Hi Nic,
Thank you so much for what you've done thus far; it's refreshing to be able to cooperate with an Intel employee.
I've never encountered the VC-1 corruption on my netbook, so I won't be able to be of much help there. As for the flickering, I'll look diligently for free, downloadable games that exhibit it. I haven't found any since my last post, but rest assured, I'm looking.