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It used to work that you could unpack the NVidia installer and then point the Windows driver search to the directory with the unpacked files to let it pick the
by _Microft 7y ago
It used to work that you could unpack the NVidia installer and then point the Windows driver search to the directory with the unpacked files to let it pick the correct driver without actually installing all the crap. Does this still work?
- pxeboot 7y agoYes, this still works, but it still installs some bloatware that isn't present in the less frequently updated drivers from Windows Update.
- _Microft 7y agoThat's surprising. The installer was never executed using this method, it was unpacked using a tool like 7-Zip. Windows would only use the inf-files to pick the appropriate driver dlls.
- Havoc 7y agoNot really viable if you're a gamer. Some of that bloat has features that one does actually need for tweaking