I thought we were in trouble. I did the uninstall you recommended and didn't record the full name of the program and it no longer appears on my computer. Fortunately, I recently printed a System Resources Report and, there it is NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS
My computer is custom built running XP as I mentioned before. On Add/Remove Programs NVIDIA nView 135.50 is listed. No NCP. Holly On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Donk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Holly - > Firstly, if you post the brand/model of your pc we can help you find the > correct drivers for your nvidia card/chip. If it is a custom built > system we'll need to know which nvidia card or chip you have and get the > drivers from the nvidia support site (instead of your pc maker's site). > After we get that info, I would go into Contol Panel, Add/Remove > Programs, and look for any nvidia related programs - such as the NCP (as > you abbreviated it) and uninstall them before adding the new drivers > since you were getting errors about having 2 versions of NCP running. > But first the brand/model... > > Good luck, > Donk > > On 4/14/2013 4:47 PM, Holly wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I thought I'd get a jump on things since my computer couldn't find the > > drivers and so went to download the new one. Unfortunately, (as is my > > usual experience) they came up with a thing about having to have Java on > my > > computer although I do have the latest version but I reinstalled it > anyway > > and went back but it still came up with missing the Java and I can't get > > any farther. > > > > By the way, I now have two primary monitors since it evidently doesn't > > recognize my Multi-Mon program, That may be fixed when I get the driver > > though. > > > > Oh, and another by the way, the text is fine now. I'm not sure about the > > screen resolution because things look kind of pulled out but that may be > > normal and I just don't remember. My screens are wide-angle. > > > > Okay, how to "we" get the new driver? > > > > Holly > > > > PS: I want to be sure you know, once again you are saving my life or at > > least it looks like we're heading that way. I was going to say "I love > > you" but that may be going too far. > > > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Donk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> It sounds like your video drivers are corrupted or otherwise screwed > >> up. I would try re-installing the drivers. Try the easiest way first: > >> Start Button, click Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the run box to open > >> Device Manager. > >> Double click the Display Adapter category. > >> Right-click the NVidia entry and choose "Uninstall" or "Remove". Click > >> OK back to the desktop and reboot. > >> Let it boot all the way to the desktop and wait till you see the message > >> "Your new hardware is installed and ready to use". > >> Hopefully that'll fix the display prob and maybe the text prob too. :-) > >> If not we can try downloading the newest drivers from the NVidia site or > >> your computer maker's support site. Or uninstalling all the NVidia > >> stuff on the computer. > >> > >> Good luck, > >> Donk > >> > >> On 4/13/2013 8:54 PM, Holly wrote: > >>> I wrote this response to you a few minutes ago and then it disappeared. > >>> I'll try again and will save every couple of sentences. > >>> > >>> I'm still sticking with XP because I have so many programs that won't > >> work > >>> with the new versions. > >>> > >>> I checked the Display Setting and the picture shows the proper number > on > >>> the correct monitors but when I click identify the numbers appear on > the > >>> wrong monitors. This is so strange because it was fine until yesterday > >> and > >>> I don't think it happened when I booted up but sometime during the day. > >>> > >>> I then went to NVIDIA Control Panel (instead of typing this out I'll > call > >>> it NCP, okay?) and received two error messages one right after the > other > >>> without me doing anything. They were: > >>> > >>> Can't open NCP because an older version is already running. > >>> > >>> Close the NCP that is currently running, then try again. > >>> > >>> and then, > >>> > >>> The NCP extension cannot be created > >>> > >>> Possible reasons include: > >>> Version mismatch. Reinstalling display drivers may solve the problem. > >>> > >>> As you can imagine I have no idea how to close the NCP and then what do > >> you > >>> do about a "version mismatch". > >>> > >>> I will wait until we figure this one out before pursuing the raggedy > >> print > >>> and another issue I have with javascript. This monitor thing is the > >>> primary part of my life that's driving me crazy. > >>> > >>> Holly > >>> > >>> > >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, > please > >> feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post > >> personal issues directly to the group. > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [email protected] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! 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