Simviation Forum - How to get rid of nwiz?

Dec 14^th, 2008 at 2:23pm

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I got nwiz with the 180.48 driver. I don't see nwiz in my spybot startup menu or anywhere else but in msconfig and I can only keep it deselected in msconfig if I use the selective startup option. Does anyone know how to permantly get rid of this at startup?

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Reply #1 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 2:43pm

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What.. is nvidia hiding crap now.. figures

browse manually to the RUN folders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

its there

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Reply #2 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 3:01pm

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I just delete those registry keys?

Edit: Nothing in current user registry, don't see nwiz in the 2nd folder but there are nVidia keys:

NvCplDaemon
NvMediaCenter

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Reply #3 - Dec 15^th, 2008 at 5:21pm

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hmmmmmm

gettin tricky are they

It should be listed on the opposite side when you open one of the RUN folders for each of the keys I posted

If not do a registry search

Making sure the top of the tree (my computer) is highlighted, EDIT - FIND - type nwiz and click FIND NOW but be aware... just because something comes up does not mean its the right value to delete and there can be other results not related to nwiz but simply words with the letters nwiz in them

Each time the term is found and after you look it over you can continie to the next instance by hitting F3 till the FINISHED SEARCHING appears

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Reply #4 - Dec 15^th, 2008 at 6:51pm

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Usually you don't want to screw with driver stuff, but I guess it would be useful to Google it and look around, I personally would recommend seeing if it's been removed by the new driver, in other words, check the change logs.

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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 1:29am

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th3flyboy wrote on Dec 15^th, 2008 at 6:51pm:

Usually you don't want to screw with driver stuff, but I guess it would be useful to Google it and look around, I personally would recommend seeing if it's been removed by the new driver, in other words, check the change logs.

Agreed. Normally I don't mess with driver processes but nwiz I think is extra fluff nVidia puts there...for what reason I don't know.

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Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 1:37am

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NickN wrote on Dec 15^th, 2008 at 5:21pm:

hmmmmmm

gettin tricky are they

It should be listed on the opposite side when you open one of the RUN folders for each of the keys I posted

If not do a registry search

Making sure the top of the tree (my computer) is highlighted, EDIT - FIND - type nwiz and click FIND NOW but be aware... just because something comes up does not mean its the right value to delete and there can be other results not related to nwiz but simply words with the letters nwiz in them

Each time the term is found and after you look it over you can continie to the next instance by hitting F3 till the FINISHED SEARCHING appears

Found something:

Shared Tools/MSConfig/startupreg/nwiz

There are 5 keys:

command
hkey
inimapping
item
key

Haven't screwed with anything yet.

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Reply #7 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 12:44pm

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th3flyboy wrote on Dec 15^th, 2008 at 6:51pm:

Usually you don't want to screw with driver stuff, but I guess it would be useful to Google it and look around, I personally would recommend seeing if it's been removed by the new driver, in other words, check the change logs.

nwiz is only needed for multimonitor support in multiple profiles

I also delete it as I have no need for it.

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Reply #8 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 12:50pm

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raptorx wrote on Dec 16^th, 2008 at 1:37am:

NickN wrote on Dec 15^th, 2008 at 5:21pm:

hmmmmmm

gettin tricky are they

It should be listed on the opposite side when you open one of the RUN folders for each of the keys I posted

If not do a registry search

Making sure the top of the tree (my computer) is highlighted, EDIT - FIND - type nwiz and click FIND NOW but be aware... just because something comes up does not mean its the right value to delete and there can be other results not related to nwiz but simply words with the letters nwiz in them

Each time the term is found and after you look it over you can continie to the next instance by hitting F3 till the FINISHED SEARCHING appears

Found something:

Shared Tools/MSConfig/startupreg/nwiz

There are 5 keys:

command
hkey
inimapping
item
key

Haven't screwed with anything yet.

OK heres whats strange.. that key is what is allowing nwiz to show in MSCONFIG but as I recall that is just a 'trigger' point and not the exact RUN trigger

Reboot the system and open the processes list.. see if nwiz.exe is on the list

If not I suspect some kind of glitch where MSCONFIG has it listed but the process is not really RUN enabled.. therefore the entry is null and just a dummy

So at that point to test and not leave yourself stuck, simply go back to the registry and find that

Shared Tools/MSConfig/startupreg/nwiz <----- this folder

Right click and select EXPORT. Name the export save NWIZ STARTUP. This will make a backup of just that key and its subs for you to double click and reinstall to the registry at any time

Once you have the backup right click it again and select DELETE

Reboot and check MSCONFIG

should be cleared.. if any problems arrise just run the backup and reboot.. it will put the entry right back

you can do that with any reg key you wish to experiment with

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Reply #9 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 8:21pm

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Cool, Thanks Nick!

-Jim

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