Updating Nvidia drivers

A new game keeps crashing and I found that I need to update my display
drivers. I have a Nvidia geforce4 mx integrated gpu v. 6.13. When I go to
the nvidia website to download the update, some instructions say to uninstall
the old drivers before installing the new ones. I need info on the best way
to do this. I have created a set point in system restore in case something
goes wrong, but have not downloaded anything yet. Why would I delete the old
drivers if there is an option to roll back to the previous drivers if
something goes wrong? Since I'm not that comfortable with this, I would
appreciate step by step info on downloading, deleting and installing the
updated drivers. I am running windows xp home version without sp2. I
already updated to directx 9c.

Thanks, Sharon

I went to the control panel system folder, device manager, removed the
display adaptor there. Then rebooted and it installed the updated drivers
for Nvidia. ( download them first)

"Sharon Parrish" Sharon wrote in message
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A new game keeps crashing and I found that I need to update my display
drivers. I have a Nvidia geforce4 mx integrated gpu v. 6.13. When I go
to
the nvidia website to download the update, some instructions say to
uninstall
the old drivers before installing the new ones. I need info on the best
way
to do this. I have created a set point in system restore in case
something
goes wrong, but have not downloaded anything yet. Why would I delete the
old
drivers if there is an option to roll back to the previous drivers if
something goes wrong? Since I'm not that comfortable with this, I would
appreciate step by step info on downloading, deleting and installing the
updated drivers. I am running windows xp home version without sp2. I
already updated to directx 9c.

Thanks, Sharon

Even though it recommends deleting the previous driver first , installing
the new driver with the old one in place has never given me a problem. JJ



"Sharon Parrish" Sharon wrote in message
...
A new game keeps crashing and I found that I need to update my display
drivers. I have a Nvidia geforce4 mx integrated gpu v. 6.13. When I go
to
the nvidia website to download the update, some instructions say to
uninstall
the old drivers before installing the new ones. I need info on the best
way
to do this. I have created a set point in system restore in case
something
goes wrong, but have not downloaded anything yet. Why would I delete the
old
drivers if there is an option to roll back to the previous drivers if
something goes wrong? Since I'm not that comfortable with this, I would
appreciate step by step info on downloading, deleting and installing the
updated drivers. I am running windows xp home version without sp2. I
already updated to directx 9c.

Thanks, Sharon

Yeah, I found the same. I got an update to my nVidia driver from the
Microsoft site, and when I installed it (without uninstalling the old one)
it came up in my Add & Remove Programs list in Control Panel. I decided I
didn't like certain aspects of it and I uninstalled it from there, and the
old driver took over.

I've since changed my mind and installed the new one again. No problems at
any time.

regards Tony.

"JJ" wrote in message
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Even though it recommends deleting the previous driver first , installing
the new driver with the old one in place has never given me a problem. JJ



"Sharon Parrish" Sharon wrote in
message
...
A new game keeps crashing and I found that I need to update my display
drivers. I have a Nvidia geforce4 mx integrated gpu v. 6.13. When I go
to
the nvidia website to download the update, some instructions say to
uninstall
the old drivers before installing the new ones. I need info on the best
way
to do this. I have created a set point in system restore in case
something
goes wrong, but have not downloaded anything yet. Why would I delete the
old
drivers if there is an option to roll back to the previous drivers if
something goes wrong? Since I'm not that comfortable with this, I would
appreciate step by step info on downloading, deleting and installing the
updated drivers. I am running windows xp home version without sp2. I
already updated to directx 9c.

Thanks, Sharon