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Thread ID: 16702	2002-03-15 09:51:00	Updating drivers	Guest (0)	Press F1

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39292	2002-03-15 09:51:00	I see from Tweake's regular postings that there are updates available for different drivers. QUESTION: I went to NVIDIA.com to look for a video driver update for my GeForce MX2 32MB VGA card. Once I think I have the correct update (Win9x-ME_23.11.exe) what do I do with it? After clicking on download the options are 'open' or 'save'. If I need to save it, under what directory should it go? It also looks a big sized download - is this normal? Are there any other drivers I should check for updates, or if it isn't broken don't fix it. Thanks Jen	Guest (0)
39293	2002-03-15 09:57:00	As far as I'm aware you would just download it to somewhere so that you know where it is. Give it a virus check, then run it. But I could be wrong, JM	Guest (0)
39294	2002-03-15 10:00:00	Nope that is pretty much all you do. Download it to your computer. Scan for viruses because you never know. Then run it and follow the setup.	Guest (0)
39295	2002-03-15 10:48:00	sometimes its a case of if it aint broke don't fix ;-) i would suggest you look at your vid cards manafactures site for drivers first. some manafactures tweak or add features to their drivers and useing generic drivers may disable the extras. same goes with most types of hardware.	Guest (0)
39296	2002-03-16 06:46:00	WARNING! REAL NEWBIE QUESTION BEING ASKED! Okay, I have downloaded an VIA service patch update in a ZIP format. I saved it to a specially created folder under my documents (to know where to find it) and extracted the files, then ran the setup.exe. That went all fine, but what do I do with the newly created 4in1437v folder which contains 36 various types of files. Does my PC need those files now the update has been run? In that case should I move the whole lot somewhere safer or is it OK to delete the folder now? Thanks Jen	Guest (0)
39297	2002-03-17 09:40:00	I save to my 'Temp' folder and then virus check. If the driver is one that I might want to keep after a software or Windows upgrade, I save the file to my backup disk, otherwise I delete the executable file and its temporary files. Nvidia driver updates fit this pattern. Some of the Windows files require that you open and install them without the option of saving them to a 'temp' folder. So far I haven't had a problem with a virus from these. Mind you I keep my virus checker up to date.	Guest (0)
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