I don't have a clue, but I'd try a system restore to before the issue surfaced - if you haven't already.
-----Original Message----- >From: Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Weird Photoshop error > > >I don't know if this is on Mac or Windows. > >I've seen more than on one occasion Photoshop (various versions) on >Windows going nuts in different ways (sometimes refusing to start at >all), due to its configuration file getting corrupted. >Usually moving the configuration file to a different location (basically >removing it) was allowing to have it starting normally. >(Yes, some customization settings would be lost.) > >I don't remember: I may have experienced the same once on a Mac some 8-9 >years ago. > >I am not sure if this would help for this bizarre problem. > >Igor > > > >On April 8, 2016 6:46:00 AM PDT, Mark Roberts wrote: > >>So Photoshop has started giving me an error message on start-up >>indicating a problem with my graphics card (and disabling 3D features >>because of it). It says it needs more than 512MB of vRAM to work. Even >>though my card has double that amount. >> >>A quick search on the web indicated that this isn't an uncommon issue >>and that I need to update the drivers for my graphics card. Which is >>odd because everything worked fine until about a week ago and I had >>made no changes to the graphics drivers, the O.S. or Photoshop. But I >>dutifully downloaded and installed the latest drivers for my nVidia >>610 card. And it made no difference. >> >>After making still more unsuccessful attempts to get things working I >>broke down and bought a new graphics card. nVidia 720 series with 2 >>Gig of vRAM (and the latest drivers). And I still get the error. >>Re-install Photoshop. Same error. Adobe Illustrator runs fine and, >>more significantly, correctly recognizes my graphics card and the >>amount of vRAM. >> >>Anyone have any ideas? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

