Video card fails to be detected

[Guest Walter o'dim]

I'm somewhat of a "veteran" user of nLite, however right now I'm completely lost. I currently have a nicely stripped down version of XP Professional Corporate Edition for use on a home server, the only problem is the video card: it never shows up. If I install a non-nLite'd copy of Windows, the card is automatically detected and the drivers are installed without any additional downloads or 3rd party drivers, everything works flawlessly. I've tried downloading the "correct" drivers from nVidia and integrating them into my stripped copy, but alas the card still fails to be detected; and seeing as the machine doesn't even know it has a graphics card, trying to install the drivers directly results in a "no video card found, driver installation will now exit" message.

My current .ini is as follows:

[Main]
Env = 1.4.1 - 2.0.50727.1433.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Target = Windows XP Professional SP2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

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Compat01
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[KeepFiles]
msconfig.exe
scrnsave.scr

[RemoveFiles]
blastcln.exe
clock.avi
telnet.exe

[Options]
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ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Users"
TargetPath = "System"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
NoWmpComp
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RemoveMUI
CleanBiosInfo
AdvTweaks

[Patches]
TcpIp = 16777215
UsbPoll = 1000
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dmserver,4
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xmlprov,4
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Boot and Shutdown-Auto-End tasks immediately
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Start Menu-My Network Places-Don't display this item
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Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search
Start Menu-Remove Set Program Access and Defaults
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Start Menu-Remove Windows Update shortcut
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Taskbar-Disable Group similar Taskbar buttons
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Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Disable

[Unattended]
ComputerType = Default
HibernationNo
FirewallOff
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DesktopTheme = Default||
AutoUpdates = 4
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
DoProgFiles
ProgFilesPath = "\Applications"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]
C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\71.84\nv4disp2.inf,0

[Hotfixes]

I realize that the card isn't the best anymore (nVidia GeForce3 Ti300) but then again all it's going to be doing is running a server and occasionally a few older games over a LAN. The rest of my specifications are a 1.80GHz P4 Processor and 256MB RAM, all stuffed inside a Dell Dimension 8200. I've already made countless re-installs, and I'd like to save some of my time by making more intelligent guesses. So my real question is... is there anything that I'm currently stripping out that would allow for the automatic detection and installation of my card?

Thanks for your time, I really appreciate it.

[Ponch]

Are you starting with a fresh set of files (is the ini showing ALL that's removed)?

Have you tried without removing Display Adapters ? I'm not sure about the "AGP filers".