Vista won't use older driver!

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Prometheus Xex

I updated my LAN adapter with new driver from manufacturer. Four days later
something went wrong and I had to try to revert to older driver but it was
gone for some reason. Even my older restore setting are gone. The only
restore I see is 4 for that day. I tried to get older driver from mfg site
and when I try to install, Vista says current is the best and won't use old.
I tried deleting drivers from system dir, but vista says I need permission
to delete those files... even though I'm the administrator. I tried turning
of DEP, but still won't let me delete unwanted driver files. I tried
uninstalling lan hardware from device manager and cheking to uninstall
driver software, but still the same when I try reinstalling older driver.

How can I install older drivers to get LAN back up? I'm lost.

- Prometheus Xex
 
If you go into Device Manager and force Vista to look at the newer driver
that you have it should install it.. although it might complain the one it
already has is better.
 
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