Thanks for your response.

As I mentioned in the original post, Device Manager reported that I
had a "Rage 128 Pro UltraGL AGP". Do you agree that describes the
graphics hardware, not merely a driver for a graphics card?

Second, I did try to go to the ATI site but got forwarded
automatically to the AMD site, and the latter had nothing about Rage
processors.

Why do you think Microsoft is a bad place to get drivers, as opposed
to some of the free sites that let you download a driver but "spike"
it with malware attachments?

Again, thanks for weighing in on my question.

Best wishes,
Richard

On Apr 3, 9:19 am, "Noncompliant" <spamyours...@blackworm.net> wrote:
> Whatever you do, DO NOT GET ANY DRIVER SOFTWARE FROM MS UPDATE SITE, EVER.
>
> Go to the ati.com site. Find the driver download in reference to your
> onboard ati card. Find the latest software drivers. Download (do not
> select open), but do not install yet. Find the installation directions for
> it at ATI site. You may need to uninstall the current ATI driver software
> first.
>
> --
> Noncompliant
>
> Money don't wag the dog's tail.
>
> "Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1175484531.787844.178130@y80g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I running WinXP2-Pro on a no-name system with an Intel Pentium 4, 2-
> > GHz processor, 1MB RAM and plenty of free hard-drive space.
>
> > I just got an error msgbox inviting me to inform Microsoft about the
> > error. I complied and got a message in return entitled "Microsoft
> > Windows Error Reporting". It told me "This problem was caused by ATI
> > Graphics Driver. ATI Graphics Driver was created by ATI Technologies,
> > Inc."
>
> > It further told me to "go to the Microsoft Update website. Click
> > Custom, click Hardware, Optional, select all ATI Graphics Driver
> > updates, and then click Review and install updates." However,
> > following these instructions listed no Graphics Driver updates.
>
> > I searched the web and foundhttp://www.geometrygames.org/labs.html
> > which suggested "To determine who manufactured your graphics adapter,
> > go to Start : Control Panel : System : Hardware : Device Manager,
> > click on the '+' next to your computer's name to see the list of
> > hardware types, and then click on the '+' next to Display Adapters to
> > see what graphics circuitry your computer has." That indicated I had
> > a "Rage 128 Pro UltraGL AGP (Microsoft Corporation)"
>
> > I triedhttp://www.atitechnologies.com/and got an AMD website
> > offering Drivers & Software. I selected Windows XP Professional/Home
> > and saw 8 driver-types (presumably) listed, but none for Rage. There
> > was one listed for Radeon, which offer a bunch of Radeon X???? series.
>
> > Questions:
> > 1. Does the Device Manger's "Rage 128 Pro ..." reflect the name of a
> > Graphics Chip or a driver for a chip?
> > 2. Is Radeon related to Rage? (I saw them both mentioned on a few
> > sites during my search.)
> > 3. Any other ideas?
>
> > TIA,
> > Richard