Stop windows from automatically installing drivers xp

Oh, and yes, I have tried using the Driver Rollback feature, but it isn't working because I have re-installed the 3. I appreciate any help anyone can give me. February 23rd, , AM 2. HolyAvenger, With XP you can't uninstall drivers that are in use. It's best to uninstall drivers in safe mode. Choose safe mode Also while in safe mode, after unistalling the drivers, completely delete the device ie: video card in device manager.

Don't delete the folder, only the contents in the video folder!!! February 23rd, , AM 3. Thanks Thank you for your replies. I tried what you said, Jakesterr, and it worked perfectly. Indeed, the source of my problem with Majora's Mask was the Catalyst 3.

February 23rd, , AM 4. HolyAvenger Thats good news. Im glad all is well. April 1st, , PM 5. Join Date Apr Posts 4. Prevent automatic driver install I've been having issues with needing to install an older driver for a sound card. My driver kept "magically" reappearing on reboot, and it seemed there was no way to prevent XP SP3 from finding the newest driver and automatically installing it. I realized there is a folder in your windows directory with cab files from sp1, sp2 and sp3, and windows will look in this folder to automatically find drivers for your hardware.

April 2nd, , AM 6. Start a new thread. This one's from April 2nd, , PM 7. For the moderators: Lame that when one replies to a thread with pertinent information that comes up on search engines when searching for a solution to an issue that you would say "Start a new thread. If this is the thread people find when searching for answers, who the hell cares how old it is?

Does it matter at all?! It doesn't. Thanks for removing my post. You can go ahead and remove my account too, because if this is how you run things, I won't be returning to this forum. We have 2 older Epson Claria 6-ink printers that have been working fine for years. After that, both printers print washed-out useless prints. The fact that both Microsoft and Epson are doing this at more-or-less the same time is disconcerting, making me think Epson who no longer makes or supports these older 6-color printers is illegally colluding with both Microsoft and Apple to disable our perfectly good printers, and force us to buy the latest pricy Epson models and really, really, expensive 8-color ink cartridges.

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Jonatas said on November 4, at am. But still it wouldn't solve the last error, I'll report back on what happens though when I try some other drivers. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. I've been trying to update my laptop videocard drivers, but to do that I have to remove the previous ones and then restast and install the new ones.

However when I restart windows, it automatically detects a VGA and then automatically install some old drivers for my video card which then doesn't allow me to install the new drivers.