Centered Logo
 

Minor irritant. On startup Dell logo and any text open
small and centered instead of full screen. Began out of
the blue. Can't find fix.

In ,
MT Head had this to say:

Thanks for try, but not background image. Original boot
screens, including logo and text: "Windows updating system
configuration, please wait," and the like. Use no
background and no screen saver. Before post, selected
background temporarily to change it from "centered" to
"stretch," but no change in this.

I am guessing that the boot image is now centered on your screen and it's
disruptive if not a just a little bit disconcerting... I can honestly tell
you that I've never ever encountered that error in the past. You have, my
good sir, a first as far as I know. Adjusting the boot image can be done in
various ways but many of them can lead to system troubles and make a system
that will not boot requiring that you re-install your operating system.
There's a number of utilities that will alter the boot image to a new logo
and the like but I've never seen one that would put the image back where it
belonged. I imagine that if you altered the logo and then put it back to the
'standard' logo that it might repair the problem. I'm going to give you some
horrid advice here. At least I warned you. If you're still able to boot and
neither functionality nor speed are effected by this than I'd recommend that
you accept the change. As you mentioned in the original post the effect is
minor irritation. If, however, you simply can't abide by this there's a
number of options.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=1...ows+ me&meta=

That link, with any luck, should take you to Google's results for some boot
screen customization tweaks/applications although a majority of them are for
XP these days. Again, if you can live with this and it's not too bothersome
it's probably best that you do. I truly haven't ever seen this error before
in my life, maybe Noel has? He's been kicking about the newsgroups forever
and a day so maybe he's seen that one in the past. I've tried a couple of
search engines and I even tried the Groups search at Google (which is
usually pretty effective though it tends to take a while to weed through the
results to find what you're looking for) with no insight being offered.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

-----Original Message-----
In ,
MT Head had this to say:

Thanks for try, but not background image. Original boot
screens, including logo and text: "Windows updating system
configuration, please wait," and the like. Use no
background and no screen saver. Before post, selected
background temporarily to change it from "centered" to
"stretch," but no change in this.

I am guessing that the boot image is now centered on your
screen and it's
disruptive if not a just a little bit disconcerting... I
can honestly tell
you that I've never ever encountered that error in the
past. You have, my
good sir, a first as far as I know. Adjusting the boot
image can be done in
various ways but many of them can lead to system troubles
and make a system
that will not boot requiring that you re-install your
operating system.
There's a number of utilities that will alter the boot
image to a new logo
and the like but I've never seen one that would put the
image back where it
belonged. I imagine that if you altered the logo and then
put it back to the
'standard' logo that it might repair the problem. I'm
going to give you some
horrid advice here. At least I warned you. If you're still
able to boot and
neither functionality nor speed are effected by this than
I'd recommend that
you accept the change. As you mentioned in the original
post the effect is
minor irritation. If, however, you simply can't abide by
this there's a
number of options.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=3...+boot+screen+=
windows+me&meta=3D

That link, with any luck, should take you to Google's
results for some boot
screen customization tweaks/applications although a
majority of them are for
XP these days. Again, if you can live with this and it's
not too bothersome
it's probably best that you do. I truly haven't ever seen
this error before
in my life, maybe Noel has? He's been kicking about the
newsgroups forever
and a day so maybe he's seen that one in the past. I've
tried a couple of
search engines and I even tried the Groups search at
Google (which is
usually pretty effective though it tends to take a while
to weed through the
results to find what you're looking for) with no insight
being offered.

Galen
--=20

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with
artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I
crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

It is nice to be first at something. This distinction
appears to be related to one of my favorite adages: "Noone
is entirely useless, even the worst of us can serve as
horrible examples." Thank you for your trouble, I think I
shall continue to address it occasionally and remain
minimally irritated.


"The beatings will continue until morale improves." =20
.

In ,
Noel Paton had this to say:


Your Display is locked *in Safe Mode* but any changes that you make
there should be activated once you reboot to Normal Mode - try it and
see.

Now that's one I'd have never guessed at. I don't actually have a Dell lappy
running at the moment (I've pretty much given up on them and have moved on a
to a new brand) but I seem to also recall that the monitor could be set to
duh-fault through the CMOS or adjusted to a number of resolutions. Setup was
accessed during boot by pressing the delete key. I am pretty sure at any
rate that it was the Dell that had that _feature_ in the CMOS.

Note: I didn't even rant about the difference between CMOS and BIOS :) I'm
getting better I tell ya g The doctors say I should be okay to go out in
public now so long as I stop biting people.

