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ForceWare Driver 77.77 Certified Refuses To Install On My Gaming Laptop. But The Page Says It Supports My OS!

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Accepted solution by Yusuf Ziegler — yeahhh run sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup Image /RestoreHealth if the installer fails on every version. A damaged component store…
  1. Omar Grant
    @omar.grant44

    I downloaded NVIDIA ForceWare Driver 77.77 Certified , the download page clearly lists Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Im on one of those. I ran teh express install on my gamnig laptop and got this:

    it says the driver isn't compatible with this version of Windows. I've 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? pls help 🙏

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  2. Tomas Castillo
    @tcastillo

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

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  3. Camila Adler
    @shader_trace876

    i swear nvidia is cursed seriously need help here 😭

    thinking

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  4. Yusuf Ziegler
    @yusuf.ziegler
    in reply to @shader_trace876

    oh ive been there lol some laptops use OEM-customized drivers (common on hybrid graphics) lmao In that case get the driver from the laptop makers supprot page, or use teh generic NVIDIA package only if it explicitly lists mobile GPUs. worked for me anyway 🤷

    15 tabs open and chrome ate all 32GB of ram again

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  5. Tomas Castillo
    @tcastillo

    oh ive been there lol came here to say exactly this

    have u tried turning it off and on again (im only half joking)

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  7. Maya Sorensen
    @maya_thread

    +1 same here. honestly just reset the settings and save yourself the pain worked for me anyway 🤷

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  8. Yusuf Ziegler
    @yusuf.ziegler
    Accepted solution

    yeahhh 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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  9. Omar Grant
    @omar.grant44
    in reply to @yusuf.ziegler

    @yusuf.ziegler yesss i was using teh desktop package on a laptop GPU. grabbed the right one from teh NVIDIA support page and it installed fine. feel a bit silly but happy.

    thumbsup

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