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How to change video drivers Win98, ME & 95
« on: August 08, 2002, 12:24:06 PM »


Windows 98 or Windows Me
1.   Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.   Double-click Display.
3.   Click the Settings tab.
4.   Click Advanced.
5.   On the Adapter tab, click Change.
6.   Click Next.
7.   Choose Display a List of all the drivers
8.   At the bottom choose Show all hardware
9.   You will now have two boxes at the top. In the left box choose (Standard display types)
10.   In the right box choose Standard Display Adapter (VGA) and choose next
11.   If you get a update driver warning choose yes.
12.   Click on next and then finish. Reboot the computer.

1.   Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.   Double-click Display.
3.   Click the Settings tab.
4.   Click Advanced.
5.   On the Adapter tab, click Change.
6.   Click Next.
7.   Use one of the following methods to locate the installation files for the new video driver.
Search for the new driver
1.   Click Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended), and then click Next.
2.   If the new driver is located on a floppy disk, insert the disk into the floppy disk drive, and then click to select the Floppy disk drives check box.

If the new driver is located on a CD-ROM, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then click to select the CD-ROM drive check box.

To check the Microsoft Windows Update Web site for an updated version of the driver, click to select the Microsoft Windows Update check box.

If you downloaded the video driver to a folder on your hard disk, or if the updated video driver is located in a share on your network, click to select the Specify a location check box, and then type the path to the updated driver in the text box.
3.   Click Next.
4.   To install the recommended video driver, click The updated driver (Recommended).

To install a different video driver that is compatible with your video adapter, click Install one of the other drivers, click View List, click the video driver that you want to use in the list of video drivers, and then click OK.
Specify the location of the new driver
5.   Click Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want, and then click Next.
6.   In the Models box, click the model name of your video adapter.

To install a different video driver, click Show all hardware, click the appropriate manufacturer in the Manufacturers box, and then click the appropriate model in the Models box.
7.Click Next, and then click Next again.
8.   Click Finish.
9.   Click Close, and then click Close again.
10.   When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.
Windows 95
1.   Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.   Double-click Display.
3.   Click the Settings tab.
4.   Click Change Display Type or Advanced Properties.
5.   Under Adapter Type or on the Adapter tab, click Change.
6.   In the Models box, click the model name of your video adapter.

To install a different video driver, click Show all hardware, click the appropriate manufacturer in the Manufacturers box, and then click the appropriate model in the Models box.

To install a manufacturer-supplied driver, click Have Disk, and then follow the instructions on the screen to install the driver from the disk.
7.   Click OK, click Close, and then click Close again.
8.   When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.

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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2002, 02:14:36 AM »
Navigate your way through the dialogs so that you install the Standard VGA driver, which is one of the Standard Display Drivers right at the top of the list of display adapter manufacturers. You'll have to reboot again.
 
 When your machine comes back up this time, it will be in 640x480 16 color mode, so it's not going to be pretty. That's okay. Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to navigate to C:\Windows\Inf and delete the two files there that end with the extension ".bin". Now go one folder further to C:\Windows\Inf\Other and delete any .inf file there.

 You don't want windows to know anything about your drivers it was using,
that's why you delete them. Windows will recreate the .bin files when you load your new drivers, and the new drivers will have their own .inf file.
When you see that little dialog pop up that says something to the effect "Windows is creating a database of driver information", that's what's
happening... the .bin files are being created.

sprint
« Last Edit: August 11, 2002, 02:23:36 AM by sprint »

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How to change video drivers Win98, ME & 95
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2002, 07:25:48 AM »
Thanks for the information Aurelius ans Sprint :cool:
 
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Originally posted by  Aurelius
11. If you get a update driver warning choose yes.
12. Click on next and then finish. Reboot the computer.

1. 1.Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. 2.Double-click Display.

and

6. In the Models box, click the model name of your video adapter.

To install a different video driver, click Show all hardware, click the appropriate manufacturer in the Manufacturers box, and then click the appropriate model in the Models box.
13. Click Next, and then click Next again.


Got a little lost in reading the steps with the number jumps.  I know it's sometimes hard to explain steps since most computer stuff seems to branch out like tree limbs that, depending on what you do, tells which way to go next.  Doesn't help either when I'm not a computer person (Computer Dummy).  It could be helpful to use Letters with your Numbers and have Goto Steps if jumping steps.

I do appreciate the information since I have WinMe and do try to update my drivers often, but I'm probability like some others and just doubleclick the updated file and let it override the original.
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Originally posted by sprint
Navigate your way through the dialogs so that you install the Standard VGA driver, which is one of the Standard Display Drivers right at the top of the list of display adapter manufacturers. You'll have to reboot again.
 
 When your machine comes back up this time, it will be in 640x480 16 color mode, so it's not going to be pretty. That's okay. Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to navigate to C:\Windows\Inf and delete the two files there that end with the extension ".bin". Now go one folder further to C:\Windows\Inf\Other and delete any .inf file there.

 You don't want windows to know anything about your drivers it was using,
that's why you delete them. Windows will recreate the .bin files when you load your new drivers, and the new drivers will have their own .inf file.
When you see that little dialog pop up that says something to the effect "Windows is creating a database of driver information", that's what's
happening... the .bin files are being created.
sprint


What stage of Aurelius Exclanation Sprint do you delete the .BIN and .INF files?

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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2002, 10:15:11 AM »
After step 12

If using gForce drivers use something like
Detonator Destroyer or something like NV Cleaner, or both ... then install new drivers
« Last Edit: August 11, 2002, 10:29:30 AM by sprint »

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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2002, 02:39:22 PM »
In win XP I don't know what you do to stop Win XP loading its own native detonator drivers?

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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2002, 06:22:36 PM »
It may also be advisable once new drivers are installed to update DirectX as well.

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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2002, 11:01:27 PM »
YES you right "spiffykraits" ... always update  DirextX

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