Wavy lines on the screen in Vista with 20" imac

I am having a problem in Vista on a 20" imac (mid 2007). On dark screens I can see wavy lines going across the screen. I have tried updating the drivers but that didn't change anything. This doesn't happen in OS X so I don't think that it is a hardware issue. Has anyone else had this issue?

Chad3405 wrote:
No one else has this problem?
If they do, you'll probably find them in the Boot Camp forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

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