Nvidia Driver Issues

haha i have random problems.. So today i installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit on my Dell Dimension E310 Desktop.. [see specs]
and i installed the Nvidia Windows 7 Drivers.. and periodically it will give me an error saying the kernal crashed.. i will upload a photo to show.
its quite annoying lol please help.
... the graphics card is a:
Nvidia GeForce 6200

Try reverting to the WDDM 1.1 drivers.

johngalt said:

Try reverting to the WDDM 1.1 drivers.

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How do i do that D:

Uninstall the nvidia drivers & reboot windows will revert to WDDM 1.1 drivers, if for any reason it does not then run WINDOWS UPDATE from control panel it should download the latest drivers.

Device Manager --> Display Adapters --> Nvidia xxxx --> Driver tab.

ugh. i did that and it does it less often but it still does it

You card might be freaking out b/c it is not meant for WDDM use...especially with it being a mobile.

I am assuming that all effects and such are turned off (and that you are using or trying to use the classic theme)?

johngalt said:

You card might be freaking out b/c it is not meant for WDDM use...especially with it being a mobile.

I am assuming that all effects and such are turned off (and that you are using or trying to use the classic theme)?

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No this is my Desktop Card. my Laptop Runs Windows 7 Ultimate like a Dream and it is a nVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
I am using the Standard 7 Theme. i like the Aero lol
I am uploading another screenshot.. this was after uninstalling the driver and letting windows update install a driver...

I set it to Windows Classic Theme and changed the color I hate the standard Gray

CanonGlas3 said:

haha i have random problems.. So today i installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit on my Dell Dimension E310 Desktop.. [see specs]
and i installed the Nvidia Windows 7 Drivers.. and periodically it will give me an error saying the kernal crashed.. i will upload a photo to show.
its quite annoying lol please help.
... the graphics card is a:
Nvidia GeForce 6200

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I have been getting the same problem with all builds of Windows 7 and all versions of nvidia drivers. The latest drivers (185.85) is the worst. I have a 9400 GT graphics card. I have reverted back to 181.72.

I really hope this is fixed soon It's the biggest problem I have with Windows 7.

Ben

BenHughes said:

I have been getting the same problem with all builds of Windows 7 and all versions of nvidia drivers. The latest drivers (185.85) is the worst. I have a 9400 GT graphics card. I have reverted back to 181.72.

I really hope this is fixed soon It's the biggest problem I have with Windows 7.

Ben

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I am working with 181.72, currently. i switched the theme and it hasnt crashed yet ;D

BenHughes said:

I have been getting the same problem with all builds of Windows 7 and all versions of nvidia drivers. The latest drivers (185.85) is the worst. I have a 9400 GT graphics card. I have reverted back to 181.72.

I really hope this is fixed soon It's the biggest problem I have with Windows 7.

Ben

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Correction - this is the biggest problem you have with *nVidia* - again, just like that same nonsense with Vista, it's not Windows 7's problem, it is nVidia's problem.

BenHughes said:

I have been getting the same problem with all builds of Windows 7 and all versions of nvidia drivers. The latest drivers (185.85) is the worst. I have a 9400 GT graphics card. I have reverted back to 181.72.

I really hope this is fixed soon It's the biggest problem I have with Windows 7.

Ben

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Hey Ben
I have the same Graphics Cards (2 of them) and have the same problems from the Newest to the oldest (WDDM 1.1), and have wasted lots of hours trying to get responses from the nVidia Developers Team on their Forum Web site, no answers. They Suck.

The most Stable Version for my x64 and x86 version is the XP version 175.19 (installed in XP Compatibility mode) for older cards, but it is not the most stable it should be.

I have found that since the removal of the nView (nVidia classic Control Panel) services, the System is always having unstable issues. This happened with Vista on up. And they will not tell why they have disabled its installation. The nView files are in the Loader App. but stay in a cab file.
If I can ever learn how to install and register the nView files I will publish it on this site.

edit:
I just finished a bit of testing. At this time I have been able to install the nVidia Desktop Manager on my Windows 7 7100 x64 version.
This is how I have done it.
First, I uninstalled the existing drivers, disabled the auto updater, boot in to safe mode and run the Drive Sweeper (you can find it at "Guru3D.com"and at "Phyxion.net") and cleaned out the drivers.
Then (still in safe mode) I installed the older Win 7 x64 driver version (181.71) and after the install (still in safe mode, not reboot yet) I extracted and run the "nViewSetup.exe" file.
Then rebooted, now it (nVidia Desktop Manager) is in the Control Panel, and it works, a couple less settings tabs, but not ones that I needed, rean the settings that I desired, like "Prevent windows from opening off screen", Dis checked the "Enable windows (and Child window) spanning accross multiple displays", set the "Snap window edges by:" 5 pixels, "Dialog box repositioning", "Application Tab" = custom settings, and Hot keys.

This is just the start, I plan on enabling the Classic Panel soon. With it you can customize the graphics settings (micro management) for each and every display you have, (I have 4 on one computer and 3 on another and 2 on another) no kidding.