What's the process for uninstalling video drivers on 9x? \ VOGONS

What's the process for uninstalling video drivers on 9x?

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First post, by SolidSonicTH

Posted on 2022-01-16, 12:47

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I was advised to downgrade my Nvidia driver to support my FX 5900 to 45.23 (I was planning on examining downgrading once I got the card up and running but I had installed the most recent driver on Phil's Computer Lab just to things going after installing it). Is there some procedure to doing this to be thorough?

Reply 1 of 4, by drosse1meyer

Posted on 2022-01-16, 14:25

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Video drivers uninstaller (sweeper) for Windows 98

or you can try the basic delete device / remove drivers via control panel / use the vendor uninstaller / mess with various files, which is always fun in 9x...

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Reply 2 of 4, by SolidSonicTH

Posted on 2022-01-16, 14:29

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Yeah, having a more comprehensive solution was what I was looking for since I have weak faith in manual driver uninstallation in Windows 9x.

Reply 3 of 4, by leileilol

Posted on 2022-01-16, 15:34

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Uninstalling Nvidia's drivers through add/remove programs, and making sure their INFs are gone afterward so Windows 9X effectively forgets about the card.

I've never needed a special cleaning program.

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Reply 4 of 4, by SolidSonicTH

Posted on 2022-01-16, 17:22

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leileilol wrote on 2022-01-16, 15:34:

Uninstalling Nvidia's drivers through add/remove programs, and making sure their INFs are gone afterward so Windows 9X effectively forgets about the card.

I've never needed a special cleaning program.

Are the INFs kept anywhere specific?

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