Windows 7 Problems?

[Sprin]

<p>I recently installed Windows 7 32 Bit and have been getting quite a few EQ crash to desktop...  I havn't written down the error, but was wondering if there are any known Win 7 problems out there that need to be addressed on my system?</p>

[Trellium]

<p>We have 2 computers that have been using Win7 for EQ2 for over 7 months now and we have not had any issues at all.</p><p>Your problems might be due to driver issues. Make sure you have the newest ones (not the ones that come with Win7). Also, Nvidia has known issues with the newer drivers but I don't know if that applies to Win7. Our Win7 computers both have ATI cards.</p><p>I also saw another <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=270&topic_id=461076#top" target="_blank">post by Autinil that said that the patcher seems to have some issues that are resolved if Visual Studio is installed on Win7</a> (See Autinil's post near the end). But that appears to be related to the streaming patcher only.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Trellium wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Also, Nvidia has known issues with the newer drivers but I don't know if that applies to Win7.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, that is still an issue at the moment and I would recommend the version 186 drivers if you're using an Nvidia card.  Both the 190 and 191 series drivers have been causing a lot of crash issues like the one being reported here.</p>

[Sprin]

<p><cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Trellium wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Also, Nvidia has known issues with the newer drivers but I don't know if that applies to Win7.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, that is still an issue at the moment and I would recommend the version 186 drivers if you're using an Nvidia card.  Both the 190 and 191 series drivers have been causing a lot of crash issues like the one being reported here.</p></blockquote><p>great thanks, how do I get the 186 driver? is it available on their website?</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Ghettoblaster@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>great thanks, how do I get the 186 driver? is it available on their website?</p></blockquote><p>You can download that through the following section of the Nvidia website:</p><p><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find...aspx?lang=en-us</a></p><p>Let us know if you have any further questions.</p>