[Sean P. Donaghey]

Why the heck is Microsoft forcing video driver updates to be automatically
installed? Microsoft in the past did not automatically install driver
updates. I thought Automatic Windows Updates were only for critical fixes.

Once again Microsoft is forcing updates on us that do not need to be
installed!

Sean

[James Kosin]

Sean P. Donaghey wrote:
> Why the heck is Microsoft forcing video driver updates to be automatically
> installed? Microsoft in the past did not automatically install driver
> updates. I thought Automatic Windows Updates were only for critical fixes.
>
> Once again Microsoft is forcing updates on us that do not need to be
> installed!
>
> Sean
>
>
Sean,

I think you need to be more specific in your complaint. Which video
card drivers are they wanting to update?

James

[Jim In Maryland]

James,

At least on my computer, an update for the integrated Intel videochipset was
displayed as part of the Automatic Updates this morning. More specifically,
it is the Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family.

After I installed it, I ran into some problems which I was able to fix (see
my reply in the thread "Dell Video Disaster" from 6/9/2005). However, I am
sure that this is going to cause some IT managers a lot of grief today.

C'ya,
Jim In Maryland

"James Kosin" wrote:

> Sean P. Donaghey wrote:
> > Why the heck is Microsoft forcing video driver updates to be automatically
> > installed? Microsoft in the past did not automatically install driver
> > updates. I thought Automatic Windows Updates were only for critical fixes.
> >
> > Once again Microsoft is forcing updates on us that do not need to be
> > installed!
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> Sean,
>
> I think you need to be more specific in your complaint. Which video
> card drivers are they wanting to update?
>
> James
>

[mbdawson@gmail.com]

I'm an IT manager at a car dealership and today some of our computers
auto updated to the new video drivers and it causes the computer to
start up in 4 bit color and unable to change the screen diemensions.
I've had to go back to a previous version of the driver off of dell's
website to get around this. I hate how MS now forces us to download
this. I now have to tell windows update to never download this update.

[Shannon]

"mbdawson@gmail.com" wrote:

> I'm an IT manager at a car dealership and today some of our computers
> auto updated to the new video drivers and it causes the computer to
> start up in 4 bit color and unable to change the screen diemensions.
> I've had to go back to a previous version of the driver off of dell's
> website to get around this. I hate how MS now forces us to download
> this. I now have to tell windows update to never download this update.
>
>

[nccuss17]

"mbdawson@gmail.com" wrote:

> I'm an IT manager at a car dealership and today some of our computers
> auto updated to the new video drivers and it causes the computer to
> start up in 4 bit color and unable to change the screen diemensions.
> I've had to go back to a previous version of the driver off of dell's
> website to get around this. I hate how MS now forces us to download
> this. I now have to tell windows update to never download this update.
>
>

For me, when it initially installed that that display driver, "82865G",
bluescreened at reboot. Thankfully the next time I rebooted I guess xp
reverted back to the old driver, but now it keeps prompting me to re-install
the update, and every time it fails. How do I tell it to not to prompt me to
install this SPECIFIC update?.

[KERRI]

"mbdawson@gmail.com" wrote:

> I'm an IT manager at a car dealership and today some of our computers
> auto updated to the new video drivers and it causes the computer to
> start up in 4 bit color and unable to change the screen diemensions.
> I've had to go back to a previous version of the driver off of dell's
> website to get around this. I hate how MS now forces us to download
> this. I now have to tell windows update to never download this update.
>
>

[JoeM]

Have not seen this yet. Have run several machines, dells & home built.
Onboard video cards and ati video cards. No automatic downloads for me.

<mbdawson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1118331474.671134.31270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I'm an IT manager at a car dealership and today some of our computers
> auto updated to the new video drivers and it causes the computer to
> start up in 4 bit color and unable to change the screen diemensions.
> I've had to go back to a previous version of the driver off of dell's
> website to get around this. I hate how MS now forces us to download
> this. I now have to tell windows update to never download this update.
>