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why wont nvidia let me install its own driver on my office pc?

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  1. Una Tanaka
    @unat64

    This is so frustrating. I'm trying to update the graphics driver on my office PC, and teh custom install option fails immediately:

    Windows Update

    Windows Update
We couldn't complete the updates.
Undoing changes. Don't turn off your computer.

Error code: 0x800f0922

    "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says I'm fully up to date. the Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver page supports Linux. is the installer checking something besides the OS version? I feel like I'm missing smth obvious. I even tried downloading it on another computer and copying it over, just in case the file was corrupted. same error, same instant failure. I am honestly running out of ideas. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Mila Mendes
    @solid_rider510

    been there man run sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth if the installer fails on every version. A damaged component store can break driver installers in odd ways.

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  4. Sami Kaur
    @sami_ping

    spent two days on nvidia and im still not done, make a backup before u touch teh BIOS, learned that the hard way

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  5. Otto
    @osorensen_40

    same tbh

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  6. Ivan A.
    @shaderworks

    hmmmm quick q any update on this?. lol this thread is gold ??

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  7. Priya Fischer
    @ping_pusher429

    yeahhh that error is often misleading 🔥 installers check the GPUs hardwrae ID against their INF file, not just teh OS. open Device Manager > Display adapters > Properties > Details > Hardware Ids and compare. if u grabbed the desktop package for a laptop GPU (or vice versa), youll get this exact message. fingers crossed 🤞

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  8. Sami Kaur
    @sami_ping

    @una_socket nah thats not it, intsall has nothing to do with it, my moms pc is officially haunted

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  12. Priya Fischer
    @ping_pusher429

    been there man pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo nvidia from scratch worked for me anyway 🤷

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  13. Otto
    @osorensen_40

    been there man make sure u picked the right architecture and the right OS family. A package meant for a dfiferent Windows edition, or a server/workstation branch, will refuse with the same generic text.

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  14. Nina Koch
    @nina.koch

    hmmm make a backup before u touch the extension, learned that teh hard way

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  15. Tess Rossi
    @trossi_15

    check your Windows build with winver, newer driver packages can require a minimum feature update, if youre on an old build, install teh pending feature update first and try again. fingers crossed 🤞

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  16. Ivan A.
    @shaderworks

    oh also how is this thread still going lmao

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  17. Priya Fischer
    @ping_pusher429

    following, having the same problem good luck man!

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  19. Una M.
    @una_socket

    ok so as a last resort u can extract teh package and install the INF manually: Device Manager > Update dirver > Browse my computer > Let me pick > Have Disk, or pnputil /add-driver <path>\*.inf /install. if teh INF doesn't list your hardware ID, though, don't force it. lmk how it goes

    day one patch is bigger than the actual game, classic

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