which driver cleaner do you all recommend?

driver cleaner pro + driversweeper after uninstalling drivers in windows. reboot into safe mode, run them again . then regedit and remove any ati or nvidia related entries . Then CrapCleaner and its registry cleaner . Then install new drivers is how i do it.
 
I've recently started using Driver Sweeper. It seems to find and delete files that the old free version of Driver Cleaner Pro misses..
 
wolf2009 wrote;

wolf2009 Gawd, 6 Months

driver cleaner pro + driversweeper after uninstalling drivers in windows. reboot into safe mode, run them again . then regedit and remove any ati or nvidia related entries . Then CrapCleaner and its registry cleaner . Then install new drivers is how i do it.
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I'm impressed. If I have to run all of that just for a clean video driver uninstall; I definately have to work harder for my machine! :D
 
anime4u said:
wolf2009 wrote;



I'm impressed. If I have to run all of that just for a clean video driver uninstall; I definately have to work harder for my machine! :D
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I would only go to those lengths if I was having a driver problem or switching cards, but I suppose it can't hurt :)

I use driver cleaner here, but driver sweeper is a nice free alternative. You can usually just install new drivers without any driver cleaning or uninstalling though, but I had that cause performance problems once a few years ago so now I always uninstall and clean the drivers out.
 
I just realized that my version of Driver Cleaner Pro might not work with my new Vista 64-bit system. I have Driver Cleaner Pro from March 2006 (the date when I downloaded it). Does anyone know if that will work with Vista 64-bit?
 
I've never had much trouble using the default uninstallers. I always search through the registry and find anything nvidia/ati related after an uninstall and remove those keys. I guess that's what the driver cleaners do under the covers anyway.
 
Yeah, if Driver CLeaner pro doesnt work for you, just use driver sweeper because it does work in Vista64 i believe.
 
AndonSage said:
I just realized that my version of Driver Cleaner Pro might not work with my new Vista 64-bit system. I have Driver Cleaner Pro from March 2006 (the date when I downloaded it). Does anyone know if that will work with Vista 64-bit?
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I have Vista Ultimate 64. Driver Cleaner Pro kinda works. Seems to do okay with Creative drivers. However on Nvidia drivers it hangs without finishing.

So I started using Driver Sweeper, it works great on Vista 64.
 
Ravynmagi said:
I have Vista Ultimate 64. Driver Cleaner Pro kinda works. Seems to do okay with Creative drivers. However on Nvidia drivers it hangs without finishing.

So I started using Driver Sweeper, it works great on Vista 64.
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Thanks for the info; I'll download Driver Sweeper.
 
amazing wolf, so thorough with all that your rig must be super clean. I just run driver cleaner pro after uninstall during safemode.
 
Ravynmagi said:
I have Vista Ultimate 64. Driver Cleaner Pro kinda works. Seems to do okay with Creative drivers. However on Nvidia drivers it hangs without finishing.

So I started using Driver Sweeper, it works great on Vista 64.
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have you tried running driver cleaner during safemode?
 
Both the Catalyst and Forceware drivers have come with their own 'proper' driver removal routines for quite awhile now, so I only do the while driver 'cleaning' routine if I suspect a problem or if I'm doing some sort of formal benchmarking between driver versions or something.

I use Driver Sweeper and I thank the folks at Guru3D for stepping up to the plate when the folks at DriverHeaven decided that they could start charging people for a small simple utility that basically just deletes files and the occasional registry entry.
 
Just downloaded that Drivesweeper as I also have 4870 on the way but I will only use it if I get an issue using the Nvidia uninstaller. I don't think I will as the installer/uninstallers they provide now do a much better job than they used to do since people got on their case about the issues they were causing when switching cards.
 
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