Disable WINXP New hardware detection upon startup

[Link19]

I am trying to update the Radeon display driver for my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 8X AGP video card. It said to uninstall the old driver prior to installing the new one. I do that and it requires an immediate reboot, then when WINXP boots back up, the new hardware wizard automatically detects the video card as a Radeon 9800 Pro and loads the same drivers I had before I uninstalled it without me being able to stop it. So I can't install the new driver without the previous one being there because of WINXP's "TOO MUCH being in your face" ways. WINXP must keep a record of the previous driver files somewhere when you uninstall them, because under the driver tab it still says Driver Provider: ATI Technologies. How can I stop this from happening upon boot up so I can install the new driver WITHOUT the old one being there? Help greatly appreciated.

 

[Matthias99]

Switch it to the "Standard VGA" drivers, rather than just removing the current ones. Windows won't try to replace them on bootup that way. It *has* to install some sort of driver to run Windows, and it (incorrectly, in this case) assumes you want the one that's actually for your card...

 

[Link19]

How do I switch it to standard VGA drivers. I can't find any option to do that under the display adapters categry or Monitors Category in Device Manager. I can't find it under the Display Properties under the Settings tab either even when I click on the Advanced option?

 

[bacillus]

F8 just before the OS loads gives you a screen with lots of startup options, VGA being one!

 

[Link19]

I hit F8 and selected the option VGA option and the display was big, but it still loaded the current drivers for the Radeon 9800 Pro?

 

[Viper96720]

ATI driver uninstall

Uninstalling windows copies