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Mar 12^th, 2005, 3:17pm

If this sounds a bit vague it's because I know nothing about computers.

When I go to shut down the computer 90% of the time I get a box come up entitled :

END PROGRAM- NVIDIA Twin view window

This program is not responding, to return to Windows and check the status of the program, click cancel.
If you choose to end the program immediately you will lose any unsaved data. To end the program now click end now.

So I can't turn off the computer til I have done that.

What is it and where did it come from?

How do I get rid of it?

Please phrase answers as though you are talking to Forest Gump.

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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Help please Reply #1 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 4:30pm nvidia is a driver for the vdu if memory serves. Which operating system is it? HM
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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Help please Reply #2 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 4:34pm Thought so: http://www.nvidia.com/page/home I recommend running the windows update before doing anything else - that ought to give you any upgrade options your opsys and drivers need. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com HM
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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Help please Reply #3 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 4:37pm Not sure if the twin-view is the same thing, but: http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_nview.html HM
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #4 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 5:06pm HM Thanks for the replies. I have the computer set for automatic updates, the only one that I haven't installed is XP service pack 2, cos I have heard it can be a bit troublesome. What are opsys and drivers.
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Dewy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0	Re: Help please Reply #5 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 6:08pm opsys = operating system i.e. Windows drivers = the files needed for the various bits of hardware to work. These are regularly upgraded to make the hardware (in this case the graphics card) work better.
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #6 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 6:23pm I shall now go downstairs for some Paracetamol.
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Reply #7 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 8:28pm

Yes many Nvidia card support two monitors at once using S/W they call NView or TwinView

Your problem doesn't seem to be unusual if you try googling eg...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22NVIDIA+Twinview+window%22+&spell...
or
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22NVIDIA+Twin+view+window%22+

Most the most frequently suggested solution seems to be to do a driver update either using Windows Update or from the NVIDIA web site.

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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Help please Reply #8 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 9:02pm still go to the windows update site as setting to auto update will not install updates for things like video cards, motherboard drivers etc, those need to be manually selected from the list. choose "Custom Install" then "Select Optional Hardware Updates"(on the left) see if anything is listed in there. btk
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #9 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 9:56pm BTK Did that, got this... Nvidia Corporation-Video-NVIDIAGeForce MX 440 Date last published:5/16/2004 Download size: 12.2 MB Recommended hard disk space: not specified.
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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Help please Reply #10 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 10:45pm [quote author=hamilton link=1110640626/0#9 date=1110664588]Did that, got this... [/quote] Go for it! HM
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Help please Reply #11 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 10:50pm yeah download that and restart(probably) that will at least make sure you are running the latest software for your system although it might not solve your original problem. btk
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #12 - Mar 12^th, 2005, 11:43pm Thanks guys, off to bed now, will have a go tomorrow afternoon. Will let you know what happens.
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #13 - Mar 13^th, 2005, 3:44pm Successfully made the download (took about forty minutes). Shut down and it didn't appear, so I was well pleased. Started up again some while later, shut down and the bastard appeared again. Going to shut down again, open a bottle of wine and possibly kick the sh!t out the cat.
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Help please Reply #14 - Mar 13^th, 2005, 7:25pm roflmao, i dont think that will fix it either m8. are you running dual monitors? if not check in control panel/display the there is only one monitor, might be hanging if its trying to close two screens but only finds one. btk
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Help please Reply #15 - Mar 13^th, 2005, 7:27pm actually thought a bit more about that, missthekid has an nvidea motherboard and DOES run two monitors. She doesnt have the trouble, even if her second monitor(the TV) isnt connected or is disabled. Try enabling a second monitor, even though its not in use it shouldnt affect your display, and MIGHT solve the problem. btk
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #16 - Mar 13^th, 2005, 8:20pm I'll try a portable television to see what happens.
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hammy Trade Member Offline Deep joy Posts: 3063 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Decorator	Re: Help please Reply #17 - Mar 14^th, 2005, 5:50pm So far the bloody thing hasn't appeared again, so won't bother with the tele yet. Pound to a pinch of sh!t it will lull me into a false sense of security and suddenly appear. Thanks for all your help so far guys, but don't go away, I might be back!
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