Screen Saver Error

[Guest]

After my last automatic Windows (Vista) update, I started getting an error
message when my screen saver started up that said "This screen saver can't
run because it requires a newer video card or one that's compatible with
Direct3D."

This is the same screen saver that worked before the Windows update on 15
November.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? I noticed another post on 18
August with the same problem, but did not see a solution.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Rollback the video driver. Open Device Manager from the start/search box,
expand the display adapter branch. Right click yours and select properties.
On the driver tab, click the rollback button and follow the prompts.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Rick -

Thanks for the message... Unfortunately, "Roll Back" is unselectable, so I
don't think it was necessarily a driver update.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Which brand and model video card are you using? Have you tried going to the
manufacturers website (nVidia or AMD ATI) and download the latest video
drivers for your card.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Paul,

If it wasn't a driver update that caused it, then you need to begin
uninstalling the updates one at a time until it functions normally again.
This is done from the Control Panel/Programs and Features/"View installed
updates" in the Tasks column.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[DumbWithData]

Is there a resolution to this issue? I am having the same problem as Paul.
Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

[Paul]

Rick -

Thanks for the response... I've been traveling a lot recently - with the
work laptop instead of the home one - so I haven't been able to follow up on
this issue in a while. But, here I am...

I know that it's one of the three updates that I got on 15 November; I'm
assuming that I'll have to uninstall all of the updates I've received since
then, too?

Thanks again!