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Old 07-22-2007   #10 (permalink)
freddy


 
 

Re: Display driver stopped responding

Wayne,

The VPU Recover is not an option as it's now built into Vista. What you
have IS the VPU Recover option. It's an error, and your visual processing
has been recovered, rather than your computer having crashed.
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freddy


"Wayne Wastier" wrote:

>
> "freddy" <fkirschen@tidalwave.net> wrote in message
> news:5C476FA3-00E4-4A80-9F5C-E3845291F28C@microsoft.com...
> > Wayne and All,
> >
> > You have what is called a VPU Recover error. This is an ATI technology
> > adopted by Microsoft for Vista. The technology keeps your computer from
> > crashing when you have a conflict, but gives you the VPU Recover error
> > message instead (of crashing). This has been around for a number of
> > years,
> > and it can be difficult identifying the problem, unless you're lucky.
> > Here
> > is a guide about troubleshooting the VPU Recover problem. The guide
> > addresses the issue as it was written before Vista came to live with us,
> > but
> > nothing has changed. The comments apply to Vista as well. Take a look:
> >
> > http://www.foxpop.com/imre/2005/vpur...purecover.html
> >
> > There is a lot of information on the Internet about this problem. I even
> > had it not long ago when using WinXP. It took me a long time to figure it
> > out.
> > --
> > freddy
> >
> >

>
> Sorry for the late response.
>
> Thanks Freddy. I wish it were that simple. There is no VPU recover option
> that I can see in the latest ATI Vista drivers.
>
> Thanks for your response anyway.
>
>
> Wayne
>
>

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