NVCleanstall not applying a few of the options and erroring

[RealStaz]

Hello. I have recently found out about this tool and decided to use it. I used DDU to fully uninstall my NVIDIA graphics card driver to install a customized one created with this tool.
The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and the latest driver (which I had previously downloaded and saved it somewhere and it was the driver I installed before finding out about this tool) for it is 425.31-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.

I used the recommended preset after choosing the aforementioned previously saved driver package without the PhysX installer bundled with it. I also used express installation, automatic reboot, message signaled interrupts, disable telemetry, automatically accept unsigned warning and the HD audio power timeout patch, none of which seem to have been applied.

The unable to verify driver publisher pop-up isn't accepted automatically despite the fact that I enabled the option for it.
The installer exits near the end with the error "Changing HD audio power timeout failed" but the main driver seems to be installed properly as I can use the NVIDIA control panel. It also doesn't automatically reboot.
I have tried to install through both the packaged and unpackaged setup files and the results were identical.

I would appreciate any help on this matter.
Regards, Staz.

 

[W1zzard]

Which OS are you running?

 

[RealStaz]

It's Windows 10 64bit.

 

[RealStaz]

So uh is there nothing to do for me here? The driver is functional but I wanted to use NVCleanstall to customize it and it's not doing that for whatever reason.

 

[W1zzard]

I just have to find time to try to reproduce. On my Windows 10 system I've also noticed the inability to skip the unsigned driver warning, but again, no time to look into it

 

[W1zzard]

The unable to verify driver publisher pop-up isn't accepted automatically

This will be fixed in next release

Changing HD audio power timeout

This works for me, tested on a fresh Windows 10 installation (desktop though)

Could you export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} to a .reg file for me please?

 

[RealStaz]

Here you go.

 

[W1zzard]

Here you go.

Thanks! So you don't actually have an NVIDIA Audio Device installed in your system?

Right now it will show that error message because it's looking for a device by ""NVIDIA Corporation", which it does not find.

I guess it would be better to just silently continue without error message?

 

[RealStaz]

I am not sure. Device manager doesn't show any audio device entry by NVIDIA.

I use bluetooth headphones to listen to audio but I always have to wait up to 10 seconds before the HD audio starts playing in my headphones, so I thought the option would fix that and decided to enable it.

Is the sleep timer fix just for NVIDIA audio devices or is it supposed to work in my case as well?

 

[W1zzard]

The patch in NVCleanstall is specifically for NVIDIA (my code only looks for "NVIDIA Corporation" devices, which is why you're seeing that error message, you got none of those on your system).

You can do this manually. Go into that registry key I mentioned, each child key lists an audio device. Look at "ProviderName" to figure out which is which.

Then go to the "PowerSettings" key of that device and set "ConservationIdleTime" and "PerformanceIdleTime" to all 0's

Probably needs a reboot

Happy to share more details if you need help with a specific step

 

[RealStaz]

I found what seems to be the audio device that plays HD audio into my headphones, called "ST-WIRELESS Stereo" (0009 in the registry path I exported). Note that my headphones also creates a low quality output option as well, called "ST-WIRELESS Hands-Free AG Audio".

I couldn't find the PowerSettings key you mentioned under 0009; so is there another place I have to look for these options or I can't change the delay before audio plays at all?

 

[W1zzard]

Hmm you are right, I looked at the reg file and there's no PowerSettings key. Maybe the device doesn't support these options

 

[RealStaz]

Do you mind if I ask, were you able to reproduce message signaled interrupts and disable telemetry options not being applied? Those two are the ones I am mostly worried about; although I didn't know how to check if telemetry was disabled so I went with assuming it didn't get applied as a patch just as the other patches were not applied.

 

[TheDeeGee]

This tool is why the list of Open Issues keeps growing, people removing telemetry because they're paranoid.

 

[pavle]

This tool is why the list of Open Issues keeps growing, people removing telemetry because they're paranoid.

Really now? Firstly, nvidia has no business monitoring what you do with your computer; they can test their own equipment on their own time and in their own space. Next, you don't need any additional processes running in the background.

 

[lexluthermiester]

This tool is why the list of Open Issues keeps growing, people removing telemetry because they're paranoid.

It's not being paranoid, it's called protecting one's privacy, which is a right. If you do not understand this, you have the problem.

 

[W1zzard]

Do you mind if I ask, were you able to reproduce message signaled interrupts and disable telemetry options not being applied? Those two are the ones I am mostly worried about; although I didn't know how to check if telemetry was disabled so I went with assuming it didn't get applied as a patch just as the other patches were not applied.

Didn't have time to look into those yet

 

[SPDIF]

This tool is why the list of Open Issues keeps growing, people removing telemetry because they're paranoid.

And Nvidia is using your computer's resources to send telemetry to them! It uses memory and CPU time, thus making your computer slower to send data. Or are you one of those guys that think; I have nothing to hide, so i don't care about privacy? And it also uses your internet connection with YOU are paying for.

 

[TheDeeGee]

And Nvidia is using your computer's resources to send telemetry to them! It uses memory and CPU time, thus making your computer slower to send data. Or are you one of those guys that think; I have nothing to hide, so i don't care about privacy? And it also uses your internet connection with YOU are paying for.

As i said, people are paranoid and you're the perfect example.

And the CPU usage is 0.001% at most, so unless you have a Pentium 133 MHz it's a non-issue.

 

[SPDIF]

As i said, people are paranoid and you're the perfect example.

And the CPU usage is 0.001% at most, so unless you have a Pentium 133 MHz it's a non-issue.

Indeed, you are the perfect example from i have nothing to hide... They know enough from us, no need to feed them.