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Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. I've been trying to update my laptop videocard drivers, but to do that I have to remove the previous ones and then restast and install the new ones.

However when I restart windows, it automatically detects a VGA and then automatically install some old drivers for my video card which then doesn't allow me to install the new drivers. I have tried using safe mode but the same thing happens.

I have also manually removed the previous driver files from the system which sort of worked, as it stayed as VGA device, but windows was complaining a bit about the old drivers not being there so that could have made my new drivers setup say it could not find a VGA device in device manager it had a caution symbol on it.

The driver should now be loaded. This function removes the previously installed graphics driver. Figure 9: Add or Remove Programs Reboot the computer when prompted. At boot-up, Windows detects new hardware and displays the same window as shown above in Figure 3. Repeat steps to re-apply the Have Disk Installation method. Ignore any new device messages displayed on the Windows taskbar.

These messages disappear once the new driver has been installed. Related topic How to get the ZIP version of the graphics driver. Discontinued Products. Show all Show less. Need more help? Give Feedback. Did you find this information useful? Thank you. Intel supplies generic versions of its graphics drivers for general purposes, but the computer manufacturer can change the features, incorporate customizations, or make other changes to the graphics driver software or software packaging.

I've disabled the P 'n' P service as you suggested but I still need to know what I should uninstall so I can get a clean install of the new drivers. Any ideas? Nothing else there should be removed. I don't know if it applies to the Live!

EXE for installing the Drivers. Thanks Thomas, I'll give it a try Cheers. Can't you just let windows select the drivers that it wants, then afterwards, just update them with the drivers that you have downloaded. I'm pretty sure that this is what I have done in the past myself, but it has been a little while. Similar threads. Opinion: Videoconferencing challenge looming. Hi, The problem with automatic driver update utilities is they will all eventually fail and.

So I only recommend utilities that help determine which drivers are loaded and help to find the device maker's sites where they can be found. DriverView - Free - utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system. For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description, version, product name, company that created the driver, and more.

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