IT Guy strikes again

[Noel]

I am still on Version 8.1.1 running on a p3 933 with 128 of ram my OS is windows 2000 profesional.My problem is that the IT guy came in and ran a bunch of windows updates and now when I try to verify a program Mastercam crashes without a warning or a warning message. Is there anything that could have been changed by running the windows updates to cause this to occur.I had to get him to put my old mouse driver back in so that the mmouse chook would work again. Before he touched my puter it was very stable with no problems. Any ideas ?

 

 

Noel

[bryan314]

Gun and a shovel. Nobody will miss him.

 

Bryan

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Deinstall your graphic card driver completly (in safe Mode) and reinstall it ,Noel

 

 

teh IM my own IT guy ,noone touches my putters ,that`s I come to help others .

And noone has a right to update my OS

HTH

WTHH

 

[ 09-02-2004, 08:17 AM: Message edited by: Winnie Teh Pooh ]

[Noel]

I like the gun and shovel idea Bryan but I may have to settle for reinstalling my display driver.

Iskander I will give the driver reinstall a try.

 

Thanks Noel

[Bullines]

Did he install any updated drivers from Windows Update? I've found that Microsoft drivers tend to do more harm than good. In the case of video drivers, especially nVIDIA, never ever install the ones found on Windows Update; stick with the reference drivers from nVIDIA's site. I've found that the nVIDIA drivers from Windows Update tend to be very bare and support very few features of the hardware. Those drivers basically get you up and running and nothing further. There are three types of downloads at Windows Update; critical updates, recommended updates and drivers. My philosophy on Windows Update is this. Always get the latest crtical updates. Get the recommended updates if it applies to you. Never get the driver updates; go straight to the manufacturers' website for those.

[Hardmill]

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Gun and a shovel. Nobody will miss him.

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Hmmmm, my IT guy is coming in today.

No gun, but I do have a lighter

 

 

PEACE

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Windows updates notorious for changing graphic cards drivers for others ,better ones ,sometimes that`s wrong ,very bad idea of windows Update

HTH

WTHH

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Look here for a good laugh - teh 80/20 rule

80/20 LOL

 

Noel ,you `ve got 20 ?

[Bullines]

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To understand how Windows Quality Online Services works, consider it as part of a set of technologies and services including Windows Error Reporting and Online Crash Analysis. In the event of a crash, the user of a third-party device, driver, or application is prompted by Windows Error Reporting to send an error report to Microsoft. If the user chooses to send the report, encrypted information (chiefly a memory minidump) is sent to a secure server at Microsoft where it is processed by Online Crash Analysis.

 

Using the resulting information, Microsoft contacts the user who initiated the error report with a message containing a link to resolution information.

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I don't know of anyone that has ever been contacted by Microsoft after submitting an error report I think I prefer the extra 4MB of RAM I save by only using reference drivers from the manufacturer and disabling the Error Reporting Service

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

I said it is a good laugh ,Bullines !

 

LOL !

[Noel]

The video card is an nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 that was recomended by my reseller what would the best driver for this card be so I can tell IT guy what to install.

 

Thanks again

 

Noel

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Nvidia native from a disk or from nvidia site forner name detonator2 ,can not recall the new name for it !

[Bullines]

This one. If your company is a stickler for WHQL-certified drivers, then this one. Pooh, Detonators have been renamed to Forceware.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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...Gun and a shovel. Nobody will miss him...

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ROFL!!!!! +1

[Noel]

Thanks Bullines

I downloaded the nvidia driver and will have it Installed and try it out.

 

 

Noel

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Yeah .Bullines ,Forceware ,love them .

 

Winnie teh flack cannon .

[MetalMarvels]

+1 on never using the Windows nVidea drivers. They are 6 months behind the latest release from nVidea AND it is not the same driver as the "same" version that was available from nVidia. Looks like it was "stripped". What is odd is that the driver from nVidia is "certified".

[CAM-mando]

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I don't know of anyone that has ever been contacted by Microsoft after submitting an error report

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I did once. Told me to download and install sp1

[cvomooney]

I love my IT guy's... they can do no wrong, and when I screw things up they are stevo on the spot.

[Noel]

I finaly figured out what to change to stop mcam from crashing when I verify. If I drop my computer to 256 colour from 32 or 16 bit it does not crash. Any ideas on what to do to fix it so I can run 32 bit colour. I have reinstalled the nvidia drivers and there was no change.

 

 

Noel

[mikeb]

which drivers did you reinstall

 

 

p.s. like they said, dont go to windows update for drivers...hehe, learn the hardway

[Bullines]

Will it crash at 16-bit colour?

[Noel]

I installed the forceware for widows 2000 from nvidia that bulliness suggested. Yes it crashes in 16 bit mode as well.

 

 

Noel

[Bullines]

The main difference between 256 colour mode and 16-bit/32/bit colour mode is where the colour palette comes from. In 256 colour mode, all colours are found using the colour palette built into the video card. 16-colour mode uses a software palette (Windows) but will use the hardware palette is a colour is available there. 32-bit colour always uses the software palette. But that doesn't solve your problem...

 

Does it only crash in Verify?

[Noel]

Yes it pretty much only crashes in verify.

 

 

Noel