User`s guide

14 Quadro Workstation User’s Guide
Chapter 2
System Requirements
Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software
Note: It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely
uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to a new version of the
software.
To uninstall the nView software, follow these steps:
1 From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel to open the
Control Panel window.
2 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs item.
3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from the list.
4 Click Change/Remove.
5 Click Yes to continue.
A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView
profiles.
• If you click Yes, all of the nView software and all of your saved profiles will be
deleted.
• If you click No, the nView software is removed, but the profile files are saved in
the
Windows\nView directory on your hard disk.
Your system now restarts.
Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers
1 Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA.com Web site driver download page to
locate the appropriate driver to download, based on your hardware and operating
system.
2 Click the driver download link.
The license agreement dialog box appears.
3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement, then either open the file or
save the file to your PC and open it later.
Opening the EXE file launches the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard.
4 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard to complete the
installation.
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