ForceWare 85/88.61: cannot install ForceWare to Vista Beta 2

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Hello,

I cannot install nVidia ForceWare to Vista Beta 2.
Installer error message say like 'This installer can install only vista".
How can I install this driver ?

Environment:
Hardware: DELL INspiron 9400
GPU: GeForce 7900 GS
OS: Vista x86 Beta 2 Japanese.
ForceWare: Release 85, Version 88.61, May,23 2006
 
Addtional Information:

GPU: GeForce Go 7900 GS
if I exec setup.exe directly, installer say, Cannot found proper devices.

How can I install it ?
 
Try and extract the drivers from the actual setup installer, then go through
Device Manager and right clicking on the device, and selecting "Update
driver"

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Zack Whittaker said:
Try and extract the drivers from the actual setup installer, then go
through Device Manager and right clicking on the device, and selecting
"Update driver"

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Zack Whittaker
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Right!

I posted a while ago that there is no installer included in the package from
Nvidia. It states such right in the readme file on their website..

They tell you to do an .inf install from device manager.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
MVP Windows Shell/User
(using Vista 5384.4)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew half as much as you think you know,
You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew.
 
Hello, Zack, Hello, Richard.

Thank you for your quick response.

I want to try it.
Are there any information how to extract it ?

Installer package include so many file.
I cannot understand which file need to extract.

Regards,
Yoshihiro Kawabata
 
Unzip "all" of the files to a temp folder. Then using device manager, update
your video driver. Point to the folder where you saved the extracted files.
The updater will then install the video drivers.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
I'm having what I think is the same problem. I'm confused by your using the
term "unzip," as what I download is simply an executable, and not zipped to
begin with. Of course, you can run this and get a lot of files out of it,
then point the update driver program in that direction, but that's what I've
been doing, to no avail.

Any thoughts?
 
It is basically an executable zip file. If you were to use an honest to god
zip program such as Winzip, or a good file manager program that includes
zipping capabilities (such as Total Commander), you would be able to unzip
the executable to a temp folder and install the drivers.

You just have to point the device manager "driver update" to the temp folder
you created and the drivers "will" install.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
My version of 88.61 is an application and not a zip file and I just ran the
application and it automatically installed the drivers-I do think that I had
turned off the UAC at that point of installing drivers and programs and then
turned it back on after everything was installed. Previous versions I just
did the update drivers and it worked from browsing the correct folder for the
..inf file-I keep all applications and programs on another partition so each
install of beta is easy for me. The .inf file in 87.45 is the nv_disp setup
information file when it is unzipped to folder.
 
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