Problems with NVIDIA 4.4.0.3 driver update

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Jack Stroup

This driver was available on Windows Update presumably
since I have a Nvidia card on my 5 month old Dell 8250
PC. I installed it although I could find no information
as to what it accomplishes. Now when I boot up, the
screen flickers a few extra times and the welcoming sound
message plays badly distorted. After all this things calm
down and I haven't noticed operating difficulties. Does
anyone know what benefits this new driver bestows? I am
tempted to restore the old one since I now don't have
much faith in the new -- but I am wondering if the old
had problems that the new corrected.
 
I had big problems after I installed the NVidia 4.4.0.3 driver update
from the Windows Update site. I have a Dell 4400 2.0. I spent a week
trying to get rid of a Stop Error message and BSOD (blue screen of
death), then eventually reloaded my XP operating system and the 45
updates. (I rolled back the driver and it didn't help. I tried all
the Norton utilities.) When I reloaded XP (repair mode) I had a very
slow boot and it would hang on "loading your personal settings". I
stumbled on a way to prevent it form hanging. I would press
control-alt-delete and it would continue rebooting slowly. I found
some information on the Windows knowledge base that said to download
an Intel® Application Accelerator for my particular controller and
processor (http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=663).
This cured by slow booting problem and it no longer hangs. WARNING:
I gave this link to a friend for his Dell (also has slow booting after
XP reinstall [R mode]) and his drives were renamed to different drive
letters, and he could no longer access the drives. He had to use
system restore to cure it, then didn't reload the Intel® Application
Accelerator again.

I did not confirm if the new Nvidia driver caused this. The only way
I could think to confirm it was to download it again. I did notice
that it is no longer available on the Windows update site. Could that
mean they figured out there is something wrong?
 
I had big problems after I installed the NVidia 4.4.0.3 driver update
from the Windows Update site.
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My practice is to always use the drivers from NVidia's web site.
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Brian,
I installed the 4403 driver from NVidia too.
Then winupdate also decided its version of the same driver (4403) was much
better.
Luckily it caused me no probs, but one wonders why (driver certification
perhaps?)
Certainly NVidia's drivers are available far quicker than MS's.
Chek
 
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