nVidia Install Failure, Phantom Install

phershey · 09-29-2007, 01:01 PM

I've just replaced an ATI card I didn't like with an nVidia GeForce 7600 GS OC card. Vista x32 installed it's drivers, and they seem okay, but they're considerably out of date compared to the drivers I've just downloaded from nVidia's site (163.69_forceware_winvista_32bit_english_whql.exe). When I try to run the nVidia install, it fails telling me to complete another install process that's still running before trying again. There's no other install process running, I've emptied the windows\temp folder and restarted, and I've tried running the nVidia install under different admin accounts, but no success. I can't figure out what the nVidia installer is seeing that it thinks is an incomplete installation still running.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

~~IAmNutsAboutPCs~~ · 09-29-2007, 01:05 PM

LOL I had the same problem today in fact. When the error came up I Ctrl-Alt-Delete and clicked the 'Processes' tab. In there I stopped the installation of the drivers and it kept on going, installing the drivers normally. :)

Hope this helps,

Mikey.

09-29-2007, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
phershey Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Vista x32	nVidia Install Failure, Phantom Install I've just replaced an ATI card I didn't like with an nVidia GeForce 7600 GS OC card. Vista x32 installed it's drivers, and they seem okay, but they're considerably out of date compared to the drivers I've just downloaded from nVidia's site (163.69_forceware_winvista_32bit_english_whql.exe). When I try to run the nVidia install, it fails telling me to complete another install process that's still running before trying again. There's no other install process running, I've emptied the windows\temp folder and restarted, and I've tried running the nVidia install under different admin accounts, but no success. I can't figure out what the nVidia installer is seeing that it thinks is an incomplete installation still running. Any ideas? Thanks.

09-29-2007, 01:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~IAmNutsAboutPCs~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In Front of PC, UK Posts: 744 OS: Windows XP SP2 Build 2600 My System	Re: nVidia Install Failure, Phantom Install LOL I had the same problem today in fact. When the error came up I Ctrl-Alt-Delete and clicked the 'Processes' tab. In there I stopped the installation of the drivers and it kept on going, installing the drivers normally. :) Hope this helps, Mikey.