NVIDIA Display Driver Stopped Responding

I have a HP EliteBook 8540w WIN 7 x64 with a Quadro FX 880M card
Regularly my graphics card stops responding with the error message ,” Display driver stopped responding and has recovered. Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 261.28 stopped responding and has successfully recovered”
This usually happens when I am scrolling ( usually with the wheel on my mouse ) in Adobe Acrobat X ( 10.0.1 ) or Mozilla Firefox 4 ( although I suspect the Flash plug-in there ) where Firefox will then crash ( Acrobat doesn't usually crash )
I have spent far too much time searching forums and updating drivers running Windows / HP updates etc and would like some real technical input. I do suspect Adobe ( I have contacted NVIDIA and HP also ) I would hope someone have access to what is actually going on here.
This is example extra info from Windows log
Source
Windows
Summary
Video hardware error
Date
2/14/2011 3:31 PM
Status
Solution available
Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:    LiveKernelEvent
OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID:    1033
Extra information about the problem
BCCode:    117
BCP1:    FFFFFA8008D8B170
BCP2:    FFFFF8800552C4A8
BCP3:    0000000000000000
BCP4:    0000000000000000
OS Version:    6_1_7600
Service Pack:    0_0
Product:    256_1
Bucket ID:    X64_0x117_Tdr:2_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys
Server information:    e748fac4-7d1e-4372-b6f3-12d2da9d6318

The problem occurs generally when I have 2 or more pdf's opened (so I have 2 or more windows open) and start scrolling in one of them.
I also noticed that the error seems to occur more often when:
- I scroll fast
- have 'big' files open ( +2MB)
Hardware details: (source, system information windows)
General info:
OS Name     Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version     6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
System Manufacturer     Hewlett-Packard
System Model     HP EliteBook 8540w
System Type     x64-based PC
Processor     Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU       Q 720 @ 1.60GHz, 1600 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date     Hewlett-Packard 68CVD Ver. F.0C, 15-10-2010
SMBIOS Version     2.6
About display:
Name     NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
PNP Device ID     PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A3C&SUBSYS_1521103C&REV_A2\4&C64103&0&0018
Adapter Type     Quadro FX 880M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description     NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
Adapter RAM     1,00 GB (1.073.741.824 bytes)
Installed Drivers     nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version     8.17.12.6776
INF File     oem53.inf (Section014 section)
Driver     c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys (8.17.12.6776, 12,36 MB (12.963.176 bytes), 5-4-2011 9:03)
A friend of mine having the same model and setup also has the problem. I'm student Aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology and this model is currently sold in the DUT's high end laptop. A lot of people have them and so I'm a little bit surprised that no-one has heard of the problem yet.
Greetings,
Rubseveni

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