Optional update

I have Win 7 Home Premium

I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R) G41
Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I need this?

On 5/7/2011 1:31 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:
> I have Win 7 Home Premium
>
> I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R) G41
> Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I need this?

I wouldn't do it! As most of those third party drivers from Microsoft
are generally more generic than you already have. And they tend to cause
more trouble than not. So if you are not having any problems, I wouldn't
try to fix what isn't broke. ;-)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

On Sat, 7 May 2011 19:31:49 +0100, "Emrys Davies" <> wrote:

>I have Win 7 Home Premium
>
>I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R) G41
>Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I need this?

It is safer to get any updates from Intel or any other vendor, for that
matter. Look at the motherboard site and see if it has an update.


KenW

Emrys Davies wrote:
> I have Win 7 Home Premium
>
> I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R) G41
> Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I need this?

Taking hardware updates from Microsoft, is asking for trouble.

The track record, using those updates, is poor.

*******

You get those from the hardware manufacturer, which in this case
would be Intel. If everything is working properly on your
computer, then there might be no incentive at all, to go
looking for an update.

If you go here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com

and type "G41" in the search box, that will give you some ideas
for what drivers are available.

You have to sort through the lot, to find the right one.
This is just one example of what you might find (and this
is not likely to be the right file). So this is just an example
of a potential download. This one is 25MB.

"Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for G41 Express Chipset"

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...et%22&lang=eng

If the computer is a laptop, you have to be even more careful
in that case. Laptop graphics updates should only come from
the laptop manufacturer (Dell/HP/Acer etc), as the panel type
may not be detected by Plug and Play, and the panel specifics
are encoded in the download from the laptop manufacturer
website.

With desktop systems, the external LCD monitor is detectable via Plug
and Play, so a more "generic" driver can be used, and in
that case, you could go to Intel and use their driver.

Paul

"Paul" <> wrote in message
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> Emrys Davies wrote:
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium
>>
>> I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R) G41
>> Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I need this?
>
> Taking hardware updates from Microsoft, is asking for trouble.
>
> The track record, using those updates, is poor.
>
> *******
>
> You get those from the hardware manufacturer, which in this case
> would be Intel. If everything is working properly on your
> computer, then there might be no incentive at all, to go
> looking for an update.
>
> If you go here:
>
> http://downloadcenter.intel.com
>
> and type "G41" in the search box, that will give you some ideas
> for what drivers are available.
>
> You have to sort through the lot, to find the right one.
> This is just one example of what you might find (and this
> is not likely to be the right file). So this is just an example
> of a potential download. This one is 25MB.
>
> "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for G41 Express Chipset"
>
> http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...et%22&lang=eng
>
> If the computer is a laptop, you have to be even more careful
> in that case. Laptop graphics updates should only come from
> the laptop manufacturer (Dell/HP/Acer etc), as the panel type
> may not be detected by Plug and Play, and the panel specifics
> are encoded in the download from the laptop manufacturer
> website.
>
> With desktop systems, the external LCD monitor is detectable via Plug
> and Play, so a more "generic" driver can be used, and in
> that case, you could go to Intel and use their driver.
>
> Paul

Many thanks gentlemen. I will definitely take your advice and ignore this
update.

On 5/7/2011 4:00 PM, Paul wrote:
> Emrys Davies wrote:
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium
>>
>> I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R)
>> G41 Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I
>> need this?
>
> Taking hardware updates from Microsoft, is asking for trouble.
>
> The track record, using those updates, is poor.
>
> *******
>
> You get those from the hardware manufacturer, which in this case
> would be Intel. If everything is working properly on your
> computer, then there might be no incentive at all, to go
> looking for an update.
>
> If you go here:
>
> http://downloadcenter.intel.com

You could also use the link in the banner to run the Intel Driver Update
Utility and have it automatically scan the PC for any needed updates.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Professional
Thunderbird 3.1.10
Saturday, May 07, 2011 8:41:48 PM

"Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
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> On 5/7/2011 4:00 PM, Paul wrote:
>> Emrys Davies wrote:
>>> I have Win 7 Home Premium
>>>
>>> I have the option to update 'Intel Corporation - Display Intel (R)
>>> G41 Express Chipset'. It is 19.5 MB. Can you help as to whether I
>>> need this?
>>
>> Taking hardware updates from Microsoft, is asking for trouble.
>>
>> The track record, using those updates, is poor.
>>
>> *******
>>
>> You get those from the hardware manufacturer, which in this case
>> would be Intel. If everything is working properly on your
>> computer, then there might be no incentive at all, to go
>> looking for an update.
>>
>> If you go here:
>>
>> http://downloadcenter.intel.com
>
> You could also use the link in the banner to run the Intel Driver Update
> Utility and have it automatically scan the PC for any needed updates.
>
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows 7 Professional
> Thunderbird 3.1.10
> Saturday, May 07, 2011 8:41:48 PM

Many thanks for that. I did not know of that facility. Mine was configured
to let me decide rather than the recommended 'Yes, do this automatically'.