How to uninstall forceware drivers?

[groo028]

i just got a new dell system and it has the forceware 66.84 drivers. I want to install the latest 76.41 drivers but I read somewhere that I have to completely remove the earlier drivers before installing the new ones. How do I go about cleaning the registry and stuff? IS there any tool for this purpose/

 

[Jeff7181]

You shouldn't need to... nVidia's drivers are pretty good about installing new ones over top of old ones with no trouble.

If you REALLY want to though, remove them from Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, reboot into safe mode, and use Driver Cleaner to remove all traces.

 

[groo028]

I am trying to install the XG modded drivers. I remember i read somewhere that they require you to uninstall the previous drivers completely. I am not sure though.

 

[Elfear]

Go to the Device Manager and select the Display Adaptor tab. It will give you the option to uninstall the drivers. After uninstalling the drivers it will prompt you to restart.

After it restarts go into Safe Mode (do this by hitting F8 a few times during the boot sequence) and use Driver Cleaner to wipe clean any remaining Nvidia drivers. Be sure to just get rid of the video card drivers not the Nforce drivers if your board has an Nvidia chipset (basically just scroll through the menu list in Driver Cleaner and just select the "nvidia" choice).

After wiping the nvidia drivers, empty your Recycle Bin, reboot into Windows normally, and install whatever drivers you choose.

Edit: Beat me to the punch.