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.

Try again using Safe mode to install the drivers form the NVIDIA WebSite and
be sure you follow the NVIDIA procedures for removing any old drivers first.
Do NOT use WinUpdate to check on or obtain new drivers from MS for your
card. There have been several reports recently of WinUpdate installing new
NVIDIA drivers and causing problems like you one you are having.

"Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D1C84BB5-170B-42B6-B774-46F89C20AEB6@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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.
>[/color]

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=blue]
> 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.
>[/color]

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:
[color=blue]
> 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.
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

Oops, celebrastions too soon, still fu$%£d up....

"Smilerfive" wrote:
[color=blue]
> 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:
>[color=green]
> > 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=darkred]
> > > 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.
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color][/color]

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:
>[color=green]
>> 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:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > 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.
>> > >
>> >
>> >[/color][/color][/color]

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=blue]
> Oops, celebrastions too soon, still fu$%£d up....
>
> "Smilerfive" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> 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:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > 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.
>> > >
>> >
>> >[/color][/color][/color]

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:
[color=blue]
> 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.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >[/color][/color]
>[/color]

From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control Panel/Program and
features/show all updates?

"Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D1C84BB5-170B-42B6-B774-46F89C20AEB6@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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.
>[/color]

Hi. THanks for your input. I have tried these various ideas for resolving
this issue but I am still int he same situation.

Right now I have my machine running but it is without ANY installed driver
for my NVidia card. Therefore I only have very basic display functionality.
Whih at least allows me some more tools to troubleshoot the problem.

If I try to install any driver whatsoever then I get the same nvlddmkm.sys
error on boot. I've tried about 7 different drivers. Each time same thing.

ANy more ideas people?


"JW" wrote:
[color=blue]
> From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control Panel/Program and
> features/show all updates?
>
> "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.
> >[/color]
>[/color]

I have one copy of the problem file in one of my system folders and it
appears that it came with the original install of Vista. Have you tried
renaming or deleting any copies of it on your system?
Have you run check disk?

"Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0718F7F5-9DA3-40CB-B1F7-F4A5A79C8F8A@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi. THanks for your input. I have tried these various ideas for resolving
> this issue but I am still int he same situation.
>
> Right now I have my machine running but it is without ANY installed driver
> for my NVidia card. Therefore I only have very basic display
> functionality.
> Whih at least allows me some more tools to troubleshoot the problem.
>
> If I try to install any driver whatsoever then I get the same nvlddmkm.sys
> error on boot. I've tried about 7 different drivers. Each time same thing.
>
> ANy more ideas people?
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control Panel/Program
>> and
>> features/show all updates?
>>
>> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D1C84BB5-170B-42B6-B774-46F89C20AEB6@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > 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.
>> >[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

Which program file are you referring to? Can you be specific?

I tried a few more things:

Disabled UAC to see if driver was having problems with rights - no success,
same BSOD on boot

Downloaded and ran 'Driver Cleaner' from Guru3d which appeared to clean up a
few stray Nvidia registry entries (I REALLY thought that was it fixed)
however, upon reinstalling Nvidia driver it crashed again on boot with same
error.

Downloaded and ran 'Nvidia - nasty file remover' again removed some known
nvidia files but again no success.

Each time I am booting into safe mode, uninstalling nvidia driver (deleting
files), rebooting to safe mode, scrubbing driver files and registry entries,
rebooting to Vista normal and cancelling auto attempt to install driver for
7600GT (never install driver for this device). Then rebooting again to
windows normal and attempting to install latest official Nvidia drivers. Same
BSOD nvlddmkm.sys at boot...

I must have tried almost every driver/fault finding/troubleshooting
combination...

This is driving (ha) me nuts!




"JW" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have one copy of the problem file in one of my system folders and it
> appears that it came with the original install of Vista. Have you tried
> renaming or deleting any copies of it on your system?
> Have you run check disk?
>
> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0718F7F5-9DA3-40CB-B1F7-F4A5A79C8F8A@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi. THanks for your input. I have tried these various ideas for resolving
> > this issue but I am still int he same situation.
> >
> > Right now I have my machine running but it is without ANY installed driver
> > for my NVidia card. Therefore I only have very basic display
> > functionality.
> > Whih at least allows me some more tools to troubleshoot the problem.
> >
> > If I try to install any driver whatsoever then I get the same nvlddmkm.sys
> > error on boot. I've tried about 7 different drivers. Each time same thing.
> >
> > ANy more ideas people?
> >
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control Panel/Program
> >> and
> >> features/show all updates?
> >>
> >> "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.
> >> >
> >>[/color][/color]
>[/color]

It is a system file so be sure you have Show system files enabled.
Mine is in C:\Users\JW {591eae36-caf9-4999-be96-827b1bc00499}
and I found it using Windows Explorer Search
It was created on 5/10/2007 and modified on 4/272007 so it was not part of
my original install


"Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1D54E64-C5C2-4ACE-B4DD-7DEF2DE79868@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Which program file are you referring to? Can you be specific?
>
> I tried a few more things:
>
> Disabled UAC to see if driver was having problems with rights - no
> success,
> same BSOD on boot
>
> Downloaded and ran 'Driver Cleaner' from Guru3d which appeared to clean up
> a
> few stray Nvidia registry entries (I REALLY thought that was it fixed)
> however, upon reinstalling Nvidia driver it crashed again on boot with
> same
> error.
>
> Downloaded and ran 'Nvidia - nasty file remover' again removed some known
> nvidia files but again no success.
>
> Each time I am booting into safe mode, uninstalling nvidia driver
> (deleting
> files), rebooting to safe mode, scrubbing driver files and registry
> entries,
> rebooting to Vista normal and cancelling auto attempt to install driver
> for
> 7600GT (never install driver for this device). Then rebooting again to
> windows normal and attempting to install latest official Nvidia drivers.
> Same
> BSOD nvlddmkm.sys at boot...
>
> I must have tried almost every driver/fault finding/troubleshooting
> combination...
>
> This is driving (ha) me nuts!
>
>
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I have one copy of the problem file in one of my system folders and it
>> appears that it came with the original install of Vista. Have you tried
>> renaming or deleting any copies of it on your system?
>> Have you run check disk?
>>
>> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0718F7F5-9DA3-40CB-B1F7-F4A5A79C8F8A@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi. THanks for your input. I have tried these various ideas for
>> > resolving
>> > this issue but I am still int he same situation.
>> >
>> > Right now I have my machine running but it is without ANY installed
>> > driver
>> > for my NVidia card. Therefore I only have very basic display
>> > functionality.
>> > Whih at least allows me some more tools to troubleshoot the problem.
>> >
>> > If I try to install any driver whatsoever then I get the same
>> > nvlddmkm.sys
>> > error on boot. I've tried about 7 different drivers. Each time same
>> > thing.
>> >
>> > ANy more ideas people?
>> >
>> >
>> > "JW" wrote:
>> >
>> >> From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control
>> >> Panel/Program
>> >> and
>> >> features/show all updates?
>> >>
>> >> "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.
>> >> >
>> >>[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

I can confirm this is not a specific problem with Nvidia cards. I went out
and bought a new ATI graphics card because I could not afford to wait any
longer.

I immediately installed this card and my system immediately sprang into
life. And in the two hours it was working I managed to backup or otherwise
retrieve all my data.

The next I saw was a 'display driver stopped working' error in Vista, also
know as a TDR error, where timing between Vista and graphics card is lost
somehow. Basically this error appeared maybe 4 times then my system crashed
again with the same error BSOD 116 but with the ATI driver file instaed of
the nvidia driver.

THIS IS A VISTA UPDATE problem where my system has been corrupted by a
wayward Vista Update. SOmehow this is killing graphics systems...

I hope they fix it soon.... Vista is becoming unusable



"JW" wrote:
[color=blue]
> It is a system file so be sure you have Show system files enabled.
> Mine is in C:\Users\JW {591eae36-caf9-4999-be96-827b1bc00499}
> and I found it using Windows Explorer Search
> It was created on 5/10/2007 and modified on 4/272007 so it was not part of
> my original install
>
>
> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1D54E64-C5C2-4ACE-B4DD-7DEF2DE79868@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Which program file are you referring to? Can you be specific?
> >
> > I tried a few more things:
> >
> > Disabled UAC to see if driver was having problems with rights - no
> > success,
> > same BSOD on boot
> >
> > Downloaded and ran 'Driver Cleaner' from Guru3d which appeared to clean up
> > a
> > few stray Nvidia registry entries (I REALLY thought that was it fixed)
> > however, upon reinstalling Nvidia driver it crashed again on boot with
> > same
> > error.
> >
> > Downloaded and ran 'Nvidia - nasty file remover' again removed some known
> > nvidia files but again no success.
> >
> > Each time I am booting into safe mode, uninstalling nvidia driver
> > (deleting
> > files), rebooting to safe mode, scrubbing driver files and registry
> > entries,
> > rebooting to Vista normal and cancelling auto attempt to install driver
> > for
> > 7600GT (never install driver for this device). Then rebooting again to
> > windows normal and attempting to install latest official Nvidia drivers.
> > Same
> > BSOD nvlddmkm.sys at boot...
> >
> > I must have tried almost every driver/fault finding/troubleshooting
> > combination...
> >
> > This is driving (ha) me nuts!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> I have one copy of the problem file in one of my system folders and it
> >> appears that it came with the original install of Vista. Have you tried
> >> renaming or deleting any copies of it on your system?
> >> Have you run check disk?
> >>
> >> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0718F7F5-9DA3-40CB-B1F7-F4A5A79C8F8A@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi. THanks for your input. I have tried these various ideas for
> >> > resolving
> >> > this issue but I am still int he same situation.
> >> >
> >> > Right now I have my machine running but it is without ANY installed
> >> > driver
> >> > for my NVidia card. Therefore I only have very basic display
> >> > functionality.
> >> > Whih at least allows me some more tools to troubleshoot the problem.
> >> >
> >> > If I try to install any driver whatsoever then I get the same
> >> > nvlddmkm.sys
> >> > error on boot. I've tried about 7 different drivers. Each time same
> >> > thing.
> >> >
> >> > ANy more ideas people?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "JW" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control
> >> >> Panel/Program
> >> >> and
> >> >> features/show all updates?
> >> >>
> >> >> "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.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >>[/color][/color]
>[/color]

Not to bring coals to Newcastle, I have an NVIDIA 6200 which came with my
system. I bought the system in May and until Friday, October 26 it worked
fine. On Friday my problems duplicated yours (strange graphic display,
display driver death, constant reboots, and eventually the MS-DOS BSOD).
Microsoft sent a notification that the problem was with NVIDIA, but I just
installed 3 drivers including a Beta. No luck. Rather than casting blame it
might be a good time to coordinate a solution. My system is effectively dead.
The only solution that I can think of is to scrub the partition and reload
the initial OS and software, and disable automatic update, although I just
might go out and get Windows XP which seems more reliable. If you get this,
maybe you can respond by telling if your problem is fixed and how you fixed.