[dba-Tech] Windows 10 drivers NVIDIA geforce monitor - Final

Thu Aug 4 02:08:17 CDT 2016

Many years ago, in the process of setting up a business system for a 
client, I built a Hex core AMD with 32 gigs of RAM.  I installed SSDs to 
hold some high speed disk partitions for each VM.

I Then purchased Windows 2011 (Windows Home Server) licenses for $40 
apiece, and installed 8 different VMs.  In fact I simply did one, 
installed everything I needed and then cloned that, using the licenses 
as I brought each clone up.  It turns out that WHS is called Windows 
2011 but is actually 64 bit Windows 2008 under the skin.  So my VMs run 
a pretty powerful "Server" OS

I now actually run 5 VMs which run a third party software for the 
business, and a sixth VM which runs my custom written C# application in 
VS 2013, which drives the other 5 VMs work.  In my case each of the 5 
VMs use 4 gigs of RAM and 2 "cores" and what I call my "dev" machine is 
a VM running 6 gigs and 4 "cores".    The VM Server OS is Windows 2008 
and I give it 6 gigs as well.

It all runs very nicely and is very robust.

On 8/4/2016 2:20 AM, John R Bartow wrote:
> I have those too, one for just about everything stored on the server. I just
> copy them over and run the as needed. The machine I refer to is the one that
> ran all of those VMs. I just have a big honking server drive for backups so
> I leave these there.
>
> One of these days I'll just set up a new server with all of them on it and
> be done with it. When the eagle dumps ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> John Colby
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 11:57 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 drivers NVIDIA geforce monitor - Final
>
> You should see if you could transfer the OS installations to VMS.
>
>
> On 8/3/2016 11:50 PM, John R Bartow wrote:
>> Nothing wrong with that. My Win10 system has a full backup of both its
>> Windows 7 and Windows XP versions on the server that I can restore in
>> short order if I want to.
>>
>> My Windows 98 system remains Windows 98 :-)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
>> Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 7:29 PM
>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 drivers NVIDIA geforce monitor -
>> Final
>>
>> Okay, the bottom line is:
>>
>> My Win 7 box remains Win 7
>>
>> My Win 8.1 box remains Win 8.1
>>
>> My Win XP box remains Win XP
>>
>> Sometime next year I will purchase a Win 10 box.
>>
>> The separate boxen, running different OSs will continue as before.
>>
>> Thank you to everyone who responded.
>>
>> TNF
>>
>> Tina Norris Fields
>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>> 231-322-2787
>>
>> On 07/22/16 8:08 AM, Tina Norris Fields wrote:
>>> I may end up just keeping the several different systems.  My Inspiron
>>> 9400 is WinXP (bought in 2006), and it's working. I bought the Vostro
>>> 3500 in 2011 with Win7 pro to keep abreast of the new OS and match
>>> the ones we have on campus. I bought the Inspiron 15-R in 2013,
>>> running
>>> Win8 64-bit - upgraded it to 8.1 - and it is my current main computer.
>>> All are seeing each other on the network, and I use them for
>>> different things. For example, most of the genealogical stuff is on
>>> the Win7 pro computer; but all of the Adobe Creative Cloud stuff is
>>> on the Win8.1 64-bit machine, along with all the accounting stuff.
>>>
>>> TNF
>>>
>>> Tina Norris Fields
>>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>>> 231-322-2787
>>>
>>> On 07/21/16 10:31 PM, Gary Kjos wrote:
>>>> Yea I saw that as I scrolled further down.  Some work and some don't
>>>> and some aren't happy with the end result even when it did work.  We
>>>> use 7 at work and I run 10, Vista and XP at home on different
>>>> systems and I can move from system to system and share things across
>>>> all of them pretty much without issues.  I did learn that supposedly
>>>> my old XP Laptop could possibly be upgraded to 10.  But it's just
>>>> too old to mess with I think. Pretty sure I got it in 2005 so 11 years
> old.
>>>> Still works OK as is and so I'm using it that way.  And now as I
>>>> posted a while back that system is having trouble maintaining it's
>>>> wifi connection so I think it's loosing it hardware wise too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Tina Norris Fields
>>>> <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:
>>>>> The closest thing to a work-around is to remove the NVIDIA adapter
>>>>> from the device manager, and use only the Intel drivers. For some,
>>>>> that worked. For others, the Wind10 update program still saw the
>>>>> NVIDIA GeForce 310M as present and incompatible.  I'm definitely
>>>>> bummed. Of course, it's out of warranty - it was purchased in 2010.
>>>>> It may have to remain Win7 pro, just as my old Inspiron 9400 is
>>>>> still WinXP pro. It'll be only the Inspiron 15-R that's currently
>>>>> running Win 8.1 64-bit that can possibly be moved to Win10.
>>>>> It's my current main computer. Do I want to risk it on Win10? Got
>>>>> about a week to decide.
>>>>>
>>>>> TNF
>>>>>
>>>>> Tina Norris Fields
>>>>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>>>>> 231-322-2787
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/21/16 8:21 PM, Gary Kjos wrote:
>>>>>> The Dell Community forum seems to have a work around though...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3519/t/196371
>>>>>> 2
>>>>>> 5
>>>>>> <http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3519/t/19637
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 25>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/j63bbgh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Tina Norris Fields
>>>>>> <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The other day, I decided to go ahead and get the Windows 10
>>>>>>> switcheroo for my Windows 7 laptop - Dell Vostro 3500.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oops, here comes the message that unfortunately this computer
>>>>>>> cannot run Windows 10 because of its monitor - NVIDIA GeForce
>>>>>>> 310M.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been looking for updated drivers for that screen, but so far
>>>>>>> without success. The NVIDIA website said the manufacturer of the
>>>>>>> computer would want me to use their drivers, but, I'm not finding
>>>>>>> those drivers on the Dell site.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anybody else run into this?; and if so, were you able to
>>>>>>> resolve it?; and if so, how?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> TNF
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Tina Norris Fields
>>>>>>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>>>>>>> 231-322-2787
>>>>>>>
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