http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/ Musings on the craft and business of software development Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Bob On Development » Silverlight blah blah Singularity yadda yadda (vs the Real World) Fri, 04 May 2007 03:50:13 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/#comment-1479 [...] probability that it will blow up, the insurance company keeps “loosing” our claims, and I can’t get stable 32-bit video drivers for Vista? Give me a [...] [...] probability that it will blow up, the insurance company keeps “loosing” our claims, and I can’t get stable 32-bit video drivers for Vista? Give me a [...]

]]> http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 William A. Childress Tue, 01 May 2007 12:20:46 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/#comment-1423 It's the DRM (Digital Rights Management). Content providers are so afraid that they will loose their huge mansions and obscene pay checks that they have forced this upon us. Now we've got safe systems to play their trash. There's basically no room for error in the video drivers. If there's a glitch of any sort then the video will reset because it thinks that someone is trying to hack it. Of course, my opinion is that most of the content providers provide fodder that is so devoid of any value that it's not worth stealing, but that's another thread. Anyway, you can write the MPAA or BILL and tell them what you think of your new shiny desktop paperweight. My new computer has become unusable in the last few days. Chalk me up as another happy VISTA user. It’s the DRM (Digital Rights Management). Content providers are so afraid that they will loose their huge mansions and obscene pay checks that they have forced this upon us. Now we’ve got safe systems to play their trash. There’s basically no room for error in the video drivers. If there’s a glitch of any sort then the video will reset because it thinks that someone is trying to hack it. Of course, my opinion is that most of the content providers provide fodder that is so devoid of any value that it’s not worth stealing, but that’s another thread. Anyway, you can write the MPAA or BILL and tell them what you think of your new shiny desktop paperweight. My new computer has become unusable in the last few days. Chalk me up as another happy VISTA user.

]]> http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Lindsay Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:52:29 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/09/unstable-video-drivers-appear-to-be-the-weak-link-in-vista/#comment-1236 I have had the same issues. I have gone back to the WDDM driver for my 7950GT. I can't play any game at all. Despite trying several driver versions including 158! - I might consider going to back to XP!!! I have had the same issues. I have gone back to the WDDM driver for my 7950GT. I can’t play any game at all. Despite trying several driver versions including 158! – I might consider going to back to XP!!!

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