Hi I've tried that, and further fault finding too.. No success. My system has
now been totally screwed for about three weeks. Everytime I boot up it
immedialy dies in BSOD nvlddmkm.sys error 116

This all started 27th August when Windows Update downloaded and attempted to
install an 'UPDATED' NVidia driver for my 7600GT card. Trouble is it never
installed it properly and it killed my system. Took me three days to work out
what killed it and I have spent the next 3 weeks trying to fix it.

Uninstall, reinstall, registry clean, remove, clean, reinstall card,
Microsoft Driver, Nvidia driver, old driver, new driver, safe mode etc etc etc

No matter what I do nvlddmkm.sys kills my machine in BSOD. What bugs me very
much is that in the previous six months my system had been running fine until
Update killed it. Lesson, dont let Update do anything to your machine! DOnt
trust Microsoft to keep your machine working.

Now a malformed, broken, Windows update has totally screwed my system and I
cant fix it...

Come on microsoft pull the lead out and offer me some help here!




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 outdated.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