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    Is it safe to uninstall NVIDIA DRIVERS from the control panel instead of the device manager to update the driver?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by zammyfighter12, Apr 11, 2010.

  1. zammyfighter12

    zammyfighter12 Newbie

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    I've heard you should uninstall from device manager, but is it the same if I uninstall from the control panel in add/remove programs? NVIDIA DRIVERS
     
    zammyfighter12, Apr 11, 2010
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    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's the ONLY way I uninstall Nvidia, Realtek, Intel or ATi drivers. Use the uninstaller in the control panel, restart, boot into safe mode, run Driver Cleaner and CCleaner, reboot and install new drivers.

    Mind telling where you were told you should uninstall by device manager? This would be a first for me personally.
     
    ziddy123, Apr 11, 2010
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  3. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    I've only ever uninstalled GPU drivers through device manager along with subsequent Driver Cleaner. Is there a difference?
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Apr 11, 2010
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  4. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    What Ziddy said. That's the correct way of doing it. :cool:
     
    Rodster, Apr 11, 2010
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  5. zammyfighter12

    zammyfighter12 Newbie

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    I heard it from a seperate forum but i guess i was doing it right! Thanks for the help everyone.
     
    zammyfighter12, Apr 12, 2010
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  6. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    You can uninstall from Device Manager and NVidia's uninstaller will be called.

    Right-click -> uninstall -> tick 'Delete the driver software for this device.'
     
    namaiki, Apr 12, 2010
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    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    What's the deal with booting into safe mode to delete the registry entries with Driver Sweeper?
    First of all, CCleaner does the same job in cleaning up the registry entries (it cleaned up Nvidia driver ones EVERY time I ran it) and Driver Sweeper is not needed.

    Second, why safe mode?
    I cleaned up the registry entries after uninstalling the drivers in Standard mode of Windows.
    Then I booted in Safe Mode to check if there were any additional entries for removal, and there were none.

    I think people are over-complicating a rather simple procedure.
     
    Deks, Apr 12, 2010
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  8. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    I agree with you. I've always uninstalled, restarted and installed the new drivers and I haven't got any problems.
     
    lozanogo, Apr 12, 2010
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