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Old March 28th 03, 04:42 PM
Nicholas
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Default Installing windows xp professional

I have been successful in upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro on my =
computer. The problem seems to be that the drivers from the NVIDIA web =
site don't actually get updated when the driver setup is run. I updated =
the drivers manually, and was then able to run the XP Pro upgrade.=20

Using Device Manager, and setting the "show hidden devices" option from =
the view menu, you can see the NVIDIA nForce AGP Bus Filter under =
"Non-Plug and Play drivers". The original version that was on my PC was =
4.12.01.0217. The driver file is C:\windows\system32\drivers\nv_agp.sys. =
Downloading and installing the latest Platform/nForce Drivers Unified =
Driver Package for Windows XP from the NVIDIA web site (www.nvidia.com), =
places the new driver in the c:\nvidia\nforceWinXP\2.00\GART directory, =
but doesn't update it in the windows system32 drivers directory. By =
manually copying the driver from the nvidia directory, I got past the =
compatibility problem. The version of the driver that works is =
4.12.01.0278.=20

I also downloaded and installed the latest Intel drivers for the 82845G =
- not sure if that was required. Also, I ended up disabling the AGP Bus =
Filter before copying, and I'm not sure if that is required either.



SOLVED THE PROBLEM THIS WAY:=20

Go to 'Windows Update'. After running the program, click 'Windows =
Catalog' (lower left hand side). Click on the appropriate categories, =
IE: XP, Drivers, nVIDIA (you get the point) and download the 'certified' =
driver.=20


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Nicholas

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"richard bogan" wrote in message: =20
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| Cannot complete the installation because of problem with=20
| a "Nvidia Filter". Tried to remove using=20
| install/uninstall utility but no success
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