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'Hasty' was a reference to the implication that you were buying a new
computer to solve the problem!
The ATI uninstall utility should achieve your next objective.
Chris
"Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
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>I am not being hasty. I invested easily six hours over three
> weeks in trying to correct this problem. I am running Windows
> 2000.
>
> After I installed the 4.12 Catalyst version, the ATI
> *uninstaller* refused to work, claiming that no ATI product was
> installed.
>
> All attempts to install the 4.12 control panel version simply
> corrupt the system further.
>
> In any case, I went ahead and installed 5.3 control panel. So
> far so good. I'll test later to see if I can do a clean
> uninstall.
>
> --
> Will
> Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com
>
>
> "Chris Curtis" <newsgroup@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:W6ydnVx6IMfl_M3fRVnyhA@pipex.net...
>> "Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
>> news:TMadnbRecLmYp83fRVn-rw@giganews.com...
>> > How stable have the Catalyst 5.x series drivers been with
> FS2004?
>> > I made the mistake of upgrading to the version of 4.12 that
>> > requires .NET to be installed, and it has completely trashed
> my
>> > driver installation. I cannot uninstall at this point and
> start
>> > over, and I am in the process of buying a new computer so I
> can
>> > start over.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Will
>> > Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com
>> >
>>
>> Will
>>
>> You are probably being a bit hasty here.
>> .NET is only needed for the Control Center; there is an
> alternative download
>> which installs a control panel instead.
>> .NET can be uninstalled and there is a utility on ATI's support
> website
>>
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894
>> for removing all traces of ATI files.
>> What system are you running; certainly I've never had any
> trouble installing
>> .NET though it is a bit tedious timewise.
>> What is stupid about the driver install is that it doesn't tell
> you that you
>> require .NET and lets you merrily proceed.
>> Then of course on reboot you get a basic runtime error!
>>
>> Chris
>
>
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