January 8, 201016 yr Tried posting this in the Win 7 section, and so far noone seems to have a clue as to how a gpu driver is installed in Win 7. Been reading about how win 7 boots any attempt to install any other driver for gpu than the windows default driver. Seen a rather superficial description of the process, and I "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
January 8, 201016 yr Remove video drivers via add/remove programsBoot in to safe move.Remove files left over with a driver remover utility... such as Driver SweeperReboot, run video driver setup....
January 8, 201016 yr Author Thanks a lot! :(Edit: Oops, can "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
January 8, 201016 yr Author Hmm, even in safe mode Win 7 is happy to announce that default gpu driver has successfully been installed right after boot-up. :( What am I missing here, there must be some additional function to be checked or unchecked?! "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
January 8, 201016 yr You wont get any image at all if Windows 7 cant install an generic default driver, just ignore it, its fine, you are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Cheers, Andy.
January 8, 201016 yr Author By default I meant the MS Corp. WDDM v.1.1, so the instant I remove the driver the graphics go all coarse as expected. Then rebooting in safe mode for a sweep, tadaaa, the graphics are all high res. and the viral graphics driver is right back. So, it seems I still have a mountain to climb.Should I just trust in the MS issued driver? Is that what you are all doing? "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
January 8, 201016 yr By default I meant the MS Corp. WDDM v.1.1, so the instand I remove the driver the graphics go all coarse as expected. Then rebooting in safe mode for a sweep, tadaaa, the graphics are all high res. and the viral graphics driver is right back. So, it seems I still have a mountain to climb.Should I just trust in the MS issued driver? Is that what you are all doing?What Andy said. You have to have a video driver or you won't have a display. When you remove the nVidia driver, Windows will install its default driver. It's not a problem having it there while you install the new one...in fact you'd be dead in the water without it. As for the higher res, the default Windows video driver on Win 7 and Vista supports higher resolutions than the old 640x480 one in XP.RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 8, 201016 yr Author There are two graphics drivers at play here, one very basic, with rough graphics, it shows itself when I go to hardware manager and "remove" my graphics card. The other is self-installing during boot-up, and seems to support 4080 x 768 atm, and lists itself as WDDM v1.1). It is my belief, from what I "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
January 8, 201016 yr Author Well. That does surprize me somewhat. Wonder why all those posts would whip up so much fuss if it "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
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