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From: Robert Comer on 6 Aug 2006 09:07 > So far, so good, so good with DirectDraw disabled... Maybe I'm imagining > it, but screen/window refreshes seem just a "bit slower", but that > "bleed-thru" problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. Interesting. I've heard of screen redraw problems on some chipsets, I think KB889677 had some fixes for that. > I've been dealing with that "hang" problem for so long, I had forgotten > how nice it was when VPC "just worked" :)!! That is good! > I guess that the upside of all of that was that I was forced to give VS a > try, which I'd been wanting to do for awhile. VS has a bit different target, but sometimes it fits really well for some tasks. I run a news server mirror in a VM on my home PC set to use low resources, and I never even know it's there. (It's a tech discussion group...) -- Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine> "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:eYAtWERuGHA.452(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > So far, so good, so good with DirectDraw disabled... Maybe I'm imagining > it, but screen/window refreshes seem just a "bit slower", but that > "bleed-thru" problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. > > I've been dealing with that "hang" problem for so long, I had forgotten > how nice it was when VPC "just worked" :)!! > > I guess that the upside of all of that was that I was forced to give VS a > try, which I'd been wanting to do for awhile. > > Jim > > > > > ohaya wrote: >> Bob (et al), >> >> BTW, since installing the hotfix, I've noticed that occasionally, I'm >> seeing some problems with what I can only describe as "video bleed-thru" >> among the guests' windows. What I mean by this is that if I click on a >> guest window that is partially under another guest's window, the guest I >> clicked on will come forward, but sometimes, parts of the window that we >> overlapped take a bit before they appear. >> >> I've been experimenting with disabling DirectDraw on the 'real' host, >> using dxdiag, and so far, that seems to mostly eliminate this video >> bleed-thru problem. I'll post back after I've had more of chance to work >> with this. >> >> Thanks, >> Jim >> >> >> Robert Comer wrote: >>> Thanks for the update! >>>
From: ohaya on 6 Aug 2006 10:48 Bob, So, do you think that I should also apply 889677? I noticed that 889677 was issued earlier than 899525. Since I've already applied 899525, if I want to apply 889677, should I FIRST apply 889677, then RE-APPLY 899525? Or are the hotfixes cumulative, i.e., does 899525 already contain the changes that were included in 889677? Jim Robert Comer wrote: >> So far, so good, so good with DirectDraw disabled... Maybe I'm imagining >> it, but screen/window refreshes seem just a "bit slower", but that >> "bleed-thru" problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. > > Interesting. I've heard of screen redraw problems on some chipsets, I think > KB889677 had some fixes for that.
From: Robert Comer on 6 Aug 2006 11:05 Hotfixes aren't cumulative. It's probably be safest to apply 889677 and then reapply 899525. I really am not sure if it'll fix your problem, but I think it's worth a try. You can always uninstall VPC again and apply 899525 to get back to where you are now. -- Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine> "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:u6auodWuGHA.1284(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Bob, > > So, do you think that I should also apply 889677? > > I noticed that 889677 was issued earlier than 899525. > > Since I've already applied 899525, if I want to apply 889677, should I > FIRST apply 889677, then RE-APPLY 899525? > > Or are the hotfixes cumulative, i.e., does 899525 already contain the > changes that were included in 889677? > > Jim > > > > Robert Comer wrote: >>> So far, so good, so good with DirectDraw disabled... Maybe I'm imagining >>> it, but screen/window refreshes seem just a "bit slower", but that >>> "bleed-thru" problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. >> >> Interesting. I've heard of screen redraw problems on some chipsets, I >> think KB889677 had some fixes for that.
From: ohaya on 6 Aug 2006 15:13
Bob, VPC seems to be running ok now, with just the one hotfix and DDraw disabled. I want to see if it continues to work ok. Also, I posted on the Nvidia forum asking about whether the nForce 430 chipset might also be doing something like what is described in the 899525 KB article (disabling the "Time Stamp Counter"). Will post again later... Jim Robert Comer wrote: > Hotfixes aren't cumulative. It's probably be safest to apply 889677 and > then reapply 899525. I really am not sure if it'll fix your problem, but I > think it's worth a try. You can always uninstall VPC again and apply 899525 > to get back to where you are now. > |