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October 17th 06, 07:31 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an
error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan 
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October 17th 06, 07:43 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
I just updated mine as administrator. I am showing driver version 9.6.8.5
dated 10/9/06 on the display adapter properties. I don't see much of a change, but hopefully I am using the new driver. Clark "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 17th 06, 07:54 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
Are you running the 32bit or 64 bit version of Vista 5744?
"sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 17th 06, 08:22 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
JW
I am running the 32bit version. Windows Vista X86 Dan "JW" wrote: Are you running the 32bit or 64 bit version of Vista 5744? "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 17th 06, 08:25 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
They installed ok for me (an upgrade from the video drivers off the RC2
DVD), but when I logged in and got my desktop after the reboot, the screen then blanked for several seconds and a message appeared in the system tray saying that the display driver had stopped responding but had recovered...will monitor it and see if this behaviour persists. Nick "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 17th 06, 08:42 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
Nick,
I use to get that stopped responding msg with 96.33 but I have not gotten it with the drivers that came with RC2 (96.77). I have still been unable to load the new 96.85 drivers. Keeping getting same error msg half way thru the load stating I am not running Windows Vista and these drivers are for Vista only. They also try to use partition C when Vista is on G. I change to G but still get the error. I wonder if it is because I am running a duel boot with XP and it is seeing the C drive only and XP? Dan "Nick Payne" wrote: They installed ok for me (an upgrade from the video drivers off the RC2 DVD), but when I logged in and got my desktop after the reboot, the screen then blanked for several seconds and a message appeared in the system tray saying that the display driver had stopped responding but had recovered...will monitor it and see if this behaviour persists. Nick "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 17th 06, 09:08 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
So you are running Vista from your G partition when you try and install the
96.85 drivers and you are following the instructions from the following link referred to at the top of the download page is that correct? http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_...ion_hints.html "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Nick, I use to get that stopped responding msg with 96.33 but I have not gotten it with the drivers that came with RC2 (96.77). I have still been unable to load the new 96.85 drivers. Keeping getting same error msg half way thru the load stating I am not running Windows Vista and these drivers are for Vista only. They also try to use partition C when Vista is on G. I change to G but still get the error. I wonder if it is because I am running a duel boot with XP and it is seeing the C drive only and XP? Dan "Nick Payne" wrote: They installed ok for me (an upgrade from the video drivers off the RC2 DVD), but when I logged in and got my desktop after the reboot, the screen then blanked for several seconds and a message appeared in the system tray saying that the display driver had stopped responding but had recovered...will monitor it and see if this behaviour persists. Nick "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 17th 06, 09:49 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
My Vista install is on D with Xp x64 on C, I had no problem installing the
drivers. nVidia is writing the setup files to C and actually creates separate sub-folders for each different OS install. I have a subfolder for Vista x64, Vista, and XP x64. Each OS having had an nVidia driver install sometime over the past couple of months. "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Nick, I use to get that stopped responding msg with 96.33 but I have not gotten it with the drivers that came with RC2 (96.77). I have still been unable to load the new 96.85 drivers. Keeping getting same error msg half way thru the load stating I am not running Windows Vista and these drivers are for Vista only. They also try to use partition C when Vista is on G. I change to G but still get the error. I wonder if it is because I am running a duel boot with XP and it is seeing the C drive only and XP? Dan "Nick Payne" wrote: They installed ok for me (an upgrade from the video drivers off the RC2 DVD), but when I logged in and got my desktop after the reboot, the screen then blanked for several seconds and a message appeared in the system tray saying that the display driver had stopped responding but had recovered...will monitor it and see if this behaviour persists. Nick "sickpuppy" wrote in message ... Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 18th 06, 03:57 AM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
Do these fix the standby problems?
"sickpuppy" wrote: Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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October 18th 06, 02:27 PM
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Nvidia 96.85 drivers won't load.
i have the same problem, only for the 64 bit version. does anyone have any
idea how to solve this? (apart from the "drive letter mix up"? "sickpuppy" wrote: Downloaded new Nvidia 96.85 x86 drivers and they will not load. I get an error msg stating that I am not running Windows Vista, even though I am running Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 and video card is a Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb video memory. I was really hoping that these drivers would work and gaming would be improved. I followed the instructions and turned off virus software and unloaded old Nvidia drivers but it still gives me error. Anyone else having any luck with these drivers. Dan
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