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John July 17th 03 07:21 PM

Stupid thing
 
Hey all,

After installing the newest catalyst, everytime I reboot my machine, the
[c:\ati\support] folder opens. Is this a glich or something? Is there an
easy way to stop this from happening?

TIA
John



Ben Pope July 17th 03 08:30 PM

John wrote:
Hey all,

After installing the newest catalyst, everytime I reboot my machine,
the [c:\ati\support] folder opens. Is this a glich or something? Is
there an easy way to stop this from happening?


Check the startup folder(s) and:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

Even easier, if you're using a win9x:
msconfig - startup options

Ben
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patrickp July 17th 03 08:38 PM

"John" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

After installing the newest catalyst, everytime I reboot my machine, the
[c:\ati\support] folder opens. Is this a glich or something? Is there an
easy way to stop this from happening?

TIA
John


That's the folder that the ATi installer unpacks the files to before
installing them (and also keeps them as reference for modification/repair).

Sounds like, however your install appeared to go, something didn't complete.
Were the installs, in fact, completely successful? Try going to Add/Remove
Programs and run the ATi uninstall for everything but the display driver,
then when InstallShield boots, try running the Repair option.

If that doesn't work, uninstall everything and reinstall. This time, make
sure each stage has completed: you should allow it to get to the do you want
to reboot? option. Also, make sure you uninstall properly first, and follow
the ATi instructions for installation, with the proviso that, if your card
is an AIW or VIVO and you're installing the drivers separately, follow the
old order of capture driver, don't reboot, display driver, reboot, control
panel, reboot.

Oh, and delete that ATi folder after uninstalling if you have to reinstall.

HTH patrickp



John July 18th 03 04:55 AM

That did it....Thanks


"patrickp" - take five to email me wrote in
message ...
"John" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

After installing the newest catalyst, everytime I reboot my machine, the
[c:\ati\support] folder opens. Is this a glich or something? Is there an
easy way to stop this from happening?

TIA
John


That's the folder that the ATi installer unpacks the files to before
installing them (and also keeps them as reference for

modification/repair).

Sounds like, however your install appeared to go, something didn't

complete.
Were the installs, in fact, completely successful? Try going to

Add/Remove
Programs and run the ATi uninstall for everything but the display driver,
then when InstallShield boots, try running the Repair option.

If that doesn't work, uninstall everything and reinstall. This time, make
sure each stage has completed: you should allow it to get to the do you

want
to reboot? option. Also, make sure you uninstall properly first, and

follow
the ATi instructions for installation, with the proviso that, if your card
is an AIW or VIVO and you're installing the drivers separately, follow the
old order of capture driver, don't reboot, display driver, reboot, control
panel, reboot.

Oh, and delete that ATi folder after uninstalling if you have to

reinstall.

HTH patrickp





patrickp July 19th 03 02:01 AM

"John" wrote in message
...
That did it....Thanks


Excellent - was it the Repair option that worked, or did you have to
reinstall?

patrickp

"patrickp" - take five to email me wrote in
message ...
"John" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

After installing the newest catalyst, everytime I reboot my machine,

the
[c:\ati\support] folder opens. Is this a glich or something? Is there

an
easy way to stop this from happening?

TIA
John


That's the folder that the ATi installer unpacks the files to before
installing them (and also keeps them as reference for

modification/repair).

Sounds like, however your install appeared to go, something didn't

complete.
Were the installs, in fact, completely successful? Try going to

Add/Remove
Programs and run the ATi uninstall for everything but the display

driver,
then when InstallShield boots, try running the Repair option.

If that doesn't work, uninstall everything and reinstall. This time,

make
sure each stage has completed: you should allow it to get to the do you

want
to reboot? option. Also, make sure you uninstall properly first, and

follow
the ATi instructions for installation, with the proviso that, if your

card
is an AIW or VIVO and you're installing the drivers separately, follow

the
old order of capture driver, don't reboot, display driver, reboot,

control
panel, reboot.

Oh, and delete that ATi folder after uninstalling if you have to

reinstall.

HTH patrickp








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