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I understand/agree @Jody Thornton! I just had to do "something" to get my 3D rendering moving along
I will be sure to report back when I get around to isolating the issue.
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Hmmm... for some reason, I had not been receiving email alerts for replies to this post
(not in spam either). But I did receive @Jody Thornton's reply this morning, so I'm back
@Jody Thornton Before reverting to a full-image backup, I tried the following steps:
- manually uninstall each month of patches (June, then May, then April), but yielded the same (poor) 3D rendering results. I'm sorry... probably should have mentioned that.
- uninstalled (some of) the .net patches too (but can't recall which ones).
- disabling, and even Uninstalling MSSE.
- finally restored an April Backup (which included all of the March Patches) and it fixed the problem.
@Vistapocalypse Ha... "FrankenVista"... no doubt a rare breed that dabble in such realms
Surely this is an exercise in futility, but even Dr. Frankenstein loved his monster in the end.
I read the thread you pointed to, which refers to the updates causing problems KB4089229 & KB4090450. Those are in my restored backup image, so not likely the cause here, but thanks for the suggestion.
I'm very conservative in terms of installing new software, so there's not a lot of other variables. Although I did install Samsung SmartSwitch. I'll make a fresh backup, then install SmartSwitch, and report back (probably within a few weeks). Who knows, some dramatic, dark, rainy night, with thunder & lightening in the background, I'll install the patches in "blocks" (April... test... May... test... June... test) and see if I can isolate the issue so that FrankenVista can continue to live!
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@Jody Thornton thanks for the update. I have Windows 8 on another machine... not so bad... especially when I install ClassicShell for the Start Menu ;)
I had to pull back on the Vista/Server2008 Updates the other day. I use a program called Chief Architect, which had been working fine. I noticed when rendering 3D models, instead of taking 5 seconds, it was taking 50 seconds! I checked various other issues (video drivers, ram, background programs/services), but couldn't isolate it to anything. I restored to an April 2018 Backup (which did have the March 2018 patches/updates) and it went back to 5 seconds. So I suspect "something" happened in the April/May/June Patches (had not yet done July/August). If I have some spare time, maybe I'll read the various Patches and see if any of them could have impacted Video Card/3D Rendering.
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@mike_shupp Thanks very much! I'll give it a shot this weekend.
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@Jody Thornton Thanks for the Heads-Up!!! Did you experience any BSOD's yourself with the original updates?
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Good to know, thanks @Jody Thornton. I'm just using Aero, so hopefully it won't mess with it. I'll report back next week when I'm able to apply the updates.
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Awesome @Jody Thornton !
As always, thanks for installing & sharing your experience. I'll try to get to it later this week.
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@Jody Thornton very cool on the Rollup Model!!! Thanks!
Where can I find the Vista DM Forum ?
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@Jody Thornton Too bad the last three months are gone
But good to see you posting again
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I will be sure to report back when I get around to isolating the issue.
(not in spam either). But I did receive 
Surely this is an exercise in futility, but even Dr. Frankenstein loved his monster in the end.
But
Server 2008 Updates on Windows Vista
in Windows Vista
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Bravo @greenhillmaniac !!!
I will make an Image Backup, then Before/After testing with each month of updates beginning with May 2018.
Not sure when I'll get around to it though :(
It will be interesting to see if any one single patch created my 3D rendering problem.