This has happened to me too, before, excepts while using a Java applet. It only happens on Windows Vista, so it might be a problem only Microsoft can solve.
Installed new Printer Epson Workforce 40, Driver downloaded from EPSON, tried to print and when PRINT PREVIEW appeared....the screen went black, after three seconds it came back on with the notice in the bottom right corner "Display Driver had stopped and recovered successfully. I have an All-in-One 24 inch Touchscreen VPCL117FX von Sony. Windows 7 on a 64-bit. Same printer works on Vista Ultimate 64-bits. Sony Tech could not help. I have checked Forums all over and it seems that Thousands of Windows 7 users have the same Problem and no solution to it. It seems to happen with NVidia graphic video cards, ATI video cards. Have Photo RX620 Printer installed on the same computer and it works without a problem. But that is an older model, shows as being windows 7 64-bit Edition compatible and Epson Status Monitor and Print Preview are not downloaded.
Most have this problem when they play games. I can play a movie without problem. Perhaps someone can come up with an solution.

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