Can You Stop Vista From Installing Drivers After Reboot?

At least with nVidia cards, if there is NO nVidia card, just a generic VGA
driver, nVidia's install will tell you there is no nVidia card and the new
driver install will fail. When you remove the old driver in Control Panel,
check the box "Delete Drilver Files" and in Control Panel > Programs and
Features, uninstall the nVidia drivers. When you reboot, a generic nVidia driver
will load, but that is OK. All this is assuming, of course, that you have an
nVidia card. The newest nVidia drivers, take care of the removal automatically.

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"Si" <zen114955.TakeThisOut@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23TMuaEK0HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'm mainly talking about graphics card drivers here. After I remove the old
> drivers and reboot, Vista automatically installs a generic driver and I don't
> get a chance to stop it. With XP it would detect your VGA card and ask what
> you wanted to do and you could direct it to where the new drivers were
> unpacked. Is there a way or a setting to stop vista automatically installing
> generic drivers?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Si
>

Hi I am another person having trouble with Vista installing software I don't
want.

I remove my sound blaster driver (that Vista installed). I have to reboot,
and then it goes about reinstalling the drivers.

I did as you said, Peter (funny thing was it was already set to never
install drivers so I turned it to "ask me first"). This didn't change
anything. It still wants to install my sound drivers. I try and install
over them with the creative driver I downloaded, but it says "you already
installed this driver without rebooting. Please reboot and try again." (ha
like that is going to work). I also tried to look for new drivers using
Windows; it says I already have the latest.

I'll keep troubleshooting it, but if you or anyone else has some thoughts on
this please let me know.

"Peter" wrote:

> Right-click "Computer" then "Properties" then go to "System Protection"
> there will be a UAC prompt, allow it, then click the 'Hardware" tab. Click
> "Windows update driver settings" reset it to "Ask me each time...." or
> "Never check..." OK it and exit.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> "Si" <zen114955 DeleteThis @zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23TMuaEK0HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > I'm mainly talking about graphics card drivers here. After I remove the
> > old drivers and reboot, Vista automatically installs a generic driver and
> > I don't get a chance to stop it. With XP it would detect your VGA card and
> > ask what you wanted to do and you could direct it to where the new drivers
> > were unpacked. Is there a way or a setting to stop vista automatically
> > installing generic drivers?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Si
> >
>
>

If you set System Protection/hardware as I said then a window should appear
asking you what you want to do. Also if Windows Update is set to ask first
then you have the chance of telling iy to never offer that again.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
"Steve" <Steve @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:83C00A93-79E5-4486-B166-89D245C42A18@microsoft.com...
> Hi I am another person having trouble with Vista installing software I
> don't
> want.
>
> I remove my sound blaster driver (that Vista installed). I have to reboot,
> and then it goes about reinstalling the drivers.
>
> I did as you said, Peter (funny thing was it was already set to never
> install drivers so I turned it to "ask me first"). This didn't change
> anything. It still wants to install my sound drivers. I try and install
> over them with the creative driver I downloaded, but it says "you already
> installed this driver without rebooting. Please reboot and try again." (ha
> like that is going to work). I also tried to look for new drivers using
> Windows; it says I already have the latest.
>
> I'll keep troubleshooting it, but if you or anyone else has some thoughts
> on
> this please let me know.
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> Right-click "Computer" then "Properties" then go to "System Protection"
>> there will be a UAC prompt, allow it, then click the 'Hardware" tab.
>> Click
>> "Windows update driver settings" reset it to "Ask me each time...." or
>> "Never check..." OK it and exit.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> "Si" <zen114955.DeleteThis@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23TMuaEK0HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > I'm mainly talking about graphics card drivers here. After I remove the
>> > old drivers and reboot, Vista automatically installs a generic driver
>> > and
>> > I don't get a chance to stop it. With XP it would detect your VGA card
>> > and
>> > ask what you wanted to do and you could direct it to where the new
>> > drivers
>> > were unpacked. Is there a way or a setting to stop vista automatically
>> > installing generic drivers?
>> >
>> > Cheers.
>> >
>> > Si
>> >
>>
>>

Thanks

It's very odd thought because my System Properties/hardware is set to
"never", and my Windows Update is set to "ask"; however, it still loads the
software. I also get a program error when I reboot and the software
installs: it says that "CTXFIREG" wasn't working properly. Not sure what
that means (I believe CTX though is Creative software).

Very frustrating. Without the right software, my surround sound won't work.


