Can't install NVIDIA 177.79 and tells me I have 32 bit OS??

[grimreaper]

It's not usual I ask for help on these forums but I am completely stumped here.

I wanted to remove my NVIDIA old drivers(175.19) and replace it with 177.79.
Used DriverSweeper 1.5.5, and this lovely program caused me nothing but headaches.
Anyways, after this I installed 177.79(I think I was supposed to reboot, yes?)

Now I can't even install any video driver(except for what Vista did automatically, but they are not the newest ones).
On top of this NVIDIA driver 177.79 tells me I am using a 32bit OS?? :huh:
I can assure you I am using 64 bit.
I have attached some screenshots.

 

[rive0108]

Hey reaper sounds like you might have removed more than your old drivers. Have you yet tried system restore/pc backup restore image?
Device manager would have uninstalled the nVidia drivers.

Snip an image of your system information

 

[grimreaper]

thanx rive0108 :D

She's good....system properties>system protection>system restore (to an earlier date) which in this case is yesterday.
Now why didn't i think about that option..lol

 

[johngalt]

Grim - I *hope* you ran Driver Sweeper from Safe Mode....

 

[grimreaper]

what's the difference?

 

[Spd2Last]

what's the difference?

lol, meaning no he didn't do it in safe mode.

 

[johngalt]

Um, if you read the instructions on the Driver Sweeper website (You did RTFM, right?), you'll see

How to use ?
There are two methods to use Driver Sweeper.
Both methods achieve the same results. This method is always able to clean all files.
This method will delete remaining files upon reboot (if deleting failed). You can clean your drivers this way:

• Use the official uninstaller(s) of the driver(s) you want to uninstall.
• Reboot your PC in Safe Mode.
• Run Driver Sweeper and select what to clean.
• Analyse lists all the entries possible to remove, cleaning removes the entries selected.
• More drivers can be selected for the same cleaning process.

And the difference is that in Safe Mode you are running barebones drivers - as in not using the nVidia driver, not using specialized drivers for sound, etc - which means that a lot less of the drivers that you are trying to remove are actually *in use* - such as off the wall nVidia services, remnants in your registry, etc.

Oh, and did I mention that the 177.83 drivers are out now? :P