Hehe yes nvlddmkm.com
I'm very familiar with this site and many others, a quick googling will show many, and TDR shows up a lot.
No my post wasn't done as the " ultimate fix" but as "its fixed the problem for me", if you read it again, but as a point in the right direction as recommend by Microsoft.
The links provided give enough information to the reader for them to decide if it's a viable solution for them, be it they don't know how to edit the registry or simply want a "hotfix" to apply, most will have the problem but wont address it as they simply reboot their system if it occurs and live with it.
I'm not going into depth regarding hardware conflicts and power management, here, purely because the fix I posted has fixed not just my PC under Vista & Win 7, but many others I've had come through my door here, after they have done hardware changes beyond the edge of reasoning, and their wallets !!!
Re the fire alarm analogy, if your fire alarm system is reporting false alarms you turn it off till its fixed.
Alarm rings !! you smell no smoke and look for a fire !! there is none .... there's no problem except with the software telling you there is.
You have to go back to fundamentals or you will spend too much time & money chasing a problem that's not really there.
Re ATI this regedit fixes that too obviously.
Its better to have a thread regarding the issue than none at all and bury your head in the sand.
Hopefully some discussion will appear here with fixes and tips, not just bashing others for trying to help.
