Installing Drivers

[Gen Stonewall]

In Windows 98, I was used to installing drivers by deleting the old ones, installing generic VGA drivers, then loading the new drivers. Currently I have a Radeon 9800 running in XP. My old method does not work anymore; even when I "uninstall all ATI software," the original drivers get installed, and there's no way to install a generic VGA driver. Neither can I uninstall the old drivers, then go to Safe Mode and install the new drivers there. Any recommendations as to how I should fix this? Could I move any files that would prevent the original drivers from automatically loading?

(It's should be obvious from the post that I don't build my own computers.)

 

[mechBgon]

Any recommendations as to how I should fix this?

I would simply ignore it. Trying to fight WinXP itself, and force it not to use its baseline Radeon drivers when they're embedded in the OS's driver arsenel... I'd just take the straightforward approach, install the latest ATI drivers and call it done.

 

[Gen Stonewall]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Any recommendations as to how I should fix this?

I would simply ignore it. Trying to fight WinXP itself, and force it not to use its baseline Radeon drivers when they're embedded in the OS's driver arsenel... I'd just take the straightforward approach, install the latest ATI drivers and call it done.

Your use of the word "Fight" led me to anthropomorphize Windows XP in my mind; strange images appear. Maybe I could make a movie about this....

Anyway, thanks for the help.

 

[Mr Smiley]

You could check Driver Cleaner out and see if it helps.