Re: How to prevent automatic driver installation
From: Jerry (NoSpamChiefZeke_at_MSN.com)
Date: 04/03/04
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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:42:38 -0800
I have an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. I have also read the ATI instructions about
removing the old drivers before installing the new ones. I have also seen XP
try to reinstall the old drivers.
So, to circumvent XPs tenacity I just installed the new drivers and let the
installation program overwrite the old files, etc with the newer ones.
Worked just fine on this computer and my second one; it has a Radeon 9000
Pro.
Now, to upgrade ATI's HydraVision and MMC I did have to uninstall the older
version.
"JimB" <jbonaparte@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I need help.
>
> For a week now I have been trying to install new software for my ATI 8500
> video card with the help of ATI support.
> To do this one must install the new drivers. I have tried everything I
can
> think of plus what ATI recommends all with no luck in permanently removing
> the old ATI driver files. After removing the drivers WinXP reinstalls the
> same ones after boot up and will not be denied.
> I have removed all of the reinstall driver files found in the Win32 folder
> and even the calls in the registry. I have tried ATI's uninstall utility
> available on their website which works but Win XP still beats you to the
> punch after reboot. At the same time I also removed the ones in the
> Windows\temp directory.
> There must be a way to prevent WinXP from reinstalling these existing ATI
> files and replace them with the new ones or at least the Windows standard
> VGA files.
> The reason for all of this is because I suffered my first fatal crash with
> WinXP after two years of use. I was extremely happy with this operating
> system.
> What is also peculiar is that I cannot reinstall the original software
from
> the CD because whenever the ATISETUP.EXE file in the root directory or the
> SETUP.EXE in the install directory of the CDROM are used the system comes
to
> a halt. If one looks at the CPU usage in the taskmanager it is 100%
> utilized and that makes everything extremely slow. This originally
> installed with no problems and I can install it on a second computer with
> the same motherboard but different peripherals. I am puzzled as to these
> strange issues. I might even buy a new CD from ATI if I had any guarantee
> that they would work. I have not had any problems with any other software
> except this and Western Digitals Data Lifeguard software.
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
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