Removing old drivers, Installing new drivers Options

[THE Mechanic]

Hello Everyone ,I have resently been having problems with my computer.

Two nights ago my computer started to rev up .it sounded like my dvd drive was raceing at high speed out of controle.

I was like holy crap duck and cover man it scared the hell out of me!!!



Then tha computer screen went to a gray screen and it said..

"your computer is recovering form a error and windows must shut down'

it sent an error report and forwarded me to microsoft and said if this should happen again you should update your video drivers.



it happen again !!



so i downloaded the new drivers..



My old driver is date 2004 the new one is date july 17 2007.



now my question what is the proper way to remove the old and install the new.

I know i must remove the old first before installingthe new ones.no action taken on my part yet.

I just want to be sure i do this in the correct order.

Go to my computer and remove from thr highlight the ati video card or go to add remove program section?



thanks for help guys and gals, Russ

[Shred and Burn]

I thought this thread was about getting our senior citizens and their K - cars off our streets.

Sorry, can't help.

[{CuF}crazycanuck]

Video drivers???..it sounds more like a hardware problem..but its worth a shot.

what drivers are you talking about ...graphics card drivers as in Nvidia or ATI??

if so..then go to add/remove programs
remove the old Nvidia or ATI driver.( your computer will probably restart)

then after restart ..turn off all antivirus,spyware and adware programs.
shut down all other background programs..msn messenger ,Yahoo, what ever..
download this program.......... http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

Run that program but ensure you understand how to use it before,its fairly simple and straight forward.( which is great cause i'm simple too ) This program will clean out all remnants of your old driver so theres no chance in corrupting your new install.

dl the new driver, restart chech your settings and defrag...and wallah...your off to the races

[THE Mechanic]

crazycanuck,Thank you sir..for the help..

Graphics card drivers is where microsoft sent me .ATI..

My machine:

Dell win xp pro ver 2002 serv pack 2.. 80 gig hard drive 80% full

P-4 cpu 3.40 2 gig ram

Radeon x800xt

exsisting driver to be removed 8/25/04 ver.6.14.10.6476

driver to be installed 7/17/07 ver.8.391.0.0



Ok by the way the link you provided was great,i already have the driver so I down loaded the removal tool...its a favorite now. and on the desk top.

I thought add and remove was the correct place to start and you have confirmed that great ..

alright man I'm gona do this..Wish me luck and thanks again...My Northern Brother..



By the way these drivers are supposed to fix issues for a few other games that i have cod2 is one of them.. This should be interesting..



"T.M."