Microsoft KB Archive/133435

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Cannot Install Windows 95 Drivers

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Q133435

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
After you install an OEM driver (such as a printer or display driver), you cannot later update the OEM driver with the Windows 95 version of the same driver if you reinstall Windows 95. You cannot therefore revert back to the original Windows 95 driver.

CAUSE
Windows 95 cannot load a Windows 95 driver over an OEM driver of the same name.

RESOLUTION
Manually extract the Windows 95 version of the driver from the Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM and copy it over the OEM driver of the same name. For information about extracting files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q129605 How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files"

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
This problem does not occur if the OEM driver does not have exactly the same name as the Windows 95 driver it replaces.

Additional query words: retrograde downgrade

Keywords : win95

Issue type :

Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95