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Need a driver cleaner...

bob4432

bob4432

Lifer
just switched out mobos and all is going well. i would like to run a driver cleaner to get rid of all the old stuff.

any ideas? or should i load up an old version of norton utlitities?

thanks in advance,
bob
 
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Well in an ideal world you would completely reinstall Windows but if you can't Google for Driver Cleaner.
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i just didn't want to do a full install if it actually went ok, which it did and this is a relatively new install anyway, ~6mos or so.
 
just switched out mobos and all is going well. i would like to run a driver cleaner to get rid of all the old stuff.
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Why? Those drivers aren't doing anything besides taking up some disk space.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
just switched out mobos and all is going well. i would like to run a driver cleaner to get rid of all the old stuff.
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Why? Those drivers aren't doing anything besides taking up some disk space.
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also registry entries too, should have mentioned that in the original thread...
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
also registry entries too, should have mentioned that in the original thread...
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So? Do you really think having a few extra registry keys around is causing you problems?
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shoot me already.....maybe it is because i feel guilty because i didn't do a fresh install 😀. i just like to have things cleaned up as much as possible.
 
im actually surprised your OS still worked after a mobo switch. I normally get lock ups and blue screens and always recommend doing a complete reinstall.
 
i just like to have things cleaned up as much as possible.
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But things you can't even see and that have no appreciable effects?

im actually surprised your OS still worked after a mobo switch. I normally get lock ups and blue screens and always recommend doing a complete reinstall.
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Worst case a repair install should fix that, but supposedly you can have a pretty easy transition if you use sysprep before hand.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
i just like to have things cleaned up as much as possible.
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But things you can't even see and that have no appreciable effects?

i know they are there and they don't need to be there

im actually surprised your OS still worked after a mobo switch. I normally get lock ups and blue screens and always recommend doing a complete reinstall.
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this time it was very easy, i just put the scsi card and hdd in the new machine and away it went, in the past i have had issues with bsods and also times when i have used sysrep and that didn't work. this was no sysrep or anything, luckily

Worst case a repair install should fix that, but supposedly you can have a pretty easy transition if you use sysprep before hand.
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