Preserving Settings Before You Upgrade Your Software - Nvidia FX1300 - Quadro FX 128MB Dual DVI-I PCIe Video Card User Manual

Chapter 2
System Requirements
• nView Desktop Manager Profile files (*.tvp) are saved in the Windows\
Nview directory.
Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may
also be located in the Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\
nView_Profiles directory.
• As part of the install process, an uninstall is registered in your system.
• Under Windows Me and Windows XP, the NVIDIA driver is installed in
"Dualview mode" display. However, note that the second display is not activated
by default, but must be enabled.
• Under Windows 2000, the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in Span mode. See
the instructions in the
on how to install nView DualView mode.

Preserving Settings Before You Upgrade Your Software

Before uninstalling or installing software, your can preserve your nView Desktop
Manager and/or NVIDIA Display settings by using the nView Desktop Manager
Profiles features.
Note: Follow the steps below and/or refer to the
User's Guide
must have, at least, Power User access privileges in order to create or save a
profile. (Refer to Windows Help if you need an explanation of Power User
access rights.)
Follow the steps below and/or refer to the
Guide
for details.
1 Open the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page (Figure 2.1).
2 To preserve your current settings, you can use either the Save or the New option
from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page:
• If you want to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your changed
settings, use the Save option. Notice that a warning message indicates that you
are about to overwrite the selected profile.
• If you want to retain the currently loaded profile and want to save your
changed settings to a new file, click the New option. Enter a name and
description of the profile in the New Profile dialog box. For example, you can
name this profile My Settings.
3 If you are an "advanced" user and want to customize certain settings in the saved
profile, click Advanced << to expand the dialog box (Figure 2.2).
9
ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide
for details. Under Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT 4.0, you
NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager
NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User's
Quadro Workstation User's Guide
for instructions