Comments on: Windows Home Server Users: Avoid Latest ForceWare Drivers

By: Yak

Yak — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:44:23 +0000

The first two links in my previous post that don’t appear to work are properly linked to from in the wegotserved forum post.

Alternatively if you use the search term

brad rutkowski + rdpdd.dll failed to load

in google it is the first link found. In Brad’s Server 2003 blog post there is a link to the nVidia post.

By: Yak

Yak — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:17:18 +0000

I also had the same problems following the Jan 09 WHS updates.

I found a work around using a registry entry from here that should hopefully work for older nVidia cards that can’t use the latest nVidia drivers;

http://blogs.technet.com/brad_rutkowski/ar…ed-to-load.aspx

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtop…sktop&st=60

Incidentally, when I removed the registry edit and upgraded my nVidia drivers to the latest version, the registry modification also appeared on my WHS.

Have documented more fully the steps I took here

http://forum.wegotserved.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6162

By: Liveblogging Windows Home Server: Death & Rebirth | Christopher Price .net

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:02:04 +0000

[...] Wednesday, I was doing some regressive bug testing for Microsoft on a Windows Home Server (WHS) bug. When I flipped the power switch on my power supply, the power supply exploded… literally. [...]

By: Bill Ankstrum

Bill Ankstrum — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:51:32 +0000

Oh man, that’s terrible! Wishing you the best on your system recovery.

I uninstalled the nvidia graphics drivers and was able to log in via Remote Desktop. However, now the connector software can’t see the home server. Man, this is a mess.

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:05 +0000

Well, you can forget about an update any time soon. I plugged my Home Server back in, and the PSU exploded on power-up. And, that’s not getting fixed until after Thanksgiving weekend…

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:52:13 +0000

At this point, the only resolution I can give is to do a Server Reinstall. Then, do not install 178.24 or any version of ForceWare higher than that.

I would suggest using NVIDIA (or LaptopVideo2Go) driver archives to track down an older version.

But, my personal fix is a lot easier… I just removed my GeForce 6200, and went back to my Intel i865 integrated graphics. Actually, I haven’t tested to see if that fixes the problem on its own… you may still need to do a Server Reinstall.

Edit: Some have suggested reverting to older driver versions does indeed work. I’ll check it out and update, hopefully later tonight.

By: Bill Ankstrum

Bill Ankstrum — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:36:49 +0000

Oh man. I have been experiencing this since October! It hadn’t even occured to me that it could be a graphics driver issue. Wow. Any resolution to this issue?

By: Nvidia Driver Issue with Windows Home Server « MS Windows Home Server

Nvidia Driver Issue with Windows Home Server « MS Windows Home Server — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:51:19 +0000

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