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If you are going to remove your monitor and videocard, be sure to start up in safe mode!
Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 5:27 pm
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Posted by TNRaven (2 messages posted)

Remember to start in safemode (Press F8 when you see "Starting Windows") and select "Safe mode" If you don't, you run the risk of your display not updating, then you are forced to reboot your machine without shutting down, thus possibly not saving the changes you just made.

On Sunday, January 12, 2003 at 2:56 pm, jeremy wrote:
>Hi, i had the same problem with my computer, and i finally figured it out today.
>first go to control panel, then systems, the click on the device manager tab, then
>remove your monitor and video card, then it will say that you need to restart for
>these changes, then restart and it will say that you have new hardware, let it set
>them up, and i think it will ask you to restart once again, when you do restart your
>computer should return to its normal state.
>ok thats it
>jerms

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors AND OTHER BAD PROBLEMS!' (jeremy: Sunday, January 12, 2003 at 2:56 pm)

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re: If you are going to remove your monitor and videocard, be sure to start up in safe mode! (Dee: Friday, May 2, 2003 at 3:23 pm)

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Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors AND OTHER BAD PROBLEMS!' (J: Sun, Jun 16, 2002, 11:43 pm)

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re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors AND OTHER BAD PROBLEMS!' (Tom Fava: Sun, Jul 14, 2002, 6:21 pm)

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re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors AND OTHER BAD PROBLEMS!' (Mike: Thu, Aug 15, 2002, 7:39 am)

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re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors AND OTHER BAD PROBLEMS!' (Tinkerbel: Tue, Jan 7, 2003, 2:17 pm)

re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors AND OTHER BAD PROBLEMS!' (jeremy: Sun, Jan 12, 2003, 2:56 pm)

If you are going to remove your monitor and videocard, be sure to start up in safe mode! (TNRaven: Sat, Apr 19, 2003, 5:27 pm)

re: If you are going to remove your monitor and videocard, be sure to start up in safe mode! (Dee: Fri, May 2, 2003, 3:23 pm)

re: If you are going to remove your monitor and videocard, be sure to start up in safe mode! (Zack: Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 5:06 pm)

re: If you are going to remove your monitor and videocard, be sure to start up in safe mode! (guym: Mon, Oct 25, 2004, 4:21 am)

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