Mwarhead's Nforce Reset for Win2k &
Xp

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*NOTE* I have gotten a couple emails
claiming that when they downloaded my Reset that there Antivirus program said
that it contain a Trojan. I have scanned my entire computer, twice, with Symantec Antivirus Corporate(with latest definitions) I also have downloaded the file from the
server and scanned it. All of them can up with no viruses found. The common
theme in the emails seems to be that they are using Panda Soft Antivirus (anyone
else heard of it?). Anyways the file is safe, Panda Antivirus is just
misidentifying the file. I have emailed Panda soft and asked for this to be
fixed in the next update.

So what is a nForce Reset? Why did you make
it? Mwarhead's nForce Reset is a installer that replaces the nForce UDP
or Mwarhead's Remix with the original microsoft drivers that came with
2k/xp. The idea is to Reset your nForce drivers to the way they were
when you loaded windows for the first time. So effectivly its an
uninstaller. The Nvidia uninstaller has many problems which the Reset
should provide work arounds or fixes for. This does not actually

uninstal the files from the computer. It effectively performs a roll
back like xp does. This tool works quite well in conjunctions with the
Driver Cleaner from
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

Install my nForce Reset first and then run the Driver cleaner.

Instructions for Driver Cleaner:

Run Reset first making sure you click yes to installing SW IDE (its not the actuall SW ide its really the Generic).
Then run driver cleaner.
Pull down to nForce Chipset and hit clean.

*NOTE* If
you have not run the reset (and clicked yes to installing the SW ide)
or manually replaced the SW ide drivers with Generic Microsoft ide
drivers then when you run driver cleaner or the Nvidia Uninstaller upon
reboot you will get a blue screen saying unacessible boot device.
Please do not restart your computer after running the Nvidia
Uninstaller or the Driver cleaner if you havent replaced the SW ide
driver. The reason I dont recommend using the Nvidia Uninstaller is
that it locks it so that no other nForce set can be installed (except
manually) until after reboot and this includes my reset.


SO, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND

1. Mwarhead's nForce Reset
2. Driver Cleaner
3. NORMAL Reboot
4. Install nForce UDP or Remix
5. NORMAL Reboot
6. Reinstall/Uninstall +Install Video Drivers


This Release Reverts the following drivers back to MS default in 2k & Xp

GART drivers
Memory controller drivers
SMBus drivers
Mwarhead's IDE Conversion Drivers
In the Box
SW ide

Q&A

Why doesnt your Reset revert the Audio Drivers and Network drivers back to default?

Because there are no default drivers for these devices. Use Driver Cleaner if you wish to remove them.


Problems with the Nvidia uninstaller that are resolved (at least on my system) with the Reset

1. The
Nvidia uninstaller will often end up removing or breaking your Nvidia
or
ATI display drivers as it removes the agp driver and boots into windows
without agp acceleration. My Reset replaces the AGP driver with the MS
Generic AGP drivers so this should never be a problem. Also for you
Nvidia users the Reset doesnt remove any display drivers like the
uninstaller. The reason I did this is that its hard to tell if you have
a real card or an IGP. Plus many people that use the IGP use the
offical Dets anyways.

2. The SW
IDE uninstall bug. The uninstaller for the 2.41 and my remixes had a
bug where it would remove the SW ide drivers but not replace them with
a different ide driver. This resulted on the restart after the
uninstall in a Blue screen before windows loaded saying nvatabus.sys is
missing and to reload windows. A solution before was to upldate
manually the driver back to the generic and then uninstall. Or to
disable the service in the 2k/xp cd from the recovery console. Or of
course reload the os. With my Reset if you agree to install the SW ide
driver it will replace the SW ide driver with the generic MS ide driver
effectivly fixing this problem.

3. The
Nvidia uninstaller would remove all nForce drivers and not replace
them. This lead to redetection when windows reloaded which often if
previous nforce sets or oem drivers where installed would bring back
old versions. Also if a non Nvidia nic was used it would often download
drivers off of windows update. None of which are desireable if you want
to complete remove the nforce drivers as I highly recommend before
installing any new UDP or Remix.


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As always use at your own risk.
Nvidia is copyright Nvidia Corporation.
Microsoft is copyright Microsoft Corportation.
The Generic Drivers included in the Reset are copyright Microsoft Corportation.
All other Copyrights are Copyright there respective owner.