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Old January 12th 05, 03:45 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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It is most likely that if all you are doing is replacing drivers for the =
same device, there won't be any net change. At least not where the pure =
drivers files are concerned. Many such devices, however, also install =
management software, and if the vendor changed that software to an =
entirely different program, you might end up with garbage left over. =
What I would do is check Add/Remove Programs for any program devoted to =
that video card. First download the new drivers, then change the video =
to Standard VGA, then uninstall anything you think should be uninstalled =
from Add/Remove Programs, then install the new program+drivers. One way =
to tell if the files you're installing include management software is by =
the size of the downloaded package. If it's only a few hundred KB or =
less, it's most likely drivers only. If it's in the range of a couple of =
megabytes or more, then management software is included.

Of course, what's *most* likely is that the software is the same, or a =
newer version of the same, and it would be no problem to simply download =
and run the installer, without worrying about any of this. But it's one =
of those YMMV situations. I, too, run an ATI card (Radeon 8500, I =
think), but it's been a while since I installed any drivers for it.

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Gary S. Terhune
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"Dan" wrote in message =
...
Gary on this note, I wanted to mention that my PC has a fairly recent =

version
of my ATI Graphics card 9200 but not the most recent version. I know =

how to
unistall the driver, switch to Standard VGA, and install the most =

recent
driver from the website. I like to do this in order to have support =

for the
latest games through 98SE even though I am not a huge gamer like I =

used to
be. How do I ensure that I have removed all the traces of the old =

driver to
help prevent too much junk for getting on my PC? Since this is a =

recent
clean install of 98SE from the new year; I thought I would start =

things out
on the right foot. TIA for all of your help.