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cannot update drivers on 98 even though the video card is clearly an Nvidia M64/32MB+TV card
Hi
i have installed many a win 98 to XP system but baffled by this one.
card has all the markings as per the subject but any attempt to install the drives to change it from a standard VGA adapter cause it to reject the drivers saying its not an nvidia card.
also i have an old PCI Matrox g400 and that refuses saying "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." when i try to run the install program.
never seen this on a 98 system.
Mark
i have installed many a win 98 to XP system but baffled by this one.
card has all the markings as per the subject but any attempt to install the drives to change it from a standard VGA adapter cause it to reject the drivers saying its not an nvidia card.
also i have an old PCI Matrox g400 and that refuses saying "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." when i try to run the install program.
never seen this on a 98 system.
Mark
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Hi
i did the safe mode and removed 3 other Display Drivers but left the Nvidia which is now working.
what i did discover is the Plug & Plal BIOS was not installed. Doing this it found a lot of new hardware.
i now have USB which was missing.
problem now is a few duplicate devices
namely
2 Standard 101/102 Microsoft Natural keyboards (1 with yellow !)
other devices
Yellow ? ! PCI Universal Serial Bus
System Devices
Direct Memory Access Controller
then
Yellow ! Direct Memory Access Controller
can i just remove the yellow ! devices and restart windows?
Mark
i did the safe mode and removed 3 other Display Drivers but left the Nvidia which is now working.
what i did discover is the Plug & Plal BIOS was not installed. Doing this it found a lot of new hardware.
i now have USB which was missing.
problem now is a few duplicate devices
namely
2 Standard 101/102 Microsoft Natural keyboards (1 with yellow !)
other devices
Yellow ? ! PCI Universal Serial Bus
System Devices
Direct Memory Access Controller
then
Yellow ! Direct Memory Access Controller
can i just remove the yellow ! devices and restart windows?
Mark
Mark .. these two links should help >>
"Troubleshooting Device Conflicts with Device Manager":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/133240/EN-US/
"Removal of Duplicate or Obsolete Device Entries and USB Root Hub from the Device Manager in Safe Mode":
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqDocument?lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&product=298148&docname=bps05221
"Troubleshooting Device Conflicts with Device Manager":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/133240/EN-US/
"Removal of Duplicate or Obsolete Device Entries and USB Root Hub from the Device Manager in Safe Mode":
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqDocument?lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&product=298148&docname=bps05221
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Hi
i am out of time as the PC is needed back in my friends office. I have resolved enough to keep it working.
Just got Yellow ? ! PCI Universal Serial Bus which i disabled and Yellow ! Direct Memory Access Controller which i gave up on.
the video card was all i needed but i can see the firm or swapped out the old PC then went bust did not do a complete install on this PC or swapped the HD into it from another machine.
we do not have the MB drivers so for now i am leaving it alone and thanks to all.
i am out of time as the PC is needed back in my friends office. I have resolved enough to keep it working.
Just got Yellow ? ! PCI Universal Serial Bus which i disabled and Yellow ! Direct Memory Access Controller which i gave up on.
the video card was all i needed but i can see the firm or swapped out the old PC then went bust did not do a complete install on this PC or swapped the HD into it from another machine.
we do not have the MB drivers so for now i am leaving it alone and thanks to all.
Great and thanks!
Zee
Zee
Tap F8 at startup, select Safe Mode and proceed.
Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager and delete ALL entries under Display Adapter.
Reboot letting Windows reinstall the drivers and hopefully solve the problem.
Latest drivers for that card are here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_archive.html
For the administrator message, it seems you either have software that is restricting usage/access (Spybot S&D?) or the system has, at some point, been compromised.
This registry patch has helped more than a few people:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg
Download, right-click and select merge.
Reboot after successfully adding to registry and test.
Zee