[Virtualacorn-list] Windows panes flashing under dead full-screen RO

[Chris Hughes]

In message <mpro.lc5k0t0017a3301yw.pittdj at pittdj.co.uk>
          David Pitt <pittdj at pittdj.co.uk> wrote:

> Chris Hughes <chris at noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

>> In message <5BAD186E-F76A-4E66-BA36-70CEDAFB1D0A at pittdj.co.uk>
>>           David Pitt <pittdJ at pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Nov 2010, at 18:39, Chris Hughes wrote:
>> 
>>>> In message <07e6907851.rogerarm at rogerarm.freeuk.com>
>>>>          Roger Darlington <rogerarm at freeuk.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19 Nov 2010, Roger Darlington  wrote
>> 
>>> [snip VRPC XP compatibility setting]
>> 
>>>>> I wonder if Andrew left it un-ticked so that VA-RPC would run faster
>>>>> on my computer. Certainly ticking it seems to make it go slower.
>>>>> [and, according to T.O.M.S - ticking it will do nothing to prevent
>>>>> the fault condition in this subject heading that I sometimes see -
>>>>> for the fault condition also occurs (according to them) in WinXP !
>>>> 
>>>>> I think I'll un-tick it again, since I'm sure Andrew would have
>>>>> known what he was doing leaving it un-ticked.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> To be clear here, none of the 4 Windows 7 machines here have this
>>>> ticked.
>> 
>>> One of my Windows 7 machines does require XP compatibility to be set. It
>>> is the machine with the nVidia, geforce 8600M GT, graphics. Otherwise
>>> VRPC in a Windows window does not awake from  sleep or hibernation,  a
>>> failure create primary surface terminal error is issued.
>> 
>> That sounds like a video driver issue. Are you using the latest drivers?

> It is a driver issue and yes I am on the latest version. This machine, a
> Toshiba Qosmio G40, was always problematic in its Vista days, I had thought
> that Windows 7 had resolved this issue. However I rather think I may have
> shot myself in the foot when on finding another machine required XP
> compatibility to be disabled I did the same to this one. Whether this has
> any relevance to what happens when something kicks VRPC out of full screen
> mode remains to be seen.


The latest nVidea drivers I can see for you are 25th Oct 2010 direct 
from nVidea (32bit or 64 bit version). New version 260.99. Toshiba 
should be offering these drivers as well on their website.

In fact Roger's GeForce 260 Graphic's card update is in the same 
downlaod package and current version is 260.99

Both are official releases.


-- 
Chris Hughes