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April 12th, 2008 16:00
Question on Driver Sweeper (Free Edition)
Hi All,
Recently I updated my Video Card Driver and when I ran driver Sweeper, after I removed the driver from the Add and Remove Programs utility. I clicked on the Nvida video in the program list and clicked the broom the program started its thing but it never changed. What I mean is it never said, Done, Finished, Fini, Nothing. It just sat there. I brought up Task Manager and in the Application Tab list it would just say its running. I also had some other things running at the time also. I let run for a good 15 to 20 minutes.
So My question is, Is that the way Driver Sweeper (free edition) Works You just click the broom and it does not tell you when it is finished?
I have Dim 2400 2.66 Ghz. Pent 4; 768 MB's Ram; 240 GB Western Digital hardrive. evga 6200 Video Card. Sound Blaster Live Sound Card.
Any Help Is Greatly Appreciated.
Malron
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April 18th, 2008 04:00
The very best driver cleaner is mentioned in this thread, the free version may not remove newer drivers completely, it is pretty old software, the new version is not free but is simply the best available and reasonably priced at $10.
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=tt_buy&thread.id=3585
Usually if you are just "updating" the driver, and not replacing the video card, using add-remove programs to remove the old driver software is sufficient before installing the new driver. No need for a driver cleaner.
Malron
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April 20th, 2008 14:00
Thankyou for answering my post, Mombodog
Yes I seen that post before, that you linked to. That is where I got the link for the Free version of the software. I got it from a search on " video card install". So with the older video card I installed, the evga geForce 6200 PCI video card, you are saying I do not need to run the Driver Sweeper when updating the Driver?
Also does the $10.00 version tell you when it has completed its task?
Thanks again for answering
Malron
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April 20th, 2008 17:00
"Yes I seen that post before, that you linked to"
Read it very carefully, it will answer all your questions.
Malron
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April 20th, 2008 18:00
Thanks again for the quick reply, Mombodog.
I reread the post from SR45, again. I also copied it to notepad and printed it out, back when I installed the video card along with another post from a moderator. You are right, it does answer the first question.
But I can't find the answer to "Does Driver Sweeper tell you when its finished?"
Everything is working on my computer. I was just curious, because after I selected the broom on the driver sweeper program, it did not really do anything. Maybe there was nothing for it to do, after I had deleted the driver in the Add and Remove Programs list.
Thanks
Malron
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April 20th, 2008 20:00