Windows Update - old driver

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Tue, 10/26/2010 - 21:52
Razear
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I have the latest 260.99 NVIDIA driver, a GTX 295, 7 Ultimate 64bit, and all my important Windows updates installed.

In the optional Windows updates, it says I need to "update" to an NVIDIA driver published on April 17 2010 which I believe is 197.45. I have had the same issue from previous drivers since then. Why is it telling me to use an older driver when I already have the latest and it's a WHQL driver not beta. I'm thinking it's an issue with Windows Update but not completely sure. Any ideas?

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Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:49
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I had the same issue. Just right-click and ignore the "update".

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Fri, 10/29/2010 - 23:52
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Thanks. It's probably best if I just manually download the driver from the site anyway.

EDIT: Strange thing happened yesterday...for the first time in months the update finally seemed to disappear on it's own, I suppose they fixed it.

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Mon, 11/01/2010 - 09:06
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MS likely gets updates pushed later than either manufacturer's website. And then MS has to update their servers.

So basically just ignore it and get updates from the manufacturers' sites.

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