system. Can someone tell me the best way to A. Install new drivers > correctly and B. how to make sure I get all of the old ones > (drivers/files) off my system that I'm no longer using. > Thanks in advance. >

On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 10:21:11 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:

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>I tried one of the newer sets of drivers from Nvidia (I'm running >GeForce 2 Ultra 64mb) and didn't care for them and want to go back to >the older ones I was using. The Nvidia drivers are in a self >installation file and I don't know if they are installing and >replacing ALL of the other drivers/files or if they are still on my >system. Can someone tell me the best way to A. Install new drivers >correctly and B. how to make sure I get all of the old ones >(drivers/files) off my system that I'm no longer using. >Thanks in advance.

there's this utility called NVcleaner, but right now I don't remember where I found it... Which Detonator version were you using previously? I prefer 6.50... -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are 27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks and FPS were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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| On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 10:21:11 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: | | >I tried one of the newer sets of drivers from Nvidia (I'm running | >GeForce 2 Ultra 64mb) and didn't care for them and want to go back to | >the older ones I was using. The Nvidia drivers are in a self | >installation file and I don't know if they are installing and | >replacing ALL of the other drivers/files or if they are still on my | >system. Can someone tell me the best way to A. Install new drivers | >correctly and B. how to make sure I get all of the old ones | >(drivers/files) off my system that I'm no longer using. | >Thanks in advance. | | there's this utility called NVcleaner, but right now I don't remember where | I found it... | Which Detonator version were you using previously? I prefer 6.50... | | -- | __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke | \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru | _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com | '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 | | remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying |

On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:19:28 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: >650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are 27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks and FPS >were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. >On the latest versions (21.xx and up) I haven't been able to get the OpenGL properties to show up anywhere o the configuration menu... and since 6.50 works fine with everything I've got, I went back to it. -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

well there are plenty of others lots more bewteen 650s and 2742...... 2181, 2183, 2311 for examples "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... | On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:19:28 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: | | >650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are 27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks andFPS

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| >were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. | > | On the latest versions (21.xx and up) I haven't been able to get the OpenGL | properties to show up anywhere o the configuration menu... and since 6.50 | works fine with everything I've got, I went back to it. | | -- | __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke | \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru | _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com | '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 | | remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying |

Yer rite--there's a fatal tendency in computerdom to think the latest is the greatest. Sometimes it ain't so. For older games, I still use the 7.52s. "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:19:28 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks and FPS > >were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. > > > On the latest versions (21.xx and up) I haven't been able to get theOpenGL

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> properties to show up anywhere o the configuration menu... and since 6.50 > works fine with everything I've got, I went back to it. > > -- > __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke > \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru > _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com > '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 > > remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 05:08:04 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: >well there are plenty of others lots more bewteen 650s and 2742...... 2181, 2183, 2311 for examples I know, but as I said, from 21.xx upwards it seems not to be present. Also, 23.11 removed some other options. I'm trying to find some version prior to 21.xx that offers almost the same new options AND still has the OpenGl menu. And right now, 6.50 is the one that best suits my needs, from all those which I've tried. It even allows resolutions of 720x480, ideal for sending output to the VCR... -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

Well I have all the OGL Options.. I doubt its the drivers that is causing that I would say it is in your puter..... "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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| On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 05:08:04 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: | | >well there are plenty of others lots more bewteen 650s and 2742...... 2181, 2183, 2311 for examples | | I know, but as I said, from 21.xx upwards it seems not to be present. Also, | 23.11 removed some other options. I'm trying to find some version prior to | 21.xx that offers almost the same new options AND still has the OpenGl menu. | And right now, 6.50 is the one that best suits my needs, from all those | which I've tried. It even allows resolutions of 720x480, ideal for sending | output to the VCR... | | -- | __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke | \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru | _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com | '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 | | remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying |

Like I said the latest greatest doesnt work for me I had to go back.... and when I mean it didnt work.. it works but you need to benchmark each set of the versions and see what they do..... I can almost garranty that you will find huge perfomance improvements using newer driver versions.... "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:olrg8.31103$[email hidden]...

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| Yer rite--there's a fatal tendency in computerdom to think the latest is the | greatest. Sometimes it ain't so. For older games, I still use the 7.52s. | | "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | news:[email hidden]... | > On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:19:28 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: | > | > >650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are | 27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks and FPS | > >were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. | > > | > On the latest versions (21.xx and up) I haven't been able to get the | OpenGL | > properties to show up anywhere o the configuration menu... and since 6.50 | > works fine with everything I've got, I went back to it. | > | > -- | > __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke | > \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru | > _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com | > '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 | > | > remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying | | |

Where do you dfind 27.42? All I see in the Win9x section is 23.11? Blake wrote:

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> Like I said the latest greatest doesnt work for me I had to go back.... and when I mean it didnt work.. it works but you need to > benchmark each set of the versions and see what they do..... I can almost garranty that you will find huge perfomance improvements > using newer driver versions.... > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:olrg8.31103$[email hidden]... > | Yer rite--there's a fatal tendency in computerdom to think the latest is the > | greatest. Sometimes it ain't so. For older games, I still use the 7.52s. > | > | "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > | news:[email hidden]... > | > On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:19:28 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: > | > > | > >650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are > | 27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks and FPS > | > >were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. > | > > > | > On the latest versions (21.xx and up) I haven't been able to get the > | OpenGL > | > properties to show up anywhere o the configuration menu... and since 6.50 > | > works fine with everything I've got, I went back to it. > | > > | > -- > | > __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke > | > \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru > | > _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com > | > '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 > | > > | > remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying > | > | > | > > >

www.guru3d.com "Brad Larocque" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... | Where do you dfind 27.42? All I see in the Win9x section is 23.11? | | Blake wrote: | | > Like I said the latest greatest doesnt work for me I had to go back.... and when I mean it didnt work.. it works but you need to | > benchmark each set of the versions and see what they do..... I can almost garranty that you will find huge perfomanceimprovements

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| > using newer driver versions.... | > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:olrg8.31103$[email hidden]... | > | Yer rite--there's a fatal tendency in computerdom to think the latest is the | > | greatest. Sometimes it ain't so. For older games, I still use the 7.52s. | > | | > | "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | > | news:[email hidden]... | > | > On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:19:28 GMT, "Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote: | > | > | > | > >650s!!! DUDE Catch up to the world!!!!! LMAO The latest greatest are | > | 27.42s!!! Peronally they dont work for me, Benchmarks and FPS | > | > >were slow so I went back down to the 23.11s huge improvement.. | > | > > | > | > On the latest versions (21.xx and up) I haven't been able to get the | > | OpenGL | > | > properties to show up anywhere o the configuration menu... and since 6.50 | > | > works fine with everything I've got, I went back to it. | > | > | > | > -- | > | > __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke | > | > \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru | > | > _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com | > | > '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 | > | > | > | > remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying | > | | > | | > | | > | > | > | |

On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 06:30:13 GMT, Brad Larocque <[email hidden]> wrote: >Where do you dfind 27.42? All I see in the Win9x section is 23.11? >Those aren't official versions but leaked ones... The altest is 27.70, I think... (at least, that's the latest I could find) -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( http://www.GeoCities.com/Hollywood/2645 remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying