I’ve had this problem with my Toshiba Notebook (with Windows Vista) where sometimes the screen momentarily goes black. I didn’t know if this display problem was Windows Vista or my laptop. I thought it had something to do with the graphics driver, or something to do with power management or the battery. It turns out that this is a Windows Vista Bug fixed by this patch. The funny part is, that’s not the only thing this patch fixes – it also covers bugs like “if part of the screen goes black”, and “part of the screen may become transparent”, or “the toolbar may disappear”, or even “the toolbar may appear at the top of the screen instead of the bottom”. I’ve had this laptop about 10 months now give or take, and I’ve had every single one of those problems except for the toolbar at the top of the screen. I found this little gem over on ExtremeTech.

On that same note, if you’ve had graphics problems with Windows Vista, problems playing video games or HD DVD or BluRay discs – you should really check out these four Windows Vista updates.

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