Weird T61, vista issues, drivers disappearing

[exlax]

for no apparent reason, my webcam disappears and other times the sound driver disappears. Upon reboot, they are back and working like normal. Any chance this is a conflict between Skype and Messenger that want to both use the webcam and sound drivers?

[exlax]

Got some other wacky things happening out of Sleep now, the resolution changed to something under 1000 from the normal 1440

[MCheiron]

My usb storage drivers disappeared (Vista 32) from one moment to the other. I had to copy them back into the driver folder. You are not alone with those weird driver issues.

[GomJabbar]

I don't know if these hotfixes would apply to any of your problems or not, but I thought I would throw them out there.

A high definition audio device may no longer work after you resume Windows Vista from hibernation or from sleep

When you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep, you may experience unexpected behavior from a USB device

A USB device may no longer work correctly after Windows Vista resumes from sleep or from hibernation

You can search for others yourself at the following site.

http://support.microsoft.com/search/

[exlax]

that first one sounds like it fits me, thanks! Are integrated webcams considered "USB devices" ? Also, does this apply to our comps (vista ultimate) "This problem occurs on a computer that uses Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) host controllers"

[exlax]

it looks like we need a new bios update. right now the latest is 1.09 and in the past, lenovo has addressed simiar resultion changing problems with the bios fix. i cant seem to find a good matching hotfix

[MCheiron]

Thanks GomJabbar, the second one is mine. Everything works fine and I hope it stays that way. Thanks again.

MCheiron