Will the new Nvidia control panel (Nv App) be the end of NVCleanstall as we know it ?

[AndyGawg]

Seems like ye olde cp will indeed be around quite a while. Just read a few posts and info from Manuel on NV forums. People are not happy with it. Few answers.
It's possible it will always be a possibility, especially with the tech skills of the guys around here!

Also I have completely denied access and disabled the store in group policy. (Computer and User), but that "app" alone still installs with regular driver package.

BTW in Computer policy you can disable and deny access. In user of course it cant' be disabled, but I denied access there to be sure. I have over 60 GPO, which disable bloat. Took trial and error though. I had to use system restore a few times even.

After 2 years of messing around with it on my PC which has a Local account only, I've finally got a good set of stuff disabled. Speed of the PC in general is noticably but not massively improved. Worth it IMHO.


This is with a strictly local account. On Windows 10 pro. Cant' imagine it working with the now normal online account, or Win 11. That's why I'll stick with Win10 for as long as viable.

Specs below:

CPU: i9-9900ks NO HT - 8 real cores. @ 5.2GHz

Asus Strix RTX 3080ti gaming OC. Boost clock out the box OC is 1815Mhz, and it allows an extra 50 watt. I can play anything at high (sans advanced ray tracing) with this. OCed of course.

Display AOC AG273/11 QGX (Japan only version) 1440p

DDR4 G.Skill Trident Z F4 C17 @3600 Mhz. Two sticks tot 32GB. Oced to 3700MHz and a two secondary and tertiary timing tweaks for more speed.

I built the PC to last, and so far it is "lasting." Sorry for a bit off topic second half, but I guess it is kind of relevant in the big picture.

 

[chrcoluk]

Also I have completely denied access and disabled the store in group policy. (Computer and User), but that "app" alone still installs with regular driver package.

The store isnt the only way to install apps, e.g. app packages can be installed on LTSC with the store not even installed on the system.

 

[AndyGawg]

So, the old NVCP doesn't be installed in this release 551.61 ?.. anyway i had to copy it in (this app never update, across drivers versions) another folder to be able to launch it once so i will always have it even if i use DDU.

It worked for me with NV clean install. But I am on a Win 10 local account with loads of anti store group policies. But even that isn't necessary, as chrcoluk said there are other ways. Also, NVCP
Seems immune to store meddling or deleting when upgrading driver? At least that's been my experience so far.

The store isnt the only way to install apps, e.g. app packages can be installed on LTSC with the store not even installed on the system.

Very true. Thanks for adding, I forgot!!

 

[ThrashZone]

So, the old NVCP doesn't be installed in this release 551.61 ?.. anyway i had to copy it in (this app never update, across drivers versions) another folder to be able to launch it once so i will always have it even if i use DDU.

Hi,
I use nvclean and it installs with old cp on that driver version recommended settings.
I'm still using it atm to.
Likely just stop using DDU will help.

 

[AndyGawg]

Just wanted to add. It's likely that after a long trial and error period (years?) the new NV CP will be really good. I mean the current one is like Win 2000 or earlier. But it still works well.
I never use GFE and if the new CP includes stuff carried over from GFE that will be a major downer. To be honest I don't know much about the new one. I figured it will be relevant and useful sometime in late 2025 or even 2026 - or possibly never.

Still, no excuse for not having a far superior layout/functionality of the current (old) CP. I just hope we don't have to down load the kind of stuff thats in GFE! An option maybe?
More likely the tech guys here will have made an updated NV Clean install for the new - whatever it's called. Current one is a great piece of software! "NV Clean install," I mean.