Thread: How to remove old drivers in Windows Vista ?

If you've recently upgraded your hardware and installed new drivers, but are still experiencing some problems, you might need to uninstall the old drivers to avoid further problems.

A major problem here is that these drivers are not visible in the Device Manager window. In this tip we show you how to tweak some system settings to get rid of old drivers on your system.

Follow these simple steps to go about the same.

~ Go to 'Start/All Programs/Accessories'.

~ Right-click the command prompt and select the 'Run as Administrator' option from the context menu.

~ On the command prompt, type in 'SET DEVMGR_SHOW_ NONPRESENT_DEVICES=l' and hit [Enter].

~ To open device manager from command prompt, type in 'devmgmt.msc' and hit [Enter].

~ From the View menu, select 'Show hidden devices' option. You will now be able to view all hidden drivers.

~ Right-click the name of a driver that is not required and select the 'Uninstall' option from the context menu that appears.

• Click the Start > All Programs > Accessories
• Right Click Command Prompt >>select the option to run as administrator
• Type the following into the Command Prompt and press Enter:SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
• Now to start the Device Manager, type the following command >>press Enter:devmgmt.msc
• From Device Manager, click View >>select Show Hidden Devices
• From the list, Right Click on the device you want to remove and select Uninstall to remove the driver:

That's all there is to it. Your old drivers should now be gone and your performance is up again.