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09-23-2008
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| | Re: Why doens't ATI post new drivers to Windows Update/ Update Catalog Acer won't support Vista. Full Stop. Have laptops with ATI cards/chips that are now totally unsupported. On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:22:50 -0700, "Timothy Davis [MSFT]" <tidavis@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >The reason that ATI does not want to post drivers to WU is because ATI does >not sell hardware directly to consumers. ATI/AMD sells hardware to >resellers and to OEMs, who in turn support the end user. Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com |
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09-23-2008
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| | Re: Why doens't ATI post new drivers to Windows Update/ Update Catalog "md" <mdkrantz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:66555ad5-7cdc-41cc-a085-f6308b73a740@xxxxxx Quote: > So, to upgrade the driver, instead of using Windows Update, one would > double-click on the executable: 8-9_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_68905? |
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09-23-2008
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| | Re: Why doens't ATI post new drivers to Windows Update/ Update Catalog In message <P4adnfACfeuqbEXVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@xxxxxx> "Rich." <rcres@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Although your explanation is plausible, it contradicts the fact that just >recently this was on WU: > >ATI Technologies Inc. - Display - ASUS X1950 Series >Installation date: ?8/?11/?2008 10:15 pm >Installation status: Successful >Update type: Optional >ATI Technologies Inc. Display software update released in June, 2008 is this corporation that is really responsible for providing me driver updates." category. |
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09-23-2008
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| | Re: Why doens't ATI post new drivers to Windows Update/ Update Catalog This is exactly what happened - in fact I was the person who pushed this driver to WU (I no longer work in that group). When Vista launched, there was an effort to have as many devices supported by either inbox drivers (ships with Windows), or pushed to Windows Update. We worked with many of our hardware partners to accomplish this, and significantly increased our device coverage metrics. The downside is that many of our partners are not leveraging the tools we put in place to update the content on WU. This means that many of the drivers that are on WU are not the latest drivers. There are projects in place that will give incentive for hardware partners to maintain the latest drivers on WU - so this is something that is being addressed going forward. "DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:emgid4lhiej9ttthp96cmpl0ia10lf609o@xxxxxx Quote: > In message <P4adnfACfeuqbEXVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@xxxxxx> "Rich." > <rcres@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>Although your explanation is plausible, it contradicts the fact that just >>recently this was on WU: >> >>ATI Technologies Inc. - Display - ASUS X1950 Series >>Installation date: ?8/?11/?2008 10:15 pm >>Installation status: Successful >>Update type: Optional >>ATI Technologies Inc. Display software update released in June, 2008 > Not at all, this release is by ASUS, not ATI, which falls into the "It > is this corporation that is really responsible for providing me driver > updates." category. |
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