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Help with removing ancient "Platinum XG300" drivers
I have an old AGP-based TNT1 card in my Windows 98SE machine. It
served me well for a few years but at some point I was forced to reinstall Windows for unrelated reasons. Up until that point I had been using the default drivers included with the system; I decided to use the opportunity to update the drivers. For one reason or another (which I can't remember anymore) I installed numerous drivers before settling on the 43.45 Detonator drivers (the last Detonator revision compatible with the TNT1 AFAIK). However, my computer began doing something it hadn't done befo when I restarted it became unable to correctly load the Detonator drivers. I was forced to go through the entire driver reinstallation process (restart, install the Standard PCI drivers, restart again, install the Detonator drivers, restart again) every time I needed (or was forced to) restart my computer, which needless to say is very inconvenient. The bozos who manufactured my PC were of absolutely no help so I accepted this state of affairs. But now I think I've figured out where the problem lies: at some point I installed the apparently unofficial "Platinum XG300" (2.08) drivers, and I am unable to remove these drivers using either the standard Windows uninstall or with Detonator Destroyer. I believe these drivers are the problem because whenever my computer restarts it asks for these drivers specifically rather than allowing me to choose my preferred drivers and because "PLATINUM XG300 [7-9-1999]" is the only thing that appears when I run the "Update Device Driver Wizard" with "Show compatible hardware" selected. This suggests to me that these drivers are still loaded in the system somewhere and I am unable to completely remove them. So how CAN I get rid of them? I've had this problem for four or five months now so any help at this point would be greatly appreciated. |
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Well if it was me I would go into the registry (START - RUN - TYPE IN
REGEDIT) and use the EDIT - FIND to search for any instance of XG300, and delete it. As usual, it would be reccomended to back up the registry first (FILE-EXPORT) or create a restore point just in case it causes problems. Graham "Joshua Martin" wrote in message om... I have an old AGP-based TNT1 card in my Windows 98SE machine. It served me well for a few years but at some point I was forced to reinstall Windows for unrelated reasons. Up until that point I had been using the default drivers included with the system; I decided to use the opportunity to update the drivers. For one reason or another (which I can't remember anymore) I installed numerous drivers before settling on the 43.45 Detonator drivers (the last Detonator revision compatible with the TNT1 AFAIK). However, my computer began doing something it hadn't done befo when I restarted it became unable to correctly load the Detonator drivers. I was forced to go through the entire driver reinstallation process (restart, install the Standard PCI drivers, restart again, install the Detonator drivers, restart again) every time I needed (or was forced to) restart my computer, which needless to say is very inconvenient. The bozos who manufactured my PC were of absolutely no help so I accepted this state of affairs. But now I think I've figured out where the problem lies: at some point I installed the apparently unofficial "Platinum XG300" (2.08) drivers, and I am unable to remove these drivers using either the standard Windows uninstall or with Detonator Destroyer. I believe these drivers are the problem because whenever my computer restarts it asks for these drivers specifically rather than allowing me to choose my preferred drivers and because "PLATINUM XG300 [7-9-1999]" is the only thing that appears when I run the "Update Device Driver Wizard" with "Show compatible hardware" selected. This suggests to me that these drivers are still loaded in the system somewhere and I am unable to completely remove them. So how CAN I get rid of them? I've had this problem for four or five months now so any help at this point would be greatly appreciated. |
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