Small problems after SP1 install

[Guest xiowan]

Hello all:

My pc is working great with Vista Ultimate 64 bit but I have two minor

problems that I think may be related to the SP1 update. I used the Microsoft

SP1 Update CD rather than download on a slow 56k connection and the install

went fine. Since the install of SP1 I have occasionally noticed intermittant

very, very brief freezes of live tv in Media Center. It isn't really a

problem, more just an annoyance. Looking back thru my Windows Updates I

noticed an Intel Graphics Media driver was installed after SP1. The date on

the driver update was Feb., 2008. There are no graphics updates later than

Jan.27, 2008 on the Intel site for my board so I had went ahead and let

Microsoft update the drivers. Is it possible that Microsoft Update would

have a post SP1 Intel Graphics driver update before it is listed on the Intel

support site? I am thinking I should uninstall the graphics in device mgr

and re-install the latest drivers from the Intel site to see if that cures

the video freeze problem. Would this be a likely solution? The other problem

I'm having is that when I try to manually download Media Center Guide updates

I frequently get an almost immediate notification that the Guide update is

complete even though when I hold the cursor over the download icon it never

goes past 0% complete. If I then try to download the guide again, most times

it goes thru the complete lengthy update correctly. This happens on 2 64-bit

pcs with Vista SP1 and 1 32-bit pc with XP Media Center 2005. This has only

been occurring for the last month or so. I tried going thru the complete

Media Center set-up on all thru pc's again and the problem still occurs. Is

this something unique to my pc's or is there a widespread problem with Guide

updates?

 

xiowan...........in tucson

[Guest xiowan]

RE: Small problems after SP1 install

 

First problem solved. Uninstalled the graphics drivers and re-installed

latest (but older than Microsoft Update) drivers from the Intel website and

the live tv freezes seem to be eliminated. Still have no idea why the Media

Center Guide updates won't download the first try. Any suggestions?

 

xiowan..........in tucson

 

"xiowan" wrote:

> Hello all:

> My pc is working great with Vista Ultimate 64 bit but I have two minor

> problems that I think may be related to the SP1 update. I used the Microsoft

> SP1 Update CD rather than download on a slow 56k connection and the install

> went fine. Since the install of SP1 I have occasionally noticed intermittant

> very, very brief freezes of live tv in Media Center. It isn't really a

> problem, more just an annoyance. Looking back thru my Windows Updates I

> noticed an Intel Graphics Media driver was installed after SP1. The date on

> the driver update was Feb., 2008. There are no graphics updates later than

> Jan.27, 2008 on the Intel site for my board so I had went ahead and let

> Microsoft update the drivers. Is it possible that Microsoft Update would

> have a post SP1 Intel Graphics driver update before it is listed on the Intel

> support site? I am thinking I should uninstall the graphics in device mgr

> and re-install the latest drivers from the Intel site to see if that cures

> the video freeze problem. Would this be a likely solution? The other problem

> I'm having is that when I try to manually download Media Center Guide updates

> I frequently get an almost immediate notification that the Guide update is

> complete even though when I hold the cursor over the download icon it never

> goes past 0% complete. If I then try to download the guide again, most times

> it goes thru the complete lengthy update correctly. This happens on 2 64-bit

> pcs with Vista SP1 and 1 32-bit pc with XP Media Center 2005. This has only

> been occurring for the last month or so. I tried going thru the complete

> Media Center set-up on all thru pc's again and the problem still occurs. Is

> this something unique to my pc's or is there a widespread problem with Guide

> updates?

>

> xiowan...........in tucson