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

__/ [ 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!!!!!!

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