Best driver cleaner utility.

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2004raptor

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I looked at te sticky which recommends Driver Cleaner. Not that ~10 is alot of $ but in the past I know
i've used some free ones. What is the preferred program an method around here to use?

BTW, I'm switching from an evga 7950gt to 8800gt.
 
I use Driver Cleaner. Just make sure to run it in safe mode, restart, then install the new driver.
 
i personally can't get driver cleaner pro to work on my vista64 - it locks up every time
 
Well, things aren't going so good. I tried to uninstall nvidia in the control panel/programs and features. I got the nvidia logo for about 5 minutes and it said uninstalling. After a while I just closed all the windows and rebooted. It was still listed so I don't think it really unistalled. If I click on it now to uninstall, nothing happens.

Went into safe mode, same thing.

tried driver cleaner pro in safe mode but I don't think it's doing right either., It listed some things it was cleaning from the registry, etc. but then it seemed to not go any further. Again,

I waited about 5 minutes before I closed it.


what else can I do? I really don't want to format.
 
First, only run driver cleaner and driver sweeper in safe mode

try driver sweeper, if not, reinstall the drivers, reboot, then uninstall again (hoping the uninstaller works now), go into safe mode and run both programs. Each should cover the shortcomings of one another to get more or less a clean slate.
 
2004raptor said:
Well, things aren't going so good. I tried to uninstall nvidia in the control panel/programs and features. I got the nvidia logo for about 5 minutes and it said uninstalling. After a while I just closed all the windows and rebooted. It was still listed so I don't think it really unistalled. If I click on it now to uninstall, nothing happens.

Went into safe mode, same thing.

tried driver cleaner pro in safe mode but I don't think it's doing right either., It listed some things it was cleaning from the registry, etc. but then it seemed to not go any further. Again,

I waited about 5 minutes before I closed it.


what else can I do? I really don't want to format.
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You definitely shouldn't reformat quite yet. I forgot to add this. Did you make sure that all ATI products were checked on the cleaner in safe mode?
 
Slade said:
First, only run driver cleaner and driver sweeper in safe mode

try driver sweeper, if not, reinstall the drivers, reboot, then uninstall again (hoping the uninstaller works now), go into safe mode and run both programs. Each should cover the shortcomings of one another to get more or less a clean slate.
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I'll try driver sweeper.
 
Rather than start a new thread, I'll rehash an only slightly old one.

Edit: Actually nevermind, it appears Driver Sweeper is Vista 64x compatible. Anyone able to use Driver Cleaner? Thats the one I've had impeccable results with before. Not used to any others.
 
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