Detonator R.I.P. Ver. 1.5
by Saurabh Kumar
May 1, 2003

nVidia's Detonator drivers are a superb piece of skillful engineering but have an inherent tendency to literally 'stick' with Windows. This can be judged by the fact that when you wish to update your Detonator drivers with the latest version available, and you uninstall the Detonator and begin to install the new version, Detonator stops saying that a previous version is still installed. Detonator R.I.P. comes to the rescue.

This free utility is designed to remove the remains of Detonator AFTER your have uninstalled the nVdia Detonator/Display drivers from the Windowss Add/Remove programs option in the Control Panel.

No installation is required, and the exe file can be run directly!
To uninstall, just delete the exe file.

General Usage Instructions
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1)	Use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall your nVidia  display drivers.
2)	Reboot
3)	Start Detonator R.I.P.  and press the Remove Remains button. This will remove the stray information from the Windows registry and your hard disk
4)	Additionally, it would be good, if now, you set your display as Sstandard VGA and reboot. To do this: Right click Desktop, choose Properties and click on the Settings tab. Click the Advanced Properties button and find the Adapter tab. In there, click the Change button and at the bottom, click the Show All Devices bubble. In the left window, scroll up to the top and choose Standard Display Types. In the right window, choose Standard Display Adapter (VGA). Click OK.
5)	After reboot, you should be able to install your new video adapter drivers(Detonator,ATI etc.).


NOTE: This utility should work on almost all Windows versions including Win98, Me, XP,2000. You will require the .NET framework to be installed on your PC. If you don't have it, you can download it from http://download.microsoft.com/download/NETFrameworkRedistributable/Install/1.0a/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/dotnetfx.exe

contact: detonator-rip@guru3d.com or skrecycle@rediffmail.com
Website:http://www.guru3d.com/detonator-rip/
backup: http://rareelement.tripod.com/detonator_rip/


THIS UTILITY IS RELEASED ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS AND I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN CASE YOU ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS/DAMANGES ON USING THIS SOFTWARE. 

REVISION HISTORY
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Ver 1.5
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Improved removal of previous nVidia Detonator driver installation
Updated contact email address with a dedicated one


Ver 1.0
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Cosmetic improvements. Interface glorified
Confirmation added before starting cleanup job

Ver. 0.1
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Initial Release