*thread marked for reading/downloading to see final results of this one*

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

I have not made myself clear. In safe mode I cannot make
any resolution changes, 640x480 is it. Cannot move the
screen area pointer. Normal mode permits any or all changes.

Safe mode boots to the reduced centered screen, same size
as the logo which inspired my original post.

Think the CMOS vs. BIOS (non)rant is too fast for the room,
this room at least.


-----Original Message-----
In ,
Noel Paton had this to say:


Your Display is locked *in Safe Mode* but any changes
that you make
there should be activated once you reboot to Normal Mode
- try it and
see.

Now that's one I'd have never guessed at. I don't actually
have a Dell lappy
running at the moment (I've pretty much given up on them
and have moved on a
to a new brand) but I seem to also recall that the monitor
could be set to
duh-fault through the CMOS or adjusted to a number of
resolutions. Setup was
accessed during boot by pressing the delete key. I am
pretty sure at any
rate that it was the Dell that had that _feature_ in the CMOS.

Note: I didn't even rant about the difference between CMOS
and BIOS :) I'm
getting better I tell ya g The doctors say I should be
okay to go out in
public now so long as I stop biting people.

*thread marked for reading/downloading to see final
results of this one*

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with
artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I
crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


.

Since I've just been talking to someone who was running ME *very* happily on
an AMD64bit system, (and was amazed at the speed - despite lack of drivers)
I would doubt your problem is due to what it appears to be - unless Dell
have done something *totally* stupid (ummm - errr - not beyond the realms of
Delldom!)

I say again - ignore the 'can't do this' messages, and tell it to accept the
changes - see what happens.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"MT Head" wrote in message
...
I have not made myself clear. In safe mode I cannot make
any resolution changes, 640x480 is it. Cannot move the
screen area pointer. Normal mode permits any or all changes.

Safe mode boots to the reduced centered screen, same size
as the logo which inspired my original post.

Think the CMOS vs. BIOS (non)rant is too fast for the room,
this room at least.


-----Original Message-----
In ,
Noel Paton had this to say:


Your Display is locked *in Safe Mode* but any changes
that you make
there should be activated once you reboot to Normal Mode
- try it and
see.

Now that's one I'd have never guessed at. I don't actually
have a Dell lappy
running at the moment (I've pretty much given up on them
and have moved on a
to a new brand) but I seem to also recall that the monitor
could be set to
duh-fault through the CMOS or adjusted to a number of
resolutions. Setup was
accessed during boot by pressing the delete key. I am
pretty sure at any
rate that it was the Dell that had that _feature_ in the CMOS.

Note: I didn't even rant about the difference between CMOS
and BIOS :) I'm
getting better I tell ya g The doctors say I should be
okay to go out in
public now so long as I stop biting people.

*thread marked for reading/downloading to see final
results of this one*

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with
artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I
crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


.

There is no "can't do this" message. There is nothing to
"can't do." Again: I cannot move the "screen area" pointer
in safe mode desktop--properties--settings to make
changes in resolution. It does not appear to be greyed out,
exactly, but it will not take the focus when clicked on, as
it does in normal mode.


-----Original Message-----
Since I've just been talking to someone who was running ME
*very* happily on
an AMD64bit system, (and was amazed at the speed -
despite lack of drivers)
I would doubt your problem is due to what it appears to be
- unless Dell
have done something *totally* stupid (ummm - errr - not
beyond the realms of
Delldom!)

I say again - ignore the 'can't do this' messages, and
tell it to accept the
changes - see what happens.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"MT Head" wrote in
message
...
I have not made myself clear. In safe mode I cannot make
any resolution changes, 640x480 is it. Cannot move the
screen area pointer. Normal mode permits any or all changes.

Safe mode boots to the reduced centered screen, same size
as the logo which inspired my original post.

Think the CMOS vs. BIOS (non)rant is too fast for the room,
this room at least.


-----Original Message-----
In ,
Noel Paton had this to say:


Your Display is locked *in Safe Mode* but any changes
that you make
there should be activated once you reboot to Normal Mode
- try it and
see.

Now that's one I'd have never guessed at. I don't actually
have a Dell lappy
running at the moment (I've pretty much given up on them
and have moved on a
to a new brand) but I seem to also recall that the monitor
could be set to
duh-fault through the CMOS or adjusted to a number of
resolutions. Setup was
accessed during boot by pressing the