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re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems'
Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at 3:06 pm
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Posted by Wayne (1 messages posted)


I had the same problem before. I upgrated from 95 to 98 and lost the 32-bit true color. I found out the correct driver for my integrated video card (it is also called Graphics Adaptor) and got it from the manufacturer's site and problem solved.


On Sunday, January 6, 2002 at 11:55 am, Bobra Wilbanks wrote:
>I have a question about Troubleshooting
>Driver Problems
:


>
>I recently upgraded from Windows 95 to 98, and from Explorer 3.0 to 5.0, then began
>getting ilegal operations message during startup, and the computer always wanted
>me to put in the Win98 CD to find the proper display driver. A friend said I needed
>a new video card, so he installed a new PCI 8mb video card and it appeared to work
>a few times. Now, suddenly Windows boots up to a low resolution 16-bit color display,
>and when I go to change the settings, it only allows 2-color or 16-color as my options.
> My SVGA monitor is several years old, but my friend says Windows 98 will detect
>any monitor. What am I doing wrong?


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Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Bobra Wilbanks: Sunday, January 6, 2002 at 11:55 am)

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-Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Bobra Wilbanks: Sun, Jan 6, 2002, 11:55 am)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (GM: Sun, Jan 6, 2002, 12:23 pm)
*re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Bobra Wilbanks: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 10:42 am)
-However.. (GM: Sun, Jan 6, 2002, 12:26 pm)
*re: However.. (Phil: Sun, May 15, 2005, 2:37 pm)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Bobstur: Sun, Jan 6, 2002, 12:33 pm)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Shelley Stathis: Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 11:48 am)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Joe: Thu, Apr 10, 2003, 5:14 pm)
*re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Sandy: Sat, Apr 12, 2003, 5:19 pm)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Wayne Zander: Mon, Apr 14, 2003, 3:56 am)
*re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Sharon: Thu, Apr 17, 2003, 10:04 am)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (pankaj jain: Tue, Apr 22, 2003, 12:55 am)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Mike: Thu, Jul 3, 2003, 2:59 pm)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Sam Guest: Tue, Jul 29, 2003, 8:49 am)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (John Avina: Sat, Nov 22, 2003, 10:22 pm)
-re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (clint: Fri, Feb 11, 2005, 12:16 am)
*re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (lawrence: Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 7:28 pm)
*re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Wayne: Tue, Nov 25, 2003, 3:06 pm)
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