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Re: [News] Vista Multihead Diplay Support - A Step Backwards

__/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 22 December 2006 00:03 \__

> On Thursday 21 December 2006 23:31 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 21 December 2006 22:49 \__
>> 
>>> On Thursday 21 December 2006 22:37 Linonut wrote:
>>> 
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>>>> wisdom:
>>>> 
>>>>> Vista Limitation - Multi Monitor Displays
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Here is the catch. If you have two different video cards that have
>>>>> | different WDDM Drivers - one will be disabled. In other words you
>>>>> | must have two video cards from the same manufacturer. Otherwise you
>>>>> | will get a nastygram like this...
>>>>> | 
>>>>> | What is the solution? To downgrade to older Windows XP XPDM drivers.
>>>>> | Goodbye Glass, and Goodbye Media Center...or go out and purchase
>>>>> | another video card of the same make and model.
>>>>> | 
>>>>> | Why is it a problem? The biggest problem will be for the folks who
>>>>> | already have XP Media center with two different cards. Right now
>>>>> | it is working great, but when you upgrade Media center will no
>>>>> | longer work with that configuration.
>>>>> | 
>>>>> | If you have two video cards, and are running XP Media center -
>>>>> | Check your video card setup before upgrading to Vista
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/12/vista-limitation-multi-monitor.html
>>>>>
>>>>> This was mentioned before, but this one is more informative.
>>>> 
>>>> Does anybody else think that Microsoft is making a lot of mistakes, even
>>>> for Microsoft?
>>> 
>>> Nar....
>>> 
>>> ... it's just that Roy S has a lot to say....
>>> 
>>> ...muddying the waters, selective quoting, out-and-out lies.....
>>> 
>>> ... Just as Erik and co...... they'll tell you.....:-)
>> 
>> It's the BIOS. THE BIOS!!!!!!
> 
> Heh:-)
> It was probably "responded to in another thread"?:-)

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