New GeForce driver causes freeze + restart.

[Guest]

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After installing the new GeForce drivers from NVidia (and
then uninstalling and retrying with WUpdate) the computer
repeatedly freezes and then restarts. It's beginning to get
annoying.

I use a Geforce MX 440, a pretty much new Mesh PC.

 

[peter]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Hi,

Boot in safe mode and login as administrator. go to device manager and unistall the nvidia display adapter.
Then go to add or remove program and remove the nvidia drivers.
After reboot, windows should find new hardware and install the drivers from windows update site. Do not interrupt and let windows install the drivers.
Afterall, if the PC works fine, go to nvidia.com and download the latest XP compatible drivers version 56.72 and save it to a specific folder. Reboot the PC, temporarily disable any antivirus softwares. Open the specific folder where the nvidia drivers is saved. Double click the nvidia icon and let it runs. Do not disturb until it finishes. Reboot the machine when prompted.

Note: never update the display drivers from windows update site as it is only a generic drivers, some features from nvidia are not included.

Hope it helps.

----- BGenesis wrote: -----

After installing the new GeForce drivers from NVidia (and
then uninstalling and retrying with WUpdate) the computer
repeatedly freezes and then restarts. It's beginning to get
annoying.

I use a Geforce MX 440, a pretty much new Mesh PC.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

WUpdate drive should be avoided!!

"Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news😀40B82F3-ADFA-4A8D-972C-8D0C531CA235@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Boot in safe mode and login as administrator. go to device manager and
unistall the nvidia display adapter.
> Then go to add or remove program and remove the nvidia drivers.
> After reboot, windows should find new hardware and install the drivers
from windows update site. Do not interrupt and let windows install the
drivers.
> Afterall, if the PC works fine, go to nvidia.com and download the latest
XP compatible drivers version 56.72 and save it to a specific folder. Reboot
the PC, temporarily disable any antivirus softwares. Open the specific
folder where the nvidia drivers is saved. Double click the nvidia icon and
let it runs. Do not disturb until it finishes. Reboot the machine when
prompted.
>
> Note: never update the display drivers from windows update site as it is
only a generic drivers, some features from nvidia are not included.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> ----- BGenesis wrote: -----
>
> After installing the new GeForce drivers from NVidia (and
> then uninstalling and retrying with WUpdate) the computer
> repeatedly freezes and then restarts. It's beginning to get
> annoying.
>
> I use a Geforce MX 440, a pretty much new Mesh PC.
>