Daniel, Will have to check on the brand of the video card; it's a laptop, and since I didn't piece it together, I can't remember off the top of my head. It's a GeForce 5600 go blah blah something-or-other (i.e. I'm at work, and can't look it up :) ).
Wasn't aware of current ATI problems, but then again, I haven't bought an ATI in a long time... Now, as for whether the driver is provided by Microsoft or the vendor, I can't say. I'd assume that I can look that up in Control Panel -> System, and once I look up the specific vendor, maybe downloading the vendor's driver (if different from the one loaded) will help. I appreciate the suggestion of vendor vs. MS drivers, though. I looked up the version of the driver on my system, and then looked up the version on the HP (it's an HP Pavilion zd7000 laptop). The driver on my machine is newer than the driver on the HP Support site, but I have to admit that I didn't notice the source of the driver. A little homework and research is in order. If I'm lucky, updating the driver will fix the problem. Driver issues were what I was thinking might be wrong, too , but who knows. Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Armbrust, Daniel C. Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: startx causing XP (Media Center Edition) blue screen? Two questions - is it an ATI video card? And when you say newest drivers - is that the newest drivers from Microsoft, or the newest drivers direct from your vendor? Or maybe media center edition doesn't let you install any drivers unless they are Microsoft approved? In my experience, windows provided drivers are quite outdated - and in the case of ATI - their drivers in the past have not been worth 2 cents. I was happy when they finally released a build of the drivers that didn't bluescreen my machine once a day....