Well, that sucks!

If I were you, I would give it one more shot.

In Safe Mode:

1. In Device Manager, UNINSTALL, the video adapter including checking the box to
delete driver files.

2. In Control Panel (Classic view) > Programs and Features, uninstall the
NVIDIA drivers.

3. In Windows Explorer, delete the NVIDIA folder.

4. Reboot into Safe Mode again.

5. Install new nVidia drivers

6. Cross fingers and boot normally.

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:516A6BA2-49F4-4295-96E4-D2DAD83EE1C4@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Oops, celebrastions too soon, still fu$%£d up....
>
> "Smilerfive" wrote:
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>> 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 outdated.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...
>> > > 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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