Well now, how cool is that.... That got me out my hole!

If you were around I would buy you a few beers, or whatever your poison is!

Thank you for your timely, sanity inducing, assistance... So simple yet....

Cheers



"Cal Bear '66" wrote:
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> In Safe Mode, did you try to UNINSTALL the drivers ***including checking the
> box to delete driver files*** before you installed the latest nVidia drivers.
>
> You should set your Windows Update to notify you of new update availability and
> let you choose when to download and install them?
>
> Never let Windows Update automatically download and install device drivers. By
> the time Microsoft gets them, especially video drivers, they are usually
> outdated.
>
> When you check Windows Update again, right click on this driver, and select
> "Hide" to prevent it from being offered again or installed.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D1C84BB5-170B-42B6-B774-46F89C20AEB6@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > August 27th, Vista Ultimate 32bit, Nvidia 7600GT, 4Gb Ram
> >
> > My Vista Ultimate system has an XFX NVidia 7600GT card in it. It has been
> > working fine since the day I put it in. My system is always on and I usually
> > let it update automatically via Windows Update as required.
> >
> > The other day I came home from work and began to notice a degradation in
> > graphics quality. There were artefacts on the desktop and things were, well,
> > twitching. I became concerned and then I noticed that Vista was recovering a
> > crashed Display Driver repeatedly (first I had ever seen that) and then I was
> > really concerned. I had not updated or changed anything myself so I started
> > to check Windows Vista Update to see what it had updated in my absence. I
> > only managed to begin to see that Update had downloaded or started to
> > download, among other things, an updated NVidia driver..
> >
> > I never got a chance to fault find any further since my system then became
> > so unstable the graphics went for a loop and I could not make anything out on
> > screen. Next thing it somersaulted into a BSOD blaming nvlddmkm.sys
> >
> > Now my system will not boot up and immediately crashes with a BSOD every
> > time blaming nvlddmkm.sys - an nvidia display driver. The only way I can get
> > into my system is via safe mode and it has limited tools, particularly, it
> > does not allow access to Windows Update for me to check what Update did, what
> > it installed etc etc
> >
> > I don't know the version of the driver that was working fine previously. I
> > had never updated it since the card went in and it has worked fine ever
> > since, that is until this recent event. I don't know what version Windows
> > Update tried to install because I can't check it out.
> >
> > What I've tried:
> > Installing a variety of updated drivers from NVidia Website including a
> > beta, from Safe Mode in Vista: no result, same BSOD
> > Rolling back driver to previous: no result, same BSOD
> > Using Sys Restore in Safe Mode to jump back to a previous known good
> > position: no result, same BSOD
> >
> > Basically my system is trashed because Update downloaded some monster driver
> > that screwed up my system. Usually I'm pretty good troubleshooting and fixing
> > these kinds of things, I work in IT, but this one has me stumped. I have no
> > idea what Update did and feel I have exhausted my troubleshooting options.
> > Can anyone help me? Thanks.
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>
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