Vista - Vista 64 bit beta driver issues

06-02-2008

On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:13:38 -0500, Charlie Tame <charlie@xxxxxx>
wrote:

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>Nonny wrote:

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>> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:05:55 -0400, "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>

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>>> I'm a bit confused here.
>>>
>>> I have been using beta Geforce drivers for over a year on Vista Home Premium
>>> X64. I have received warnings on the betas that the source cannot be
>>> verified, but I was able to choose to install the drivers. I believe that
>>> they were signed, although they were not WHQL blessed. The current drivers I
>>> have in place are betas (175.80) that were leaked through the website of an
>>> nVidia partner.
>>>
>>> I think I've only seen one driver in the past year that was unsigned, and
>>> that was associated with a utility that may have been a hack.
>>>
>>> Apparently beta and unsigned are not equivalent.

>>
>> True.
>>
>> Beta means that the driver isn't at the final release point and is
>> only for testing. All beta drivers will be unsigned drivers as well.
>>
>> Unsigned means it's not designed for the operating system in
>> question... i.e., it doesn't pass all of MS's tests.

>
>Goddamit are you really that stupid?

Nope. I just play a person that is on Usenet.

06-02-2008	#11 (permalink)
Nonny n/a posts	Re: Vista 64 bit beta driver issues On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:13:38 -0500, Charlie Tame <charlie@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Nonny wrote: Quote: >> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:05:55 -0400, "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxx> >> wrote: >> Quote: >>> I'm a bit confused here. >>> >>> I have been using beta Geforce drivers for over a year on Vista Home Premium >>> X64. I have received warnings on the betas that the source cannot be >>> verified, but I was able to choose to install the drivers. I believe that >>> they were signed, although they were not WHQL blessed. The current drivers I >>> have in place are betas (175.80) that were leaked through the website of an >>> nVidia partner. >>> >>> I think I've only seen one driver in the past year that was unsigned, and >>> that was associated with a utility that may have been a hack. >>> >>> Apparently beta and unsigned are not equivalent. >> >> True. >> >> Beta means that the driver isn't at the final release point and is >> only for testing. All beta drivers will be unsigned drivers as well. >> >> Unsigned means it's not designed for the operating system in >> question... i.e., it doesn't pass all of MS's tests. > >Goddamit are you really that stupid? Nope. I just play a person that is on Usenet.
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