Microsoft killer update

[Bhard]

I have several years experienced a problem with one of the automatic updates I receive by Microsoft, I don't remember its code but it is a NVidia Geforce2 MX driver update. The thing is that this driver is simply devastating for my video card, NVidia GeForce2 MX\MX 400. On at least three occasion I have let is pass through by mistake, with crashes and freezes of XP as the consequence, usually I get the system restored when I uninstall the driver. I know that one can check a "don't ask about this update" box, but did you know that it only helps for some time, after a year or so, they are offering the same driver again.

OK, yesterday I let it into my system again. This time the symptoms where rather different so I didn't understand the cause immediately. Anyhow, I am now caught in a some sort of "nv4_disp" eternal video driver loop (information on blue screen), and there simply seems to be no way out. It means that there are vertical, flimmering lines, all over the screen as soon as the computer is started. I have tried to uninstall, and reinstall new NVidia drivers, but nothing helps. The only way to get the system stable is to try to do completely without driver. The screen looks terrible, bur the rest of the system seems to work.

So, I am thinking of using the recovery XP CD. Do you think this will work? Has anyone ever experienced a similar problem?

My system: old Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo computer, motherboard MS-6330, XP SP2

[benners]

I used to have the same problem as I have the same card in an old machine I now use for testing. I don't use Automatic updates as I reload every month or so.

I use Bashrats driver packs when installing these are slipstreamed into your XP source files and there is no problems with the latest drivers, if you download the latest unified drivers from Nvidia an appropriate driver should be installed my current one is v9.1.3.6 12/07/06 if I remember rightly Microsoft's s***ty one is 2003 so its an old one anyway. I also had this problem with a cmedia chipset so its not an isolated incident.

The driver should not get installed by auto updates so I am assuming you go to the MU page and select it yourself, if so there is no need just use the Nvidia one. As for the recovery CD, if I am not mistaken I think the recovery option would only replace the windows file from the CD I don't think it would replace the drivers, without knowing how you uninstalled the drivers I can only suggest these methods,

Try to rollback the driver via the Device Manager and possibly actually delete the drivers used from the sys32 and inf folders. then reboot, windows should ask for drivers again.

Try to uninstall again and reboot, hopefully the new hardware wizard will kick in and you can install from a specific location and then select "Don't search I will choose a driver" then select one that works.

Uninstall shutdown, and I have had success sometimes taking the gfx card out and either dropping it in another slot or putting it back in the same slot, thats if it isn't an onboard chipset then reboot and hopefully Windows should ask for drivers if it can't find any.

If all else fails, go to Redmond and chuck your puter through Billys' window, when he looks out to see WTF happened flip him the finger and run.