I like trying out new stuff. That’s one of the reasons I upgraded my testing machine to Windows 7. Unfortunately the driver that is included with Windows 7 for the Intel 965 Mobile is far from perfect. Nasty side effects are: flickering taskbar, black boxes on random places of the screen, minimize / maximize / close buttons hidden, taskbar disappearing… as you can see there are more than enough issues to look for a workaround. I tried updating to the latest and greatest version but this did not solve the issues I was facing. But the following did:
- Download the Vista 64 Bit driver for the Intel 965 (in my case Lenovo laptop)
- Unzip the software
- Right click properties on the “setup.exe”
- Click on the Compatibility tab and select mode to “Windows Vista Service Pack 2” and select “run this program as an administrator” at “privilege level”
- Click “Ok”
- Run the setup and reboot
So far I haven’t experienced the issues anymore…
I’ve had similar issues as are LOTS of people on the web
No proper drivers at all in my case in the box or otherwise 🙁
http://vinf.net/2009/01/12/windows-7-and-the-intel-855gm-video-driver-solution/
I had this Windows 7 running on my laptop for 2 months now, and it is really perform better than Vista did. You can try to install the free virtual pc with windows xp to resolve the compatible issue, have fun
I’m pretty much impressed with the stability of Windows 7. It is better than windows Vista which hogs my memory and cpu.`:~
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