I have had an Nvidia driver hidden for about 3 months now. Update never
tries to install it.

Do you ever reboot your computer or do you continually put it to sleep?
Sometimes a reboot is needed to lock a change into the registry. I know that
this should not be but it sometimes is necessary. That is why I reboot after
installing/uninstalling a program, whether I am told to - or not.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"MrSlartybartfast" <MrSlartybartfast@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0EDD911C-3A3D-4F4A-B99F-BFF67A87ED36@microsoft.com...
> Sounds easy. Who should tell the other 10million Vista users with NVidia
> video cards that they also need to do this?
>
> I really am NOT surprised the internet is plagued with complaints from
> Vista
> users with NVidia video cards. This seemingly innocent update is the
> source
> of the problems. Whoever is in charge of Windows Update needs a good kick
> in
> the pants.
>
> Oh, did I mention that once this driver update is installed it is near
> impossible to replace it with a newer driver. Any atempt to update the
> driver and a million reliability patches will not stop Vista from
> crashing.
> What a crock.
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>
>> Security Updates are NOT a substitute for an anti-virus!
>>
>> Change updates from download and install > notify you when they are ready
>> to
>> be downloaded and installed.
>>
>> "MrSlartybartfast" wrote:
>>
>> > I would like to have Windows Vista automatically install security
>> > updates. I
>> > would like for security updates to be installed as soon as possible or
>> > a
>> > virus might ruin my computer.
>> >
>> > Whenever I set Windows Update to automatically install the updates, it
>> > continues to install an old version of my nvidia display driver. This
>> > is bad
>> > because the old driver results in constant Timeout Detection and
>> > Recovery
>> > errors. Even if I choose to hide the display driver update,
>> > eventually,
>> > magically, it will somehow install itself. The only way I can stop the
>> > old
>> > display driver from installing is to disable automatic updates.
>> >
>> > So is there any other way to stop the old display driver from
>> > installing? I
>> > think it is important to have automatic updates enabled. It's no good
>> > to
>> > manually install security updates because if I forget then I might get
>> > a
>> > virus.
>> >
>> > For integrity, I provide this link to the nvidia forums, where other
>> > people
>> > are also having this problem
>> > http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=43481&hl=
>> >
>> > Can someone help us to permanently hide the display driver update so it
>> > wont
>> > come back again so we can again use the Windows Automatic Updates.