saweetnesstrev Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Driver Cleaner Utility v3.0 Date: Mar 30, 2004 Size: 1.33Mb Download and Article: http://www.3dchipset.com/utilities/nvidia/removal/dclean.php Improved: Code optimized (Changed a lot) Creative Audio cleaning file ATI WDM cleaning file ATI MMC cleaning file nVidia cleaning file ATI cleaning file Readme steps Fixed: Black around buttons with windows themes Small bug in dropdown boxes Small bug in the Wizard Bugs in code Added: Cleaning Options (Select if it cleans Files, Registry, Directories or all) The option to make a full registry backup when the cleaning starts Language files (Chinese, Danish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian) Creative Audio Lite cleaning file beta (Cleans only the driver) Log Viewer (View the log files created with the log option) Updated: Language files (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Are there any advantages to removing drivers that aren't currently being used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 You get a warm and fuzzy feeling perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 No I'm serious, are there advantages? What's the point of this program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eds Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 I think there used to be conflicts between older driver sets so you would have some problems overinstalling drivers. I am not sure that conflicts of this nature appear in todays newest drivers from ATI and nVidia. I uninstall my drivers when I upgrade but its an old habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 You get a warm and fuzzy feeling perhaps. of realizing that you'll have to reinstall windows because this soft deleted needed driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleDave Veteran Posted March 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2004 of realizing that you'll have to reinstall windows because this soft deleted needed driver? Yep had to do that last night because of the SOFTWARE!!! Do not use this Software!!! It deletes your system32.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagaku Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 I used this program a few weeks ago after buying a new Radeon 9800 AIW, to remove my old nVidia drivers. I followed the directions to the letter, and as advertised, all nVidia drivers were wiped off my system. The ATI card worked fine. Then came the problem: I didn't like the ATI 9800 AIW, I wanted to just get a normal 9800 Pro. So I sent my 9800 AIW back to Newegg for a refund. I go to install my GeForce 4 ti4400, and low and behold, it can't find drivers! Common sense tells me that maybe the driver cleaner deleted the built in drivers. No big deal, I head on over to fileshack to download a fresh set of nVidia drivers. I install 'em without a hitch, and then I reboot. *gasp* 640x480x16 @ 60hz! My eyes! Oh god I'm blind! I spent the next two days working on the box, trying to get the videocard to install properly. For whatever reason, it would show up in device manager under the 'Other Devices' category. The drivers were installed properly, and according to device manager they were working just fine. I tried various driver versions, even tried swapping in an old GeForce 2 MX; no dice. In the end I just formatted my box and was done with it. I really can't recommend this program, and based upon my problem I'll never use it again. But it did seem to work just fine for removing all traces of the nVidia drivers, and if you're going ATI/nVidia and don't plan to switch back to your previous videocard, you could give it a try. But then there's also no real advantage of removing old drivers, unless you're having problems with 'em. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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