Accidentally uninstalled nvidia driver, how to restore?

Question

I accidentally uninstalled the wrong software in my control panel when I experienced lag. I realized what I did seconds after I lost internet connection. It was an honest mistake.

I'm very worried - I know you can download drivers off of the internet, but since I uninstalled nividia driver (I think that is what this driver was?) - I have NO internet connection.

I have a Acer Aspire AM5640-U5403A Desktop PC, running on vista, and no internet connection (because of not having the driver). If this helps, it is what I can provide you.

What can I do?

Please, and thank you. I really can't believe I did this.

Answer 1

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.

If you do not have a connection to the Internet, you might need to update your network adapter driver manually. If you have the disc that came with the device, place it in the CD drive and follow the steps to manually update the driver.

If you can't find the disc, try to connect to the Internet from another computer and download the device driver from the device manufacturer's website. Once you have the device driver files, copy them to the computer with a problem. Follow these steps to manually update the driver.

  

1.  Open Device Manager by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Device Manager.‌  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.



2.  In Device Manager, locate the device under Network adapters, and then double-click the device name.



3.  Click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver.



4.  In the Update Driver Software wizard, click Browse my computer for driver software.



5.  Click the Browse button and go to the location on your computer where you saved the new driver files.



6.  Click OK, and then click Next to install the driver.



If you need to download the network card driver from another computer you can find it here: http://www.acerpanam.com/flex/acer/bin/a...

Answer 2

update your drivers using the cd given to you at the time when brought pc

ie mother board cd to restore you drivers

Answer 3

Did you try system restore? Thats the only thing I can think of that would help you get back your program....Go to Run on the Start Menu,  then type MSCONFIG and launch System Restore.....

Or try going here.....http://vdms.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/dow...

Answer 4

The fact that you can asked this question means you have a mean to connect to the internet presumably using another pc. so just go to nvidia website, download the driver, copy the file to an usb drive and install it on your acer.

Answer 5

If In Fact It Was The Driver For Your Internet Which I Dont Think So But I HAve No Experience In Acer But Here Is What You Can Do

Go Back To Control Panel And Go To System And Maintainance And Go To System Restore And Then From There Is Gives You The Option To Restore To An Earlier Date And Then Just Choose A Day Before The Day You Uninstalled The Driver

Answer 6

nvidia is your ethernet driver?? isnt nvidia just for graphics?  I could be mistaken

do you have the nvidia start up disk to install the drivers again?

can you do a system restore to last known configuration?

Answer 7

u r mistaken....

it is nt tht easy to delete it...

bt still u can restore it by jst going to cntrl pannel n restoring the previous date...