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WHY WON'T NVIDIA LET ME INSTALL ITS OWN DRIVER ON MY LAPTOP?

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  1. Caleb Alvarez
    @caleba180

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i downloaded NVIDIA Leadtek Nvidia Detonator XP Drivers (Windows 9X/ME) 43.45, the download page clearly lists Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, and I'm on one of those. I ran the custom install option on my laptop and got this:

    It says the driver isnt compatible with this version of Windows. Ive rebooted, run it as admin, redownloaded it 👍 Same thing. My current driver is quite old and i need the new one for a game. Why would the installer refuse when teh OS is listed? what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Chen
    @kernelowl

    ahh classic make sure u picked the right architecture and teh right OS family. A package meant for a different Windows edition, or a server/workstation branch, will refuse with teh same generic text. good luck man!

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  3. Tariq Moreau
    @cachegremlin

    lol same thing happened to me check your Windows build with winver. Newer driver packages can require a minimum feature update xD If ure on an old build, install the pending feature update first and try again. fingers crossed 🤞

    lol

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  4. Una
    @una_shader
    in reply to @cachegremlin

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

    somewhere an AI is confidently telling someone the wrong fix rn

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  5. Tess
    @thalvorsen_40

    @una_shader what did u end up doing in the end

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  7. Noor Varga
    @nvarga

    idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh

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  8. Nadia Iqbal
    @nadia_quartz
    in reply to @nvarga

    As a last resort u can extract the package and install the INF manually: Device Manager > Update driver > Browse my computer > Let me pick > Have Disk, or pnputil /add-driver <path>\*.inf /install. if the INF doesnt list your hardware ID, tho, dont force it.

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  9. Noor Varga
    @nvarga

    wait does this also apply to compatibility? ?

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  10. Una
    @una_shader

    i wouldn't force an INF that doesn't list your hardware ID... even if it installs, hybrid graphics switching can break.

    rgb adds +10 fps everyone knows that

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