Lync 2013 crashes on startup in Windows 8.1 on Dell latitude E6520 machines. Every E6520 with windows 8.1.
Error message is:
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Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 4/15/2014 3:54:06 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ***
Description:
Faulting application name: lync.exe, version: 15.0.4420.1017, time stamp: 0x5067326f
Faulting module name: igdumd32.dll_unloaded, version: 9.17.10.3517, time stamp: 0x532b0b5b
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00001040
Faulting process id: 0x10a0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf58ecd02118cc
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\lync.exe
Faulting module path: igdumd32.dll
Report Id: 14b4ce16-c4e0-11e3-8255-8c705a44a074
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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Video driver in the image was originally out of date, changed the driver to the latest and greatest available straight from Intel for the Intel HD 3000 graphics card and this error still appears. Driver 9.17.10.3517 exceeds the minimum requirement for Lync 2013. The faulting module is related to the graphics driver, but reinstalling does nothing, uninstalling and then reinstalling does nothing, it cannot further be upgraded. This same error affects all the Dell latitude e6520's. It also only occurs in Windows 8.1. The windows 7 image using the exact same driver version (both the outdated driver and latest driver) works just fine with Lync 2013.
Running Lync with administrative permissions does nothing, disabling hardware acceleration did nothing. None of our laptops come with the bluetooth adapter, and also updated all other drivers such as chipset and soundcard. Error occurs on the RTM version of Lync, and Lync with SP1 fully updated. The rest of Office 2013 works fine. I am currently at a loss here short of telling the help desk to not image E6520's with Windows 8.1 because Lync 2013 doesn't work on it. But there has to be a reason for it. Calling out for some suggestions here.
Thanks!