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If you had an Nvidia mainboard I would have said it's possible given the problems Nvidia has had with producing good drivers for its Nforce2 boards. But I can see you don't have such a board.
No, video drivers should not be considered a critical update. You, yourself, should make the decision as to what version of the Nvidia video drivers you wish to use.
A while ago there was a NVIDIA driver update at Windows Update but it was listed under Drivers.
There was a discussion on this board whether it was wise to update or not, I chose to stick with the drivers installed by the WinXP install CD because they work well.
Now a more recent update of said driver appears under Critical Updates and I wondered, why critical?
However, I still run the "original" driver.
Thanks,
Christer
Last edited by Christer; 14th August 2003 at 23:05.
I installed the MS NVidia update and my system would not boot. It ******* the settings for my LCD, and there was no way I could boot normally. I simply restored and reinstalled the original drivers.
Well, right now I´m very ...... ...... to have adhered to the recommendation to not update the drivers from the MS site.
If I should decide to update in the future, I´ll go to the NVIDIA site no matter what MS feels about unsigned drivers. I have never had any problems with the original NVIDIA drivers and when I was on WinME I updated as soon as a new driver was available.
However, for now I´m ...... ...... since I have no problem to fix!
MS update site suggested a driver update for my system also. I've always downloaded from nVidia site. Went to there site and found they just released a update on August 13. This is a Detonator series (which I've always use) version 45.23 and it is WHQL certified. Downloaded, installed, works fine. Checked in device manager and it does state it is a MS signed driver. This is the 4th driver I've installed for this card... I believe this is the first one that has been signed.
UPDATE______________________________________
I stand corrected... Checked out nVidia's archive. The last 4 drivers they released for my card in chronological order... the last two certified, one not signed, one pending.
Last edited by Dennis L; 21st August 2003 at 07:59.
Upload Manager
This service sends driver information to Microsoft to track availability of driver information.
This service is not required for basic File and Print sharing. I have yet to find a need for this
service, nor do I wish to send my hardware information to Microsoft.
Default XP Home: Automatic
Default XP Pro: Automatic
Safe Setting: Disabled
After having set to disable, the NVIDIA update was no longer critical but a regular driver update.
But I can see you don't have such a board.
I installed the MS NVidia update and my system would not boot. It ******* the settings for my LCD, and there was no way I could boot normally. I simply restored and reinstalled the original drivers.
...... since I have no problem to fix!
