Driver Reinstall

[Yasoo]

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Question about reinstalling/updating drivers on a Windows XP box. Most instructions say uninstall the old drivers and then install the drivers. After the uninstallation, the OS asks if I want to reboot for the changes to take effect. Do I want to reboot at this point or not? Should I install the new drivers and then reboot?

 

[Stealthtech]

reboot....win will find new hardware and ask for the drivers.

 

[Yasoo]

In this case, the driver installation is an .exe. It's for my Mia Midi soundcard. The instructions told me to install the drivers before I plug the PCI card in. That way when Windows boots up, it will find the drivers. So I don't want to run into the situation I've had with 98 and ME where when I reboot, Windows detects new hardware and installs generic drivers. And I don't really feel like removing the PCI card.