Install proprietary Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit

After trying to update Nvidia graphic drivers, my monitor was not detected properly and was at a lower resolution. The picture also did not fill the whole monitor leaving a 1 inch black border around the window. Below are the steps I took to install the newest Nvidia graphics drivers for Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. My hardware was an micro-atx Zotac Geforce 8200-itx motherboard with an integrated Geforce 8200 graphics chip.

Links below will only be good for the 295.59 driver version.

• These instructions come from the Nvidia website found in the "README" file
• http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/295.59/README/index.htm
• Check if your hardware is supported
• http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-295.59-driver.html
• open tab "Supported Products" to find your Graphics Card
• Check if your software meets the minimum requirements
• Direct link to Software Requirements
• http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/295.59/README/minimumrequirements.html
• Download driver
• Version 295.59 direct link
• http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-295.59-driver.html
• General link for selecting your operating system
• http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
• Disable nouveau open source driver
• open a terminal and paste in the following commands
• Create a file to disable nouveau open source driver
• sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
• Add the following lines to the file
• # "#" lines are not read and are for your information
• # Last updated by Chad Chenault on 2012-0725
• # file created to install propriety nvidia video driver for geforce 8200 on zotac motherboard
• # This file prevents the opensource nouveau driver from loading at startup
• #
• blacklist nouveau
• options nouveau modeset=0
• #
• press "ctrl + o" to save the file
• press "ctrl + x" to exit nano 
• Create help text file
• Open your favorite text editor (nano or gedit for me)
• copy and paste text from this blog post other sources into the file
• save file to your home folder as nvidia.help.txt
• full path of file is "/home/[your user name here]/nvidia.help.txt"
• login to 2 console windows
• open help text file in one window with nano
• ctrl + Alt + F2
• open help file in text editor
• nano ~/nvidia.help.txt
• Open window to execute commands
• ctrl + Alt + F1
• I did not complete the instructions but I am posting any way so that I will be able to find the installation instructions if I need to reinstall the driver.