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"Not compatible with this version of Windows" when installing NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Driver 🤔

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Accepted solution by Chen Celik — Check your Windows build with winver, newer driver packages can require a minimum feature update. if youre on an old build, install teh…
  1. Ines Halvorsen
    @binarynomad

    I downloaded NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Driver 376.33, the download page clearly lists Windows, and I'm on one of those. I ran teh official installer on my gaming 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 the OS is listed?? any ideas??

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  2. Viktor V.
    @viktorv410

    Is it a laptop with two GPUs (integrated plus dedicated)?

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  4. Viktor
    @viktorz766
    in reply to @binarynomad

    ok so 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 u grabbed the desktop package for a laptop GPU (or vice versa), youll get this exact message. worked for me anyway 🤷

    windows update said 'this will only take a moment' 3 hours ago

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  5. Chen Celik
    @nimbus_lab246
    Accepted solution

    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.

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  6. Ines Halvorsen
    @binarynomad
    in reply to @nimbus_lab246

    @nimbus_lab246 installed the pending Windows feature update, then Quadro Graphics Driver 376.33 went on wtihout a single complaint 😤 the error was technically true, just unhelpful. seriously made my day 😭🙏

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