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I am attempting to upgrade my video card drivers with my nvidia 8600 gt. I downloaded the drivers from NVIDIA and when I run the setup, nothing happens. It does appear in the Processes, but never does anything.
I've tried restarting, tried killing the process and re-running, I am an admin account... nothing works. What is wrong?
[EDIT] The installer does run, it extracts the setup files to C:\NVIDIA as normal then when it tries to run that setup to do the actual install, nothing happens (the process does show up in Task Manager and just sits there).
Attempting to run the installer manually via C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\296.10\WinXP\English\Setup.exe has the process open, but nothing happens.
This machine is WinXP 32bit. No registry processes seem to be getting stuck.
Zeno
Posted 2011-12-23T21:10:44.070
Reputation: 241
Have you tried re-downloading the installer to ensure it isn't corrupted? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-12-24T01:43:41.437
Yes, I have. Also in a different browser. – Zeno – 2011-12-24T05:36:38.520
What OS are you on and is it 64-bit? Could you also post a link to the driver you are installing. As interim advice, you could try to Run As Administrator the setup from C:\NVIDIA. – harrymc – 2011-12-31T11:13:13.800
@harrymc WinXP 32bit, already tried Run as Admin and didn't help. These are the drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-285.58-whql-driver.html
– Zeno – 2011-12-31T19:38:36.533Does auto-detect in the GeForce drivers page give you the same drivers ?
– harrymc – 2012-01-01T09:57:55.123Another idea is to try and install while booting in Safe mode, as perhaps the installation is blocked by some security product. – harrymc – 2012-01-01T16:44:16.387
Usually you can't install while in safe mode... – soandos – 2012-01-03T19:44:59.837
I take it since it does not auto run the extracted files proper. you have tried to just run the extracted files manually? – nhutto – 2012-01-04T23:38:34.843