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Topic: N00b Question (!)

Hello. I'm new to most of this. I've slipstreamed some Bashrat DriverPacks into a custom XP CD, and then... reinstalled Windows.

Drivers seem to have been installed successfully (great!), but... now where can I uninstall the ones I no longer need? Because they aren't in Add-Remove programs...

e.g. there are new drivers available, so I just download them from the manufacturer's website and install them over the ones included in the previously-installed DriverPack?

Could installing a bunch of different/new drivers over the older ones included in the DriverPacks I've some months ago slipstreamed (in any way) not be the ideal option?

Would you recommend something else?
Thanks for taking time contributing to my enlightenment! :)

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Re: N00b Question (!)

Drivers you do not need (as in, you do not have the hardware for in the system) are not being "installed" anyway.
They are being copied onto your HDD at first, however, if you do not use KTD, they will be gone after the first (manual) reboot.
So, without KTD, no precious HDD space is wasted by stuff you do not need/want.
However, KTD will store the drivers in case you upgrade your HW to something new, so you won't have to search drivers for it (it's true Plug&Play big_smile).

If you want to update a driver, you can do just as you did previously with manually installed drivers.
There's no special precautions to be taken, at least not more or less than you'd ususally do (for instance, run Driver Cleaner to clean up any remainings).

If you want to update your current XP disc with newer drivers, you can simply copy it to your HDD, run the BASE again on that dir and rebuilt and burn the ISO.
It will automatically remove the old DriverPacks and replace them with the newer ones (which you have to DL manually, though wink).

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  • Registered: 2007-09-23
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Re: N00b Question (!)

But when I install new GPU drivers, usually I uninstall the old ones, reboot then install the new ones. But DriverPacks are leaving no trace in the Add-Remove programs, so you're suggesting the little "Driver Cleaner" program would do it?

OK, thanks, I'll try this! :)

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Re: N00b Question (!)

Tofu 107 wrote:

But when I install new GPU drivers, usually I uninstall the old ones, reboot then install the new ones. But DriverPacks are leaving no trace in the Add-Remove programs, so you're suggesting the little "Driver Cleaner" program would do it?

OK, thanks, I'll try this! smile

What you uninstall that way is only what gets installed by the Exceptions when using the DriverPacks.

It's not the driver files themselves but rather any additional programmes such as control panels.
These also should come with their own uninstall.EXE so you can manually uninstalkl them with the entries lacking.

If you only ever "install" the driver files, you can do so via the Device Manager (Update driver files or such).
Windows will automatically replace the older files with the newer ones if the INF referes to a newer date/version.
No need to install anything in this case, really (unless you worry about the old files clogging up your HDD...).

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Coming up next - useful links:
• If you like this project, please support it with your donation!      • Grab your HW info (HWIDs) here!     
• If you are a newbie, be sure to check out the DriverPacks tutorial!     • Here's how to create your own DP!