SCRATCH THIS - Crashed again :manfrustrated:
Not sure if this will help anyone, its an issue i have since nVidea started doing the new type installers that encourage writing over the old install each time.
If you dont understand what is happening in this instruction - please get a knowledgeable friend to do it !
You may get the usual issue of the driver reinstalling itself on reboot - you can solve that by looking at the LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\nVidea Corporation registry key for the 2 inf files it is using - OEMxx.inf and deleting those out of the windows\inf folder before reboot, then it tends to default to installing the windows update version rather than the nVidea ones which is fine for the rest of this (5 and beyond).
1. Go to Add/Remove Programs
2. Uninstall all Nvidia associated software (May require several reboots)
3. Reboot the computer and log back into windows as normal
4. Go to folder options and select “show hidden files and folders”
The next part of the guide will remove all Nvidia files and folders from the computer.
5. Go to your C drive and remove any “Nvidia” folders if there is any
6. Double click the “Program Data” folder (Normally hidden) and remove all Nvidia folders
7. Go back to C and double click “Program Files” and remove all Nvidia folders
8. Go back to C and double click “Program Files (x86)” and remove all Nvidia folders
9. Go back to C and double click “Users”
10. Access the name of your windows profile and double click “AppData” (Normally hidden)
11. Check the “Local”, “LocalLow” and “Roaming” folders for any Nvidia folders and remove them.
12. Go back to “Users” and check the “Default” folder (Normally hidden)
13. Double click “AppData” (Normally hidden)
14. Check the “Local” and “Roaming” folders for any Nvidia folders and remove them.
The next part of the guide will remove registry entries left by the Nvidia drivers.
15. Close everything down and go back to your desktop
16. Click start, then type “regedit”.
17. Click “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” and extend the folder
18. Click “Software” and extend the folder
19. Remove all Nvidia Folders
20. Click “Wow6432Node” and extend the folder (Within the software folder)
21. Remove any Nvidia folders
22. Click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” and extend the folder
23. Click “SOFTWARE” and extend the folder
24. Remove all Nvidia Folders
25. Click “Wow6432Node” and extend the folder
26. Remove all Nvidia Folders
27. Click “HKEY_USERS” and extend the folder
28. Click “.DEFAULT” and extend the folder
29. Click “Software” and extend the folder
30. Remove all Nvidia folders
31. Click “S-1-5-18” and extend the folder
32. Click “Software” and extend the folder
33. Remove all Nvidia folders
34. Click “S-1-5-21-1632250243-966907716-928185508-1000” and extend the folder
35. Click “Software” and extend the folder
36. Remove all Nvidia Folders
37. Close down regedit and empty your recycle bin
38. Undo the folder options change to hide the hidden folders
39. Reboot
40. Install your AMD/Nvidia drivers and reboot
Have to reiterate - DONT DO IT IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND IT. Too easy to make horible mistakes.
At least backup or make a restore point before doing it too.
I have rolled back as well to 331.58 drivers as 331.65 were stalling and reloading in games that were fine on 331.58.
So far so good for me, i am playing and no crashes yet after 2 major sessions on Campaign and Test.
