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    LV2G 8800m drivers - how to roll back manually (clean removal)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by christianpma, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. christianpma

    christianpma Notebook Geek

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    after not being totally satisfied with the latest vista 64 drivers from my 8800m GTX card, i want to roll back to a previous version.. but im not totally sure my methods are the right ones. can anyone help me out, is there a good way to do this that makes sure all drivers and files, registry keys, etc, are removed before reinstalling? Thanks!

    Also, if anyone has a driver version to recommend for playing Crysis on an 8800m GTX in vista 64, that would be cool too.
     
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  2. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    The simple way, once you have the driver ready to install it is:
    1) Uninstall the previous driver (from the control panel on the add/remove programs)
    2) Restart
    3) Install the new driver
    4) Restart

    There should not be a problem. Other people recommend a program to uninstall the drivers, which I don't recall, but so far I have used the method above and I have had no problems at all.
     
    lozanogo, Jan 14, 2008
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    ShortGreenGoat Notebook Consultant

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    I usually go to device manager, uninstall the card drivers from there with delete the files ticked. then use a 3rd part program such as Driver Sweeper to get rid of registry entries/any remaining files
     
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  4. Rorschach

    Rorschach Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    167.43 would have been the stock drivers, you can get them on laptopvideo2go
     
    Rorschach, Jan 14, 2008
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