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Vista driver for NVIDIA GeForce 4 420 Go 32MB?

I did a fresh install of Vista on my Compaq Presario R3215CA. When I was reinstalling drivers and software I found out that Compaq does not support the model for a Vista upgrade. However, everything works fine, except my video card is not recognized/supported.

The card seemed to be supported in Longhorn Beta 1
http://activewin.com/articles/2005/drivers.shtml

I found this WinVista driver and installed it. My display adapter now shows up as "NVIDIA GEFORCE4 420 GO 32" but it is stopped due to "Code43"
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1530

I found a few message board postings on tweaking drivers but they were for Linux.

What are my options? Can I upgrade my video card? Can I tweak the driver? Do I have to switch back to WinXP?
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There does not seem to be a Vista Driver available - or the driver included with windows is supposed to work - try reporting the problem on the nvidia web site http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
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Netman: I hadn't come across your blog but that's exactly what I was looking for. I had come across similar postings for Linux. I will try it out and follow up.
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Forgot to mention that 97.46 is not in the list. Should I go to the next one up which is 97.77 (INF and WHQL)?
Yes, I posted the laptopvideo2go link - that where you'll find pretty much every build number in existence.

Let me know how you make out.
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It worked! Absolutely brilliant! I am ecstatic!

It took a couple reboots, since I accidentally installed the WinXP driver, then had to remove it and reinstall the modded driver. When I right-click the deskop I even get a NVIDIA menu that tells me my OS is Longhorn. : )

I have doubled the points as a sign of my gratitude. Thanks so much!
You're quite welcome.

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