Nvidia geforce fx 5200 driver uninstall problem

[pbolden]

Hello Everyone,

I upgraded to the latest drivers for my geforce fx 5200 and the performance of some of my software was degraded so I tried to delete the driver upgrade and reinstall the previous driver version. After I delete the current drivers through the "Add Remove Programs" I then restart windows and install the previous drivers. During the installation I am prompted: "a more recent version of the drivers was found do you want to overwrite" I say yes and continue with the installation. After completion and re-boot, I check the driver version and it's the version I tried to delete. Apparently some files are being left behind during the removal process. Can anyone tell me what I need to do?

Thanks,
Paul Bolden

[Play_The_0dds]

check add remove programs and remove any nvidia drivers listed, there are utilities for removing these also, like the one below.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=167

[pbolden]

Thanks "play the odds" but I'm still having problems. When I remove the drivers and nvidia from the device manager then use drivercleaner and cab cleaner, reboot in safe mode the nvidia drivers have reinstalled themselves...where is this back-up copy coming from that keeps reinstalling itself???????

[Play_The_0dds]

C:\WINDOWS\inf
that is where the driver that keeps installing lives. did you look for a nvidia driver remover? it really isnt a good idea to remove these manually.

[pbolden]

Thanks again Play_The_Odds...everthing is straight now!

Paul Bolden

[Play_The_0dds]

may still want to disable the nvidia driver helper in services.msc....nvidia cards i use run alot better without it.