nvidia 6600 beta 2 upgrade mce 2005 settings driver pro

I was running MCE 2005 and upgraded to Vista Beta 2 and now I cannot change the display settings, I get a message that says the display drivers are for a previous version of windows… so I went into add/remove programs and uninstalled the nvidia drivers. After reboot I was left with a standard VGA driver so I downloaded the Vista drivers from the nvidia website, version 88.61 and installed them. I has the same problem after reboot. I have since removed the nvidia MCE extensions from the add/remove programs applet, but yet still the same message when I try to change the display settings.
Now, there is no longer an option in add/remove programs to uninstall the nvidia drivers. I then went into the device manager and uninstalled the drivers that way, rebooted, windows loaded the standard VGA drivers and I tried installing the new drivers again. I get the same message when I try to change the display settings.
Should I remove the pure video decoder too? Is there a way to completely remove all traces of the nvidia drivers to try again?
My hardware is as follows: P4 3.2 ghz, 1024 pc3200 ram, Intel D965perl mb, ICH5 raid 0, Nvidia 6600 agp 128m. I had the latest nvidia drivers for MCE version 81.98 and the nvidia pure video decoder version 1.02-196, I was originally using the DVI port on a plasma display but during the upgrade I hooked up a VGA monitor to the VGA port because nothing was showing on the plasa display.
Any Ideas?

I was running MCE 2005 and upgraded to Vista Beta 2 and now I cannot change the display settings, I get a message that says the display drivers are for a previous version of windows… so I went into add/remove programs and uninstalled the nvidia drivers. After reboot I was left with a standard VGA driver so I downloaded the Vista drivers from the nvidia website, version 88.61 and installed them. I has the same problem after reboot. I have since removed the nvidia MCE extensions from the add/remove programs applet, but yet still the same message when I try to change the display settings.
Now, there is no longer an option in add/remove programs to uninstall the nvidia drivers. I then went into the device manager and uninstalled the drivers that way, rebooted, windows loaded the standard VGA drivers and I tried installing the new drivers again. I get the same message when I try to change the display settings.
Should I remove the pure video decoder too? Is there a way to completely remove all traces of the nvidia drivers to try again?
My hardware is as follows: P4 3.2 ghz, 1024 pc3200 ram, Intel D965perl mb, ICH5 raid 0, Nvidia 6600 agp 128m. I had the latest nvidia drivers for MCE version 81.98 and the nvidia pure video decoder version 1.02-196, I was originally using the DVI port on a plasma display but during the upgrade I hooked up a VGA monitor to the VGA port because nothing was showing on the plasa display.
Any Ideas?

See the nvidia readme, which has a change-the-date- in-the-inf-file trick. I suppose that might be it.
C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:07:02 -0700]:

message that says the display drivers are for a previous version of windows

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Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also removed the pure video decoder, but still no fix.
The exact message I get is: “The currently selected graphics display driver can not be used. It was written for a previous version of windows and is no longer compatible with this version of windows. The system has started using the default VGA driver."
Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768, but it won't detect the DVI monitor, only the first RGB monitor.
"hel@40th.com" wrote:

See the nvidia readme, which has a change-the-date- in-the-inf-file trick. I suppose that might be it.
C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:07:02 -0700]: message that says the display drivers are for a previous version of windows
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C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:51:33 -0700]:

Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also

Yeah, I read someone trying that tip too and it not doing anything. Me, I picked up a cheap ATI (fanless 9600) since the 6200 agp had a major cpu-use spike problem (80% of each second it was busy using ms's nvidia driver; 20% of each second busy (as in everything frozen) using nvidia's nvidia driver). The ATI runs fine.

Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768

The 1024x768 may be the stock, unaccelerated driver working. Anyway, I don't know since I never saw that problem. That may have been because I installed to a new disk each time (I installed several times, 32 and 64 versions). I know that when I ran the stock driver I didn't have the cpu-use spike that I did with the nvidia driver(s).
Who you gonna call? Lots of dead ends in this. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't d-day minus five months. The overlords have much work to do.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that the problem is only happening when I plug in my plasma TV, which is my main display on the 2nd port (DVI). It seems that is what kicks off the problem. Without it connected the analog VGA display is fine and I can change the display settings. I don’t know if it’s because the plasma is the second display, or if it’s a compatibility problem with the current nvidia drivers.
"hel@40th.com" wrote:

C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:51:33 -0700]: Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also
Yeah, I read someone trying that tip too and it not doing anything. Me, I picked up a cheap ATI (fanless 9600) since the 6200 agp had a major cpu-use spike problem (80% of each second it was busy using ms's nvidia driver; 20% of each second busy (as in everything frozen) using nvidia's nvidia driver). The ATI runs fine.
Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768
The 1024x768 may be the stock, unaccelerated driver working. Anyway, I don't know since I never saw that problem. That may have been because I installed to a new disk each time (I installed several times, 32 and 64 versions). I know that when I ran the stock driver I didn't have the cpu-use spike that I did with the nvidia driver(s).
Who you gonna call? Lots of dead ends in this. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't d-day minus five months. The overlords have much work to do.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that the problem is only happening when I plug in my plasma TV, which is my main display on the 2nd port (DVI). It seems that is what kicks off the problem. Without it connected the analog VGA display is fine and I can change the display settings. I don’t know if it’s because the plasma is the second display, or if it’s a compatibility problem with the current nvidia drivers.
"hel@40th.com" wrote:

