sorry about the repost
I went to the nvidia video driver site. For vista they
instructed me to use the windows driver that vista
chose. I have contacted the program maker of the software.
still wating for a response.
The question is why xp would run the software fine
and vista will not?
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sincerely:
paul d brown
"Malke" wrote:
> pbrown wrote:
> > I have recently acquired a computer with the windows vista home edition,
> > trying to use the student edition of PRO-E 2001,any time I try a view
> > operation like panning, zooming etc. I get a screen refresh inside the
> > program, very time consuming. I never experienced this using the program on
> > windows XP with an older less powerful system. I'm currently running on a
> > 1.86 GHZ system with 2 gigabytes of ram, using nvidia geforce 7300 video card
> > w 256 onboard ram set at 1280x1024 @60HZ screen resolution. nvidia board uses
> > the windows vista driver. Any help with a fix for this would be appreciated.
>
> Have you checked with the PRO-E tech support people to see if their
> program is compatible with Vista? It might not be or there might be a
> newer version that is, a patch, or a workaround. The program mftr. is
> the one who will know this.
>
> Also, make sure you have the latest video drivers for your computer.
> Here is general driver information:
>
> Get drivers from:
>
> 1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
> 2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
> 3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM
> computer (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).
>
> Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.
>
> To find out what hardware is in your computer:
>
> 1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
> 2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific
> model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers
> anyway)
> 3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
> Advisor. The older Aida32 is good for this, too although it might not
> work on Vista.
>
> http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
> http://www.aumha.org/free.htm - Aida32 (hosted on Jim Eshelman's site)
>
>
> Malke
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