Re: Odd quirks with video acceleration

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From: Arek Iskra [MVP] (NoSpam_arek_at_arekiskra.com)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:19:22 +0800

Have you tried to grab video drivers from Dell website? I am not sure if you
will be able to get one for Windows 2003 Server for this model, as I don't
think it was designed to run server OS. But it's worth a try :) 

-- 
Arek Iskra
MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution
"Adam" <plato2876@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:418801c49e97$90e9fac0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> While running Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, I've
> run across an odd bug on my setup, that I can't seem to get
> rid of. For some reason, when I enable full video
> acceleration on the system, the video resources on the
> system will essentially run out every 2 and a half days.
> I'll no longer be able to have any background loaded, nor
> will other visual aspects be able to load properly,
> including "skinned" programs using anything besides the
> standard windows appearance.  The system is running on a
> Dell Optiplex GX260, with a GeForce 4 MX 440 video card.
> As troubleshooting steps, I've attempted swapping out the
> video card, motherboard, ram, and processor, all to no
> avail.  The system is currently using the most recent
> Windows XP drivers from the nVidia website, but the problem
> also exhibits itself with the drivers from windows update,
> just with additional quirks.
>
> If anyone happens to have any idea on what I can try from
> here, it'd be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam

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