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    Why does Vista MCE turn green and purple?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by outofthisworld, Feb 15, 2008.

  1. outofthisworld

    outofthisworld Notebook Geek

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    I have the latest Nvidia drivers 173.80, and I have applied Nvidia's Vista Hotfix, and i don't have any codec packs installed.

    Why does TV do this? Its only sometimes, but I don't know how to fix it.

    Can someone please help?

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    outofthisworld, Feb 15, 2008
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  2. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    It's a long shot, but it could be your video card drivers. I'd try an older version and see what happens.
     
    talin, Feb 15, 2008
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    thanks for the suggestion, but the problem comes and goes.

    right now i'm watching TV and its fine.

    it could be this new driver, but when i rolled back it still happened once or twice.
     
    outofthisworld, Feb 15, 2008
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    What TV tuner are you using?
     
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  5. outofthisworld

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    Its a Freecom DVB-T stick, I didn't have the problem before I installed these drivers, so maybe its a driver issue.
     
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    Instead of rolling back, uninstall the driver using the add/remove applet, reboot, and then install the older drivers.
     
    kegobeer, Feb 15, 2008
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  7. talin

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    What I was going to say. :) It's better to uninstall and reinstall older drivers.
     
    talin, Feb 15, 2008
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    when i said rolling back, i was actually always uninstalling, restarting and then installing new drivers.

    i'll go back to some older drivers where i definately didn't have this problem, and i'll report back.

    i'm glad this thread is out there though, in case someone else has had a similar problem.

    i can't be alone, with this.
     
    outofthisworld, Feb 15, 2008
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