I installed a Nvidia Force 8500GT in an E-Machine which previously had an older Nvidia nForce 6100.
All was fine, until I went to Windows Update in Vista. I choose a couple optional updates relating the the Nvidia ATA controller and Network Adapter
I did not select the update for the Nvidia 8500GT.
But when I restarted in Vista and right-clicked on the desktop, there was the Nvidia Control Panel.
I tried booting to Windows 7, got a desktop, no icons, no mouse cursor. Alt-Ctl_Del gave me a blank screen.
I then booted into safe mode in Windows 7 and the video driver it was using was the older nForce 6100.
I went back to Vista and did a restore from the Windows update that installed the true Nvidia driver, but it was still there.
I tried uninstalling the Nvidia drivers from Programs and Features and got a Stop error, restarted, got another stop error, chose Last known good configuration and here's where I'm at now.
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All was fine, until I went to Windows Update in Vista. I choose a couple optional updates relating the the Nvidia ATA controller and Network Adapter
I did not select the update for the Nvidia 8500GT.
But when I restarted in Vista and right-clicked on the desktop, there was the Nvidia Control Panel.
I tried booting to Windows 7, got a desktop, no icons, no mouse cursor. Alt-Ctl_Del gave me a blank screen.
I then booted into safe mode in Windows 7 and the video driver it was using was the older nForce 6100.
I went back to Vista and did a restore from the Windows update that installed the true Nvidia driver, but it was still there.
I tried uninstalling the Nvidia drivers from Programs and Features and got a Stop error, restarted, got another stop error, chose Last known good configuration and here's where I'm at now.
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