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Kazilan · 05-04-2006, 11:12 PM

Hey everybody, I've got a computer issue and am hoping someone can help me out. When I start up I get this error message:

Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2.
%1: %2.

It started appearing right after I tried to update the drivers for my video card (I have a geforce 256 - yes it is very old - yes my computer is just as old).

I realized I had forgotten to uninstall the old drivers and then I fiddled with the thing trying to uninstall the new drivers and made the situation worse, where it would get caught in a loop at startup. I used my boot disk to delete/reinstall windows (ME - yes my operating system is old, just like the computer and video card). Now the computer starts and runs, although it still displays that error message once during startup.

Any advice? (aside from buy a new computer - not financially possible at the moment).

Thanks!

05-04-2006, 11:12 PM	#1
Kazilan Elminster Join Date: October 31, 2003 Location: USA Age: 43 Posts: 485	Hey everybody, I've got a computer issue and am hoping someone can help me out. When I start up I get this error message: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2. %1: %2. It started appearing right after I tried to update the drivers for my video card (I have a geforce 256 - yes it is very old - yes my computer is just as old). I realized I had forgotten to uninstall the old drivers and then I fiddled with the thing trying to uninstall the new drivers and made the situation worse, where it would get caught in a loop at startup. I used my boot disk to delete/reinstall windows (ME - yes my operating system is old, just like the computer and video card). Now the computer starts and runs, although it still displays that error message once during startup. Any advice? (aside from buy a new computer - not financially possible at the moment). Thanks!