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Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!'
Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 11:49 pm
Posted by Marcia Rogers (2 messages posted)

I am hoping to find an answer here. On start up I get a message that the driver for the display is not the right one. When I tried to load the W98 generic driver I got only 16 colors and VERY large (640X480) screen area. That is the max I can select in settings. I tried to use the VIA 4-IN-1 BUT.. wierd.. as AOL kept starting when it was installing <[Reply or follow-up to this message]

re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!'
Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 11:50 pm
Posted by Marcia Rogers (2 messages posted)

Talk about annoyances... first time I posted this message I went back to check it and half of it was gone... so I re wrote it and ... same thing happened. All the info I put in was gone.. well hope it works this time! =)


On Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 11:49 pm, Marcia Rogers wrote:
>I am hoping to find an answer here. On start up I get a message that the driver for
>the display is not the right one. When I tried to load the W98 generic driver I got
>only 16 colors and VERY large (640X480) screen area. That is the max I can select
>in settings. I tried to use the VIA 4-IN-1 BUT.. wierd.. as AOL kept starting when
>it was installing < >me to VIA as it was on board).
>Anyone know the CORRECT driver and where to get it? Thanks in advance, Marsha
>Here is my info:
>TRIDENT BLADE 8400 3D MVP4 57-2 BUILT IN
>SOFTWARE V: 6.50.5495-35.57_21CD
>DIRECT DRAW 1.0 8MB RAM
>SW V 4.0
>HW V 093
>DRIVERS: VMM32.VXD (VDD.VXD)
> VMM32.VXD (VFLATD.VXD)
>(RESOLUTION: 1024 x 768 PIXELS 32BIT TRU COLOR) Only when I change the color...
>reboot and then change the screen size)
>MOTHERBOARD: SOCKET 7
>184 MB RAM
>AMK-K 3D PROCESSOR
>WINDOWS 98 SE 4.10.2222A
>MONITER: KDS SUPER VGA SENSATIONS
>
>
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