Possible registry issue with video drivers

mauleaur · 09-07-2008, 05:21 PM

Hello,
I'm running winXP sp3. geforce 5900xt pci-e. With geforce drivers 175.19.

My probelm is.. When i reboot, Windows doesn't load the drivers for my vid card. I get the default windows driver and resolution.
To fix, i have to go into device manager and "update driver" for my video adapter then browse to the nvidia folder find the inf. file.

I think my problem is related to this microsoft article http://support.microsoft.com/default.../314854/EN-US/

I tried following the instructions but they arent very clear to me.

In the reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\DeviceMap\Video
i do not have a Device\Video0 value as the article states that i should have.
I think my registry is not correctly pointing to my drivers.

I am not a registry expert and am a bit leery changing things.
I'm prepared to post part of my registry if needed.

If anyone has some ideas, I would greatly appreciate them.

Thanks

**belfasteddie** · 09-11-2008, 01:37 PM

Have you tried letting Nvidia find the driver for you?
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

09-07-2008, 05:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
mauleaur Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows xp sp3	Possible registry issue with video drivers Hello, I'm running winXP sp3. geforce 5900xt pci-e. With geforce drivers 175.19. My probelm is.. When i reboot, Windows doesn't load the drivers for my vid card. I get the default windows driver and resolution. To fix, i have to go into device manager and "update driver" for my video adapter then browse to the nvidia folder find the inf. file. I think my problem is related to this microsoft article http://support.microsoft.com/default.../314854/EN-US/ I tried following the instructions but they arent very clear to me. In the reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\DeviceMap\Video i do not have a Device\Video0 value as the article states that i should have. I think my registry is not correctly pointing to my drivers. I am not a registry expert and am a bit leery changing things. I'm prepared to post part of my registry if needed. If anyone has some ideas, I would greatly appreciate them. Thanks

09-11-2008, 01:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
belfasteddie Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast N.I. Posts: 1,551 OS: Puppy Linux 4.12	Re: Possible registry issue with video drivers Have you tried letting Nvidia find the driver for you? http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us