when i remove a driver in device manager, then restart, vista automatically
installs a preconfigured driver. is there any way to disable this?

what i want is for vista to stop and ask, i.e. "new device found, would you
like to search for the best driver or install a driver from a cd or other
location"...

ryanj247,

You can do that. In the same place you were while viewing the device in
Device Manager, click on the Driver tap (under Properties for the device).
Under that tab, you can click on "Update Driver" and choose among those
options that you would like to use.
--
freddy


"ryanj247" wrote:
[color=blue]
> when i remove a driver in device manager, then restart, vista automatically
> installs a preconfigured driver. is there any way to disable this?
>
> what i want is for vista to stop and ask, i.e. "new device found, would you
> like to search for the best driver or install a driver from a cd or other
> location"...
>[/color]

no, i don't want to update the driver that vista installs. what i want is
for vista to ask me before installing a driver in the first place.


"freddy" wrote:
[color=blue]
> ryanj247,
>
> You can do that. In the same place you were while viewing the device in
> Device Manager, click on the Driver tap (under Properties for the device).
> Under that tab, you can click on "Update Driver" and choose among those
> options that you would like to use.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "ryanj247" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > when i remove a driver in device manager, then restart, vista automatically
> > installs a preconfigured driver. is there any way to disable this?
> >
> > what i want is for vista to stop and ask, i.e. "new device found, would you
> > like to search for the best driver or install a driver from a cd or other
> > location"...
> >[/color][/color]

ryanj247,

I see. I don't know how to get that option enabled. I suppose Vista
beleives it knows better, but I don't know for certain. Anyone?
--
freddy


"ryanj247" wrote:
[color=blue]
> no, i don't want to update the driver that vista installs. what i want is
> for vista to ask me before installing a driver in the first place.
>
>
> "freddy" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > ryanj247,
> >
> > You can do that. In the same place you were while viewing the device in
> > Device Manager, click on the Driver tap (under Properties for the device).
> > Under that tab, you can click on "Update Driver" and choose among those
> > options that you would like to use.
> > --
> > freddy
> >
> >
> > "ryanj247" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > when i remove a driver in device manager, then restart, vista automatically
> > > installs a preconfigured driver. is there any way to disable this?
> > >
> > > what i want is for vista to stop and ask, i.e. "new device found, would you
> > > like to search for the best driver or install a driver from a cd or other
> > > location"...
> > >[/color][/color][/color]

To disable automatic driver installation: Control Panel > System and
Maintenance > System > Tasks (side panel) > Advanced System Settings >
Hardware (tab) > Windows Update Driver Settings

"freddy" wrote:
[color=blue]
> ryanj247,
>
> I see. I don't know how to get that option enabled. I suppose Vista
> beleives it knows better, but I don't know for certain. Anyone?
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "ryanj247" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > no, i don't want to update the driver that vista installs. what i want is
> > for vista to ask me before installing a driver in the first place.
> >
> >
> > "freddy" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > ryanj247,
> > >
> > > You can do that. In the same place you were while viewing the device in
> > > Device Manager, click on the Driver tap (under Properties for the device).
> > > Under that tab, you can click on "Update Driver" and choose among those
> > > options that you would like to use.
> > > --
> > > freddy
> > >
> > >
> > > "ryanj247" wrote:
> > >
> > > > when i remove a driver in device manager, then restart, vista automatically
> > > > installs a preconfigured driver. is there any way to disable this?
> > > >
> > > > what i want is for vista to stop and ask, i.e. "new device found, would you
> > > > like to search for the best driver or install a driver from a cd or other
> > > > location"...
> > > >[/color][/color][/color]

This might help as the procedure works on many drivers.

[url]http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_3.html[/url]

[url]http://www.drivermagician.com/UninstallDriver.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.drivercleaner.net/[/url]

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/uninstall.mspx[/url]

"kaiserbachfeld" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:7273029faeeec04eac94bd0e25122f70@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> I am having a similar issue where I would like to install the new Nvidia
> drive clean. I don't want to install it over the old driver. I am
> having troubles with my Sid Meier's Civilization games and 2k Games said
> that they have seen issues with certain games when a new driver is
> installed over the old one. However, no matter if I tell Vista to ask
> me before hand or to not search for new drivers when new hardware is
> detected it still does it. I always select the box that says delete
> driver software. There is an Nvidia folder under my C drive and the
> folders in there has both the 1.8.2 and 1.8.6 drivers (I have never used
> the 1.8.2 driver so I don't know why it is there). The prefetch folders
> that the automatic search finds (which I don't know where those are)
> always installs my previous driver which is 7.1.5. It starts out
> finding the generic VGA control device and then quickly installs the
> 7.1.5 driver. How do I get it to stop that so I can do a clean install
> of the latest driver?
>
>
> --
> kaiserbachfeld[/color]