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Windows Update just informed me that I had one Critical and one Optional updates available, and would I like to download and install them?
One update for Windows Defender, which seems to get updated about once every three days lately, and a new driver from Nvidia for the NVS 120M.
So I said "Sure, go get 'em!" Well, I moused around, selected all available updates, and let it do its thing.
It seems to have finished. The graphics driver is about the biggest reason for Windows instability. It hooks WAY deep in to the kernel, and buggy graphics drivers mean your box will crash regularly.
Vista has apparently backed off from the decision made from NT 3.51 to 4.0. I just updated a graphics driver on a running machine, and no reboot was required. I was shocked. I have verified via the Nvidia Control Panel and the Device Manager that yes, it is in fact using the latest driver, dated 4 Oct, 2007. I was using the driver released in July this morning when I got in.
This is kinda creepy. Windows isn't supposed to be this friendly.
One update for Windows Defender, which seems to get updated about once every three days lately, and a new driver from Nvidia for the NVS 120M.
So I said "Sure, go get 'em!" Well, I moused around, selected all available updates, and let it do its thing.
It seems to have finished. The graphics driver is about the biggest reason for Windows instability. It hooks WAY deep in to the kernel, and buggy graphics drivers mean your box will crash regularly.
Vista has apparently backed off from the decision made from NT 3.51 to 4.0. I just updated a graphics driver on a running machine, and no reboot was required. I was shocked. I have verified via the Nvidia Control Panel and the Device Manager that yes, it is in fact using the latest driver, dated 4 Oct, 2007. I was using the driver released in July this morning when I got in.
This is kinda creepy. Windows isn't supposed to be this friendly.
