Thread: Missing Drivers
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Old 03-29-2008, 09:41 PM
Mick Murphy
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RE: Missing Drivers

Drivers are the responsibility of the Hardware Manufacturer, not Microsoft!
It is NVIDIA's Hardware, they have to write their Drivers to be Vista
compatible.
Ring them back, and thank them for lying to you!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"husky86" wrote:
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> I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 on a desktop system.
> The motherboard I'm using is NVIDIA's nForce 680i SLI (video card is NVIDIA's
> GeForce 8800 Ultra).
>
> The desktop system is a little less than a year old. And Windows Vista has
> been out on the market for well over a year. The problem I'm continuing to
> experience is MISSING DRIVERS.
>
> For instance, every time I put this desktop to sleep, when I wake it up
> there's no Internet connection. The manufacturer has confirmed that this is
> a Windows Vista issue (a driver that hasn't been released yet). NVIDIA says
> it's not their problem. The manufacturer confirms this.
>
> When I plug in my iPod I get error messages all over the place. After
> contacting the manufacturer as well as Apple I was once again informed that
> this is a Windows Vista missing driver issue. "It's Microsoft's problem," an
> Apple representative told me.
>
> There's a few other missing driver problems as well.
>
> I just wonder if I'm getting the runaround here....? In other words, is
> this really Microsoft's responsibility, NVIDIA's responsibility, Apple's
> responsibility, etc., regarding these ongoing missing drivers?
>
> I have the latest updates as far as Microsoft Update (I check every
> morning). And yet 12-14 months after Vista's release, I still don't have
> access to the drivers I need. This is infuriating.
>
> Unfortunately, one can't really complain to Microsoft about these missing
> drivers because Vista came with my desktop system and therefore is an OEM
> product. Microsoft won't allow me to talk to them directly, in other words.
>
> Suggestions?[/color]
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Old 03-29-2008, 09:41 PM