Re: How to remove a service from the system?

From: JD (Erehwon_at_Example.com)
Date: 03/25/04


Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:48:50 -0800

Thanks, Wojo. Would the same thing hold for all of those dlls?
"wojo" <kwoyachSPAM53954@yahoo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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> Your mistake, in my opinion, was that you should have swapped cards before
> removing Nvidia but my guess would be that if you swap cards and then
reboot
> the file, as Vanguard suggested, will probably be deleted and if it
doesn't
> there won't be a problem in deleting it manually.
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> "JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message
> news:uvp8OqiEEHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >I did a reboot and the system is now running on Windows VGA drivers. (I
> > haven't switched the cards yet.)
> > Perhaps the Nvidia uninstall just failed to remove the Driver Helper
> > Service?
> > BTW, I found it in WNNT/System32--along with 28 Nvidia DLLS (German
> > Language
> > Helper Library, etc.)
> > Would it be safe to just delete the Driver Helper Service and the DLLS
> > from
> > that folder?
> > "*Vanguard*" <no-email@post-reply-in-newsgroup.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:NZSdneeNVtci8f_dRVn-tw@comcast.com...
> > "JD" said in news:eyhgeYiEEHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
> >> I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers preparatory to removing the card and
> >> installing a card by a different maker.
> >> I deleted the control panel extension and the Nvidia folder from
> >> Explorer. Yet the Driver Helper Service remains in the Services
> >> console.
> >> How do I remove it?
> >
> > The uninstall probably requires a reboot so it can delete the file that
is
> > inuse. Did the uninstall not have you do a reboot? Otherwise, how
would
> > your system stop using their driver (in memory) and then switch to using
> > the
> > standard VGA driver (or whatever Windows detects to use for its embedded
> > drivers)? If you rebooted and let Windows do its auto detection of
"new"
> > hardware, I would think it would see the nVidia device and then install
> > the
> > Windows-supplied drivers for it, any maybe those include the service you
> > are
> > talking about. So boot into Safe mode for Windows. That should force
the
> > use of the standard VGA driver. Then install you new drivers for the
new
> > video card.
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