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| Thread ID: 76733 | 2007-02-14 07:13:00 | How to uninstall video card driver in Vista? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | Press F1 |
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| 524590 | 2007-02-14 07:13:00 | Well? I have tried to uninstall the drivers of my ATi card, Catalyst 7.1. But in Vista's 'Uninstall Programs' - the drivers aren't listed! And by using the 'Uninstall Driver' through Window's Adapter settings, it only uninstall the WDDM driver, I think. Back in XP, you can uninstall the driver through 'Add or Remove Programs'. Why not Vista? |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 524591 | 2007-02-14 08:19:00 | run the catalyst installation program, on it it will say install repare uninstall might not the be the proper way to do this but hey it works :thumbs: |
kingping (11473) | ||
| 524592 | 2007-02-14 08:53:00 | Back in XP, you can uninstall the driver through 'Add or Remove Programs'. Why not Vista? Dunno if Vista is the same but I never used Add/Remove in XP - I take them out via Device Manager. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 524593 | 2007-02-14 08:58:00 | Tried device manager, but no luck. My 97.46 driver installation keep saying my system has not been modified and after rebooting, the 7.15 driver is back. I don't get it. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 524594 | 2007-02-14 09:03:00 | Oh, and to say - my games all have heavy artifacting and other graphical corruptions and glitches. Please help!! Otherwise, Vista Aero runs just fine, and DreamScene is working perfectly. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 524595 | 2007-02-14 10:35:00 | If they are not signed drivers, perhaps you're going to have problems getting the best functionality out of them under Vista. Remember, you no longer have a choice in what the OS accepts as a functioning driver (or it's hardware either). This is probably more pertinent for graphics and sound; are there any truly Vista functional and (MS) signed drivers out there? (i.e. With HDCP and all the other gizmos worked into them?) Good luck. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 524596 | 2007-02-14 18:21:00 | OK...this is what I think is happening: At first, I tried uninstalling my ATi drivers. I can't find it on the list of 'Uninstall Programs' - so I used device manager and thought that the ATi drivers has been removed. I then installed my 7900GS and after booting up - Windows installed WDDM automatically. When I tried installing drivers 97.46, setup keeps saying that my 'System has not been modified'. And 97.46 is not installed. What's going on? |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 524597 | 2007-02-14 21:08:00 | Driver support in Vista will be terrible for some time, hence all the glitches. Your best bet would be to stick with XP for gaming until driver makers have a chance to catch up. Especially with graphics and sound things are now much more complicated for hardware manufacturers. You shouldn't need to uninstall the ATI drivers as they are only loaded when needed. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 524598 | 2007-02-14 22:16:00 | Only load when they're needed? So that's why I can't see it running in the task manager during 2D. But why doesn't it appear in the 'Uninstall Programs list'? The only thing ATi related listed is the CCC, Catalyst Control Center, and not the Display Driver. So how can I fix this issue? I can't install the nVidia drivers because at the end of the setup it keeps saying that my system has not been modified, and device manager says the driver version is 7.15. When I use the device manager to uninstall any previous driver, it always uninstalls WDDM, and after rebooting it automatically reinstalls WDDM. Man this is annoying. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 524599 | 2007-02-15 00:03:00 | Has ATI got a cleaner tool? If not, try Driver Cleaner . Another route, look in the ATI programmed directory, look for the installer/uninstaller (but really, it should be registered with Windows and msi should be in the mix too) . |
Murray P (44) | ||
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