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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and
disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
I have noticed this also. I reinstalled Forceware 84.21 to resolve this as
this version works just just fine with my Gainward 7800GS 512mb AGP card. "Larry Roberts" wrote in message ... The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
Some developer at nVidia probably got "too helpful" in making sure users who
have two cards installed don't accidentally leave SLI disabled. Does this "feature" appear as a startup service in services.msc? Can you disable it from there or set it to manual startup? What if you just set the nVidia system tray icon to "always hide" in taskbar properties? ATi goes the other extreme. Crossfire is turned off by default under all circumstances, with no notification, unless you manually enable it in the control center. A new user who just spent $1500 on a Crossfire setup could end up running in single-card mode for years without a clue... -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Larry Roberts" wrote in message ... The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
I also uninstalled and return to the 84.21 driver. The new driver has
not much improvement for my 6800GT AGP card especially I don't like the tray icon !!! On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:44:01 GMT, "Timelord" wrote: I have noticed this also. I reinstalled Forceware 84.21 to resolve this as this version works just just fine with my Gainward 7800GS 512mb AGP card. "Larry Roberts" wrote in message .. . The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:20:35 -0400, "First of One"
wrote: Some developer at nVidia probably got "too helpful" in making sure users who have two cards installed don't accidentally leave SLI disabled. Does this "feature" appear as a startup service in services.msc? Can you disable it from there or set it to manual startup? I only see Nvidia Display Driver Services listed. What if you just set the nVidia system tray icon to "always hide" in taskbar properties? This hides it, but everytime you reboot, you still get a popup about icons being hidden. |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
Larry Roberts wrote:
The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. For better or for worse, here is what is posted on Nvidia's web site: "This notification error will be removed in future reference driver releases." |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
Its a Beta driver.
"Larry Roberts" wrote in message ... The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
"Marni" schrieb im Newsbeitrag . .. Its a Beta driver. "Larry Roberts" wrote in message ... The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. This is a quite obvious bug and i noticed it in the inofficial 91.31, and thought it´ll be removed in an official driver- D´OH! I´ve scanned the registry and found no way to disable this.Thought it´s because i have an ASrock 939dual with fully implemented AGP and PCIe, so which mobos do you guys own? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
"Corvus" wrote in message ... "Marni" schrieb im Newsbeitrag . .. Its a Beta driver. "Larry Roberts" wrote in message ... The new drivers have adware coded into them. When you try, and disable the tray icon from within the driver control panel, it popsup again at reboot with a message that one of your SLI cards was disabled, even though you have only one card, or an AGP card. The message ask you to click the bubble fr more info, which then brings you to Nvidia's SLI website. This is nothing more than an advertisement to get you to buy SLI. If you try, and disable it from MSCONFIG, it reinstalls itself. Malware. The ATI products are now looking better because of this. This is a quite obvious bug and i noticed it in the inofficial 91.31, and thought it´ll be removed in an official driver- D´OH! I´ve scanned the registry and found no way to disable this.Thought it´s because i have an ASrock 939dual with fully implemented AGP and PCIe, so which mobos do you guys own? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Yes, I wouldn't say this is so much malware/adware as just a bug. At the risk of repeating myself and peeving everyone off, I just answered g0pher, who has much the same concern. On page 8 of the release notes for 91.31, it lists the problem as still being an 'open issue'. http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/9...Notes_WHQL.pdf |
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Forceware 91.31 has adware in it
Anoying On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:12:59 -0500, Larry Roberts wrote: On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:20:35 -0400, "First of One" wrote: Some developer at nVidia probably got "too helpful" in making sure users who have two cards installed don't accidentally leave SLI disabled. Does this "feature" appear as a startup service in services.msc? Can you disable it from there or set it to manual startup? I only see Nvidia Display Driver Services listed. What if you just set the nVidia system tray icon to "always hide" in taskbar properties? This hides it, but everytime you reboot, you still get a popup about icons being hidden. |
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