Just a little notice for those you have nVidiA GraphicS card on your laptop, DO NOT install the drivers from the NVIDIA's site
fist reason is that aren't any (for 7 series and above) on Vista (yet...)
and the second reason is that some video outputs on your notebook may not work properly (like S-video, HDMI, VGA, DVI ) as the drivers for the GPU are not optimized for your current model
on the other hand on the manufacturer's support site (like HP, Sony) they do not frequently post the latest drivers (as a results of that you have difficulties of playback HD content from HiDef Disks Bluray, HDDVD)
all in all the lack of that you have playback problems specially with VC-1 , AVC (mpeg-4 encoded disks)
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