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To: Jerry Held who wrote (80377)12/19/2012 10:10:55 AM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110653
 
To find another 64 bit Win 7 user, I used the "Search this Subject" box.
  • amazed that you found this post of mine from April to respond to

As for the "SlimDrivers" utility, I agree with Ron about using programs like that cautiously, I was however quite desperate to find a graphics driver that worked with my TV-monitor for Win-7-64. Also there are other drivers programs similar to "SlimDrivers" except they aren't free.

What I ended up doing was installing the updated drivers that "SlimDrivers" recommended and then did a reinstall of Win-7-64 using the update mode. What that accomplished was having the new drivers already on my computer and allowing the Windows reinstall the option of whether it kept them or not.

That strategy worked and Windows did approve of the new graphics driver.

In my case this is a new computer I'm building, however what some may not know is that 64 bit versions of Windows will not install as updates over existing 32 bit versions of Windows and a new "clean" install is mandatory to install 64 bit Windows on old 32 bit computers that are hardware compatible. Also regarding 64 bit Windows which people should be aware of is that 64 bit driver support is not mature and difficulties finding drivers for existing hardware such as printers, monitors, and graphics cards that people have on their 32 bit systems is common.

All the Best,
Josh

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