Drivers should be obtained from the manufacturers sites for the specific hw,
or laptop manufacturers site, and not winupdate

"husky86" <husky86@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:599EA7C7-6B95-4402-A0CA-E745FE25492F@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Here's a post I made on the iPod problem a few days back:
>
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices&tid=de324281-5704-4e62-9d81-c4285687f21b&cat=en_US_9CA88DDB-D18D-FA0E-A366-6E527B0FBA67&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1[/url]
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
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>> What makes you think there are missing drivers
>> iPod fine here
>> Takes about 15sec for the wireless connection to come online
>>
>> "husky86" <husky86@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:99415AD1-1D62-41BF-B8B4-4F4FD1AE6F13@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > 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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