Stopping XP reinstalling ,stock Nvidia driver

[Sux]

When installing a later Nvidia driver a message sayes remove all the old ones,which I do from add/remove programs,but of course
when I reboot XP puts the signed Nvidia driver (that came on the XP install disc) back on without asking.
How do I stop this happening?

 

[TechSupport]

remove the driver and boot into safe mode, then install new drivers from there??

or press F8 pre-windows boot screen and choose "Enable VGA Mode" (i think it is)

 

[2z]

XP's roll back drivers

means that you can have many display drivers installed on top of each other : - without any problems

 

[TechSupport]

aye... thats a good thing about XP - but when I do a clean install of XP and install the new dets, it says "setup found existing drivers installed on this system" - I just click "OK" and continue through install anyway - it works fine - no problems with installation or operation - I just make sure the AV software is installed AFTER the drivers lol

 

[RaWShadow]

Yes you can stop it. Theres some nvidia files in the windows folder
you just have to delete these and xp will not install the drivers when you reboot. I cant remember what the files were. but i will take a look

 

[RaWShadow]

ok. i think i found them. you will need to delete the following files in c:\windows\inf
The folder is hidden so in folder options, view, select show hidden files and folders. click ok.

ok. so goto windows\inf and delete the following (make a backup of them just incase)

nvdn.inf
nvdn.pnf
nvts.inf
nvts.pnf

That should stop xp installing its own nvidia drivers.