C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:51:33 -0700]: Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also
Yeah, I read someone trying that tip too and it not doing anything. Me, I picked up a cheap ATI (fanless 9600) since the 6200 agp had a major cpu-use spike problem (80% of each second it was busy using ms's nvidia driver; 20% of each second busy (as in everything frozen) using nvidia's nvidia driver). The ATI runs fine.
Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768
The 1024x768 may be the stock, unaccelerated driver working. Anyway, I don't know since I never saw that problem. That may have been because I installed to a new disk each time (I installed several times, 32 and 64 versions). I know that when I ran the stock driver I didn't have the cpu-use spike that I did with the nvidia driver(s).
Who you gonna call? Lots of dead ends in this. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't d-day minus five months. The overlords have much work to do.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

I have the same issue. I am using a DVI to HDMI cable for the digital diplay. My Nvidia control panel only has 2 options, 3D settings and display settings. The video just starts blinking if I try to make a change. In the Windows display settings it gives the same error about an older version of windows.
"Chuck" wrote:

After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that the problem is only happening when I plug in my plasma TV, which is my main display on the 2nd port (DVI). It seems that is what kicks off the problem. Without it connected the analog VGA display is fine and I can change the display settings. I don’t know if it’s because the plasma is the second display, or if it’s a compatibility problem with the current nvidia drivers.
"hel@40th.com" wrote:
C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:51:33 -0700]: Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also
Yeah, I read someone trying that tip too and it not doing anything. Me, I picked up a cheap ATI (fanless 9600) since the 6200 agp had a major cpu-use spike problem (80% of each second it was busy using ms's nvidia driver; 20% of each second busy (as in everything frozen) using nvidia's nvidia driver). The ATI runs fine.
Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768
The 1024x768 may be the stock, unaccelerated driver working. Anyway, I don't know since I never saw that problem. That may have been because I installed to a new disk each time (I installed several times, 32 and 64 versions). I know that when I ran the stock driver I didn't have the cpu-use spike that I did with the nvidia driver(s).
Who you gonna call? Lots of dead ends in this. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't d-day minus five months. The overlords have much work to do.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

Hey PwLn,
I found on the web that other people have the same problem also. It seems that it is an nvidia driver’s issue. I guess we'll have to wait for driver updates. In the mean time, I started using the SVGA port, bad resolution for windows, but bearable for the media center part, which is what I mainly use that pc for. Only problem is, I now find out that I have a sound issue in the media center portion of windows, no sound.
By the way, every time I post, I get an error message saying there was a problem, I look and don't see my post, so I repost, get another error, but the post shows up. That's why there are double posts. I wish there was a way to remove the doubles.
"PwLn" wrote:

I have the same issue. I am using a DVI to HDMI cable for the digital diplay. My Nvidia control panel only has 2 options, 3D settings and display settings. The video just starts blinking if I try to make a change. In the Windows display settings it gives the same error about an older version of windows.
"Chuck" wrote:
After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that the problem is only happening when I plug in my plasma TV, which is my main display on the 2nd port (DVI). It seems that is what kicks off the problem. Without it connected the analog VGA display is fine and I can change the display settings. I don’t know if it’s because the plasma is the second display, or if it’s a compatibility problem with the current nvidia drivers.
"hel@40th.com" wrote:
C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:51:33 -0700]: Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also
Yeah, I read someone trying that tip too and it not doing anything. Me, I picked up a cheap ATI (fanless 9600) since the 6200 agp had a major cpu-use spike problem (80% of each second it was busy using ms's nvidia driver; 20% of each second busy (as in everything frozen) using nvidia's nvidia driver). The ATI runs fine.
Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768
The 1024x768 may be the stock, unaccelerated driver working. Anyway, I don't know since I never saw that problem. That may have been because I installed to a new disk each time (I installed several times, 32 and 64 versions). I know that when I ran the stock driver I didn't have the cpu-use spike that I did with the nvidia driver(s).
Who you gonna call? Lots of dead ends in this. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't d-day minus five months. The overlords have much work to do.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

Hey PwLn,
I found on the web that other people have the same problem also. It seems that it is an nvidia driver’s issue. I guess we'll have to wait for driver updates. In the mean time, I started using the SVGA port, bad resolution for windows, but bearable for the media center part, which is what I mainly use that pc for. Only problem is, I now find out that I have a sound issue in the media center portion of windows, no sound.
By the way, every time I post, I get an error message saying there was a problem, I look and don't see my post, so I repost, get another error, but the post shows up. That's why there are double posts. I wish there was a way to remove the doubles.
"PwLn" wrote:

I have the same issue. I am using a DVI to HDMI cable for the digital diplay. My Nvidia control panel only has 2 options, 3D settings and display settings. The video just starts blinking if I try to make a change. In the Windows display settings it gives the same error about an older version of windows.
"Chuck" wrote:
After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that the problem is only happening when I plug in my plasma TV, which is my main display on the 2nd port (DVI). It seems that is what kicks off the problem. Without it connected the analog VGA display is fine and I can change the display settings. I don’t know if it’s because the plasma is the second display, or if it’s a compatibility problem with the current nvidia drivers.
"hel@40th.com" wrote:
C- [Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:51:33 -0700]: Thanks, just tried that but it too didn't work. I also
Yeah, I read someone trying that tip too and it not doing anything. Me, I picked up a cheap ATI (fanless 9600) since the 6200 agp had a major cpu-use spike problem (80% of each second it was busy using ms's nvidia driver; 20% of each second busy (as in everything frozen) using nvidia's nvidia driver). The ATI runs fine.
Part of the driver must be working as the resolution is at 1024 x 768
The 1024x768 may be the stock, unaccelerated driver working. Anyway, I don't know since I never saw that problem. That may have been because I installed to a new disk each time (I installed several times, 32 and 64 versions). I know that when I ran the stock driver I didn't have the cpu-use spike that I did with the nvidia driver(s).
Who you gonna call? Lots of dead ends in this. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't d-day minus five months. The overlords have much work to do.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile