Hi,

Search for the bogus file, "nvlddmkm.sys ", probably in windows/system32
folder and delete it and try a reboot. Then re-install the last stable
version of the Nvidia drivers.

Worth a shot!

"Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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 outdated.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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