"Peter" wrote:

> If you set System Protection/hardware as I said then a window should appear
> asking you what you want to do. Also if Windows Update is set to ask first
> then you have the chance of telling iy to never offer that again.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> "Steve" <Steve @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:83C00A93-79E5-4486-B166-89D245C42A18@microsoft.com...
> > Hi I am another person having trouble with Vista installing software I
> > don't
> > want.
> >
> > I remove my sound blaster driver (that Vista installed). I have to reboot,
> > and then it goes about reinstalling the drivers.
> >
> > I did as you said, Peter (funny thing was it was already set to never
> > install drivers so I turned it to "ask me first"). This didn't change
> > anything. It still wants to install my sound drivers. I try and install
> > over them with the creative driver I downloaded, but it says "you already
> > installed this driver without rebooting. Please reboot and try again." (ha
> > like that is going to work). I also tried to look for new drivers using
> > Windows; it says I already have the latest.
> >
> > I'll keep troubleshooting it, but if you or anyone else has some thoughts
> > on
> > this please let me know.
> >
> > "Peter" wrote:
> >
> >> Right-click "Computer" then "Properties" then go to "System Protection"
> >> there will be a UAC prompt, allow it, then click the 'Hardware" tab.
> >> Click
> >> "Windows update driver settings" reset it to "Ask me each time...." or
> >> "Never check..." OK it and exit.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >> Toronto, Canada
> >> "Si" <zen114955.DeleteThis@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:%23TMuaEK0HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> > I'm mainly talking about graphics card drivers here. After I remove the
> >> > old drivers and reboot, Vista automatically installs a generic driver
> >> > and
> >> > I don't get a chance to stop it. With XP it would detect your VGA card
> >> > and
> >> > ask what you wanted to do and you could direct it to where the new
> >> > drivers
> >> > were unpacked. Is there a way or a setting to stop vista automatically
> >> > installing generic drivers?
> >> >
> >> > Cheers.
> >> >
> >> > Si
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>

ctxfireg.exe is a process installed alongside Creative Labs sound card
driver and provides additional configuration options for these devices
according to Google.
Are you doing all this signed in as an Administrator? It's very odd
behaviour. All I can suggest is disconnecting from the web, going to task
manager and uninstalling the offending devices along with their drivers and
then rebooting, making sure, of course, that you have downloaded & saved the
appropriate drivers first.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
"Steve" <Steve.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0A06887F-F747-4F4A-8870-794C76C04060@microsoft.com...
> Thanks
>
> It's very odd thought because my System Properties/hardware is set to
> "never", and my Windows Update is set to "ask"; however, it still loads
> the
> software. I also get a program error when I reboot and the software
> installs: it says that "CTXFIREG" wasn't working properly. Not sure what
> that means (I believe CTX though is Creative software).
>
> Very frustrating. Without the right software, my surround sound won't
> work.
>
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> If you set System Protection/hardware as I said then a window should
>> appear
>> asking you what you want to do. Also if Windows Update is set to ask
>> first
>> then you have the chance of telling iy to never offer that again.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> "Steve" <Steve @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:83C00A93-79E5-4486-B166-89D245C42A18@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi I am another person having trouble with Vista installing software I
>> > don't
>> > want.
>> >
>> > I remove my sound blaster driver (that Vista installed). I have to
>> > reboot,
>> > and then it goes about reinstalling the drivers.
>> >
>> > I did as you said, Peter (funny thing was it was already set to never
>> > install drivers so I turned it to "ask me first"). This didn't change
>> > anything. It still wants to install my sound drivers. I try and
>> > install
>> > over them with the creative driver I downloaded, but it says "you
>> > already
>> > installed this driver without rebooting. Please reboot and try again."
>> > (ha
>> > like that is going to work). I also tried to look for new drivers
>> > using
>> > Windows; it says I already have the latest.
>> >
>> > I'll keep troubleshooting it, but if you or anyone else has some
>> > thoughts
>> > on
>> > this please let me know.
>> >
>> > "Peter" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Right-click "Computer" then "Properties" then go to "System
>> >> Protection"
>> >> there will be a UAC prompt, allow it, then click the 'Hardware" tab.
>> >> Click
>> >> "Windows update driver settings" reset it to "Ask me each time...." or
>> >> "Never check..." OK it and exit.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Peter
>> >> Toronto, Canada
>> >> "Si" <zen114955.TakeThisOut@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23TMuaEK0HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> > I'm mainly talking about graphics card drivers here. After I remove
>> >> > the
>> >> > old drivers and reboot, Vista automatically installs a generic
>> >> > driver
>> >> > and
>> >> > I don't get a chance to stop it. With XP it would detect your VGA
>> >> > card
>> >> > and
>> >> > ask what you wanted to do and you could direct it to where the new
>> >> > drivers
>> >> > were unpacked. Is there a way or a setting to stop vista
>> >> > automatically
>> >> > installing generic drivers?
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers.
>> >> >
>> >> > Si
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

LOL, believe it or not I actually did pull my ethernet cable out (so that
Windows couldn't check the internet) and then removed the drivers, and
rebooted. Amazingly, Windows was still able to find a driver for my sound
card without asking me. Funny isn't it.

I am doing all of this as administrator. Unless, I am not administrator. I
installed Vista on my own so I assume my main account (my only account) is
administrator.

Thanks again for any help you can give.

"Peter" wrote:

> ctxfireg.exe is a process installed alongside Creative Labs sound card
> driver and provides additional configuration options for these devices
> according to Google.
> Are you doing all this signed in as an Administrator? It's very odd
> behaviour. All I can suggest is disconnecting from the web, going to task
> manager and uninstalling the offending devices along with their drivers and
> then rebooting, making sure, of course, that you have downloaded & saved the
> appropriate drivers first.