Pythagrean Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I have installed video drivers on my laptop 100's of times and I am downloading a good copy and placing the .inf in the proper location, but no matter what driver I install. It acts like it is going through the install process and I make it to finish, but when I restart my computer the drivers will not install. I have tried 5 different versions and I have even went as far as formating my entire computer and still the samething occurs. The weird part is I can let Windows Update find a driver and it installs fine. What gives and what the heck could be going wrong. Any help would be great!!! Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pythagrean Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Okay, the Gateway drivers for my P171FX install fine, but I still cannot install any other drivers. The weird part is I use to be able to do this and now it seems something is blocking me from updating the drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliveanddead86 Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Does it say when finished after "installing" the driver that "your system has not been modified" on the first line of the "restart required" screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pythagrean Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 That is the exact error I keep getting. I have installed drivers on this laptop countless times and now all of a sudden I am not able to even after a full format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pythagrean Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 If anyone has any kind of ideas please share. I am completly fustrated to the point of no return. I am now on my 3 format and I still have not been able to figure it out. I really have no idea what could be causing it and it is driving me to the point of insanity. I have never had an issue that has bothered me this bad. I have tried manual install, doing it before SP1, I purchased driver cleaner, and I have tried like 10 drivers. The only drivers that seem to work are the ones from Wndows Update and the ones from Gateways site. Thanks for any help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiluke Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 try forcing the update via device manager - have disk method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pythagrean Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 try forcing the update via device manager - have disk method I have tried this and it says that the driver I currently have installed is the best choice. This even occurs if I have the generic video driver installed. If I select from a list of drivers all of the driver I have installed show up such as 174.74, but when I try to install them that way Vista says this driver is not compaitable with Vista. I know for a fact that I am selecting this proper driver on this site which is Vista 32 bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliveanddead86 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) I have tried this and it says that the driver I currently have installed is the best choice. This even occurs if I have the generic video driver installed. If I select from a list of drivers all of the driver I have installed show up such as 174.74, but when I try to install them that way Vista says this driver is not compaitable with Vista. I know for a fact that I am selecting this proper driver on this site which is Vista 32 bit. I have had exactly the same problem, the only way I manged to get round it before was to download Xp32 drivers, run the setup in compatibility mode for XP, then install Vista drivers after a restart. Worked fine for me. Edited May 3, 2008 by aliveanddead86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pythagrean Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 I have had exactly the same problem, the only way I manged to get round it before was to download Xp32 drivers, run the setup in compatibility mode for XP, then install Vista drivers after a restart. Worked fine for me. Okay I tried what you said. I downloaded 174.74 XP drivers and the .inf needed for install. I ran the setup for the XP drivers using compatibilty mode and then after restart I installed the Vista 174.74 and it still did not work. The weird part is any of the 169 drivers work fine. It is only when I try a version 17X.XX driver. I know that Nvidia has not added support for 8800's in the 17X.XX drivers, but I thought the modded .inf fixes this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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