Please help - Nvidia control panel keeps crashing

[perspective]

So i just put a new gtx 560 ti into my computer and everything seemed fine but when i installed the latest version of the nvidia control panel, i clicked on the various menus fine but as soon as i clicked the 3d management settings the thing just crashed... now everytime i go into the nvidia control panel it crashes and i am unable to change any settings.. can anyone help me please!? I have played games ok so i don't think there's anything wrong with the card?

[Phage]

Sounds as if the file is corrupt. Download all of the latest drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Uninstall all the old video drivers and re-install with the new ones.

[perspective]

not sure that's the solution. I've tried 4 different driver installs - they couldn't all be corrupt could they?

[kalniel]

not sure that's the solution. I've tried 4 different driver installs - they couldn't all be corrupt could they?

How did you clean out the old ones?

[perspective]

a program called driver sweeper

[pauldarkside]

a program called driver sweeper

Unnecessary in my experience. No doubt someone will argue differently but in all my years of gaming with nVidia hardware, using beta and WHQL driver releases, I've never had to resort to third party software for maintaining stability or performance.

Have you tried installing the drivers in advanced mode? Select "Custom (Advanced)" on the "Installation options" screen, followed by "Perform a clean installation".

[perspective]

Have you tried installing the drivers in advanced mode? Select "Custom (Advanced)" on the "Installation options" screen, followed by "Perform a clean installation".

Yeah I tried this already i've tried installing nothing but the actual Graphics Driver and clicking clean install.

It's so weird, when i open up the nvidia cp, if im quick i can click on another sub-menu that isn't '3d management settings' and can play around with the cp just fine, but as soon as i click on '3d management settings' the thing crashes again....

[pauldarkside]

You say you just put a new card into the system, what did you have before? Might be helpful if you filled in the system details in your profile.

[perspective]

Last card I had was an ATI 4870

[perspective]

This is the error message i always get http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/problem2e.jpg/

[pauldarkside]

Last card I had was an ATI 4870

I suspect that's where the problem the lies then - a driver clash.

Regarding that image, those are old drivers. Try the newer ones: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-...driver-uk.html (Note: these are UK versions)

[pauldarkside]

For reference: The newer control panel version is 3.8.812.0, you're showing 3.5.860.0.

[perspective]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/problemzq.jpg/

i was sure it was a driver clash with my old ATI but i have completely erased all traces of my old ATI off my computer and still the issue persists

[pauldarkside]

As I said, I'd be inclined to believe that there's still a driver clash. Have you tried other things such as checking Windows Update, temporarily disabling your antivirus software, ensuring your other device drivers are up to date? How drastic for you would a fresh Windows install be?

Apart from that, I'm pretty much out of ideas, sorry

[perspective]

thanks for the help, i'm all out of solutions too.. might just return the card to ebuyer & get a 6950 instead

[perspective]

Update, installed the newest beta drivers and of course it crashed but now it tells me that the error relates to the following files:
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\WERD96D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\WERF1ED.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\WERF400.tmp.mdmp

Any idea what this means??