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Recent Windows XP Home Updates
Is there a place where I can check if people are having unexpected problems
following a Windows update? I run a dedicated audio workstation with one main application which hasn't changed for months. Not much on it.. takes 50 seconds for a full boot. 1. Last May it became unpredictably unstable with a variety of halts. After several months of troubleshooting, I found that one of the updates conflicted with an old REALTEK audio driver which I don't even use. Once the driver was updated, the system worked smoothly again. 2. Yesterday, after a long update sequence (I assume SP 3 etc), the screen flickers every once in a while as if the whole desktop is being refreshed... Very annoying. At one point after boot, the screen was very slow to fill, grinding away at icons. Since I have made no soft or hardware changes, I assume the most recent update has triggered this new behaviour. Can anyone confirm similar symptoms? If there is a bad interaction, can I go back to before the latest update? Any help would be appreciated. Friedl |
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Recent Windows XP Home Updates
First thing I would do is update the graphics driver.
-- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Friedl" wrote in message ... Is there a place where I can check if people are having unexpected problems following a Windows update? I run a dedicated audio workstation with one main application which hasn't changed for months. Not much on it.. takes 50 seconds for a full boot. 1. Last May it became unpredictably unstable with a variety of halts. After several months of troubleshooting, I found that one of the updates conflicted with an old REALTEK audio driver which I don't even use. Once the driver was updated, the system worked smoothly again. 2. Yesterday, after a long update sequence (I assume SP 3 etc), the screen flickers every once in a while as if the whole desktop is being refreshed... Very annoying. At one point after boot, the screen was very slow to fill, grinding away at icons. Since I have made no soft or hardware changes, I assume the most recent update has triggered this new behaviour. Can anyone confirm similar symptoms? If there is a bad interaction, can I go back to before the latest update? Any help would be appreciated. Friedl |
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Recent Windows XP Home Updates
Since realtek has never digitally signed thier drivers/software like all
others do with microsoft WHQL,i dought if an update has anything to do with it. However,try downloading the latest Direct X update... "Friedl" wrote: Is there a place where I can check if people are having unexpected problems following a Windows update? I run a dedicated audio workstation with one main application which hasn't changed for months. Not much on it.. takes 50 seconds for a full boot. 1. Last May it became unpredictably unstable with a variety of halts. After several months of troubleshooting, I found that one of the updates conflicted with an old REALTEK audio driver which I don't even use. Once the driver was updated, the system worked smoothly again. 2. Yesterday, after a long update sequence (I assume SP 3 etc), the screen flickers every once in a while as if the whole desktop is being refreshed... Very annoying. At one point after boot, the screen was very slow to fill, grinding away at icons. Since I have made no soft or hardware changes, I assume the most recent update has triggered this new behaviour. Can anyone confirm similar symptoms? If there is a bad interaction, can I go back to before the latest update? Any help would be appreciated. Friedl |
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