XP won't take latest graphics driver

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I have a machine running XP with VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP graphics and I
have just installed the very latest driver 6.14.10.357. It installs OK but
when I go into Control Panel->Display->Settings I get this error:

"The currently selected graphics driver can not be used. It was written for
a previous version of Windows, and is no longer compatible with this version
of Windows. The system has been started using the default VGA driver."

What's the story with this? I am not happy with the display quality so I
suspect something is wrong. I have checked that I am downloading the
correct driver and have also tried downloading several times in case the
download was corrupted.

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"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a machine running XP with VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP graphics and I
> have just installed the very latest driver 6.14.10.357. It installs OK
but
> when I go into Control Panel->Display->Settings I get this error:
>
> "The currently selected graphics driver can not be used. It was written
for
> a previous version of Windows, and is no longer compatible with this
version
> of Windows. The system has been started using the default VGA driver."
>
> What's the story with this? I am not happy with the display quality so I
> suspect something is wrong. I have checked that I am downloading the
> correct driver and have also tried downloading several times in case the
> download was corrupted.
>



I think I'd go back to the previous driver...
 
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ulo5qUiKIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I have a machine running XP with VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP graphics and I
>> have just installed the very latest driver 6.14.10.357. It installs OK
> but
>> when I go into Control Panel->Display->Settings I get this error:
>>
>> "The currently selected graphics driver can not be used. It was written
> for
>> a previous version of Windows, and is no longer compatible with this
> version
>> of Windows. The system has been started using the default VGA driver."
>>
>> What's the story with this? I am not happy with the display quality so I
>> suspect something is wrong. I have checked that I am downloading the
>> correct driver and have also tried downloading several times in case the
>> download was corrupted.
>
> I think I'd go back to the previous driver...

I have tried going back to the previous driver but the problem still
happens. What can I do about it?

--
And loving it,

-Q
_________________________________________________
Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com
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"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:%23u%230iljKIHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ulo5qUiKIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> I have a machine running XP with VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP graphics and
I
> >> have just installed the very latest driver 6.14.10.357. It installs OK
> > but
> >> when I go into Control Panel->Display->Settings I get this error:
> >>
> >> "The currently selected graphics driver can not be used. It was written
> > for
> >> a previous version of Windows, and is no longer compatible with this
> > version
> >> of Windows. The system has been started using the default VGA driver."
> >>
> >> What's the story with this? I am not happy with the display quality so
I
> >> suspect something is wrong. I have checked that I am downloading the
> >> correct driver and have also tried downloading several times in case
the
> >> download was corrupted.
> >
> > I think I'd go back to the previous driver...
>
> I have tried going back to the previous driver but the problem still
> happens. What can I do about it?
>


In Device Manager...view

enable "show hidden devices"


then delete all instances of graphics drivers...reboot and reinstall
 
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