Hello Wesley,

Thanks for your candor enjoyed the comments and you can be assured that I
WILL delete it...like you I have no use for it.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Open the registry editor and navigate to...
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
> Right click nwiz, select Delete and click YES to the Are you sure you want
> to delete this value?prompt.
>
> This will stop nwiz.exe from running at boot.
>
> It doesn't matter what version Nvidia drivers you have, wait a minute, 5.11
> is *old*. I have Version 61.77 drivers.
>
> Driver Page
> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
>
> As I was saying, It doesn't matter what version Nvidia drivers you have, the
> first things added are these registry entries...
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
> Value Name: NvCplDaemon
> Value Type: REG_SZ
> Value Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
> Value Name: NvMediaCenter
> Value Type: REG_SZ
> Value Data:RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
> Value Name: nwiz
> Value Type: REG_SZ
> Value Data: nwiz.exe /install
>
> None of these have to start at boot, they can be accessed via Nvidia Nview
> in the Control Panel.
>
> There's also a bunch of crap that I removed from my context menu.
>
> I will *never* buy anything made by NVIDIA ever again.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:25867F74-96E6-4621-B054-11A19F21CC11@microsoft.com,
> mikel2634 <mikel2634@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Hello Wesley,
> > Should I delete the file...download and install the 5.11 version from
> > NVDIA or the 5.0 version from NVIDA? I don't want to screw things up.
> > HELP
> >
> > "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> >
> >> nwiz.exe = NVIDIA nView Wizard
> >>
> >> *Was* in this key on my machine.
> >>
> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
> >> Value Name: nwiz
> >> Value Type: REG_SZ
> >> Value Data: nwiz.exe /install
> >>
> >> Open the Registry Editor...
> >> Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK |
> >> Hit your F3 key | Type or paste nwiz.exe in the Find what box |
> >> Click the Find Next button | Hit F3 to Find Next again, etc.
> >>
> >> There will be at least 3 or 4 other locations where nwiz.exe shows up in
> >> the registry.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >>
> >> Wes
> >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> In news:CEE2A794-B5D9-4B19-BB09-71A0E3BD1DC2@microsoft.com,
> >> mikel2634 <mikel2634@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> >>> I have been having problems with my mouse (erratic movement) and used
> >>> the system config utility to find the problem. I've narrowed it down to
> >>> a file that is nwiz.exe/install but now don't know how to delete that
> >>> file. I used msconfig and viewed HKEY_current_user but couldn't find
> >>> the file. I also went to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and no luck there either.
> >>> In the Sys config util it indicates that the file is in
> >>> SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENTVERSION/RUN but I just can't find it
> >>> in either location. Is there another way to either isolate the file
> >>> (other than the sys config util) or delete it?
>
>