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re: Display problems worse than ever
Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 5:52 pm
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Posted by Jeremy (964 messages posted)



Sounds like you are trying to install the wrong video driver. In your Control Panel 
System Information are there any devices showing up with a question mark?

Suggest you download the Belarc Advisor -  http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

it may help determine exactly what your video card is without having to pull your 
computer apart.




On Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 5:26 pm, Millie Stanton wrote: >Hello again. You know, I think I'm going out of my MIND w >this--it's so exasperating, it's almost sickening!!! >Yes, the lines still appear in safe mode. >As for going the CP -> Stgs, etc., route, I've done that >THOUSANDS of times--and NOW, in addition to there >being no MONITORS listed, there are no DISPLAY ADAPTERS >listed EITHER!!! The thing is, each time I reboot, I get this >message from Ws saying the display is not configured >properly--as if I didn't KNOW--and putting me into INSTALL >WIZARD mode. >Someone suggested it might be the monitor per se, but I >don't think so--it was working perfectly till Dodo Bird here (me) >started fooling around w the resolution. You see, I thought >that if Ilowered the resolution, the system would be fasted-- >and it was for a while, but then the lines appeared--and NOW >I only have 16 colours--and I can't increase the resolution >for love nor money!!! I tell you, I am at my wit's END with >this. Do you know if there is anything I could access on the >Ws CD tht would help, and how I would go about accessing >it? Once again, many thanx for your help--I would dearly >love to get this settled soon--it's so MADDENING!!! Millie. >



Written in response to:
re: Display problems worse than ever (Millie Stanton: Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 5:26 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Display problems worse than ever (Millie Stanton: Friday, November 29, 2002 at 7:43 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Display problems worse than ever (Millie Stanton: Wed, Nov 27, 2002, 1:38 pm)
-re: Display problems worse than ever (Jeremy: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 12:34 am)
-re: Display problems worse than ever (Millie Stanton: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 7:55 am)
-re: Display problems worse than ever (Jeremy: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 1:33 pm)
-re: Display problems worse than ever (Millie Stanton: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 5:26 pm)
-re: Display problems worse than ever (Jeremy: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 5:52 pm)
-re: Display problems worse than ever (Millie Stanton: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 7:43 am)
*re: Display problems worse than ever (Jeremy: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 4:29 pm)
*re: Display problems worse than ever (Oh_dear: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 5:42 pm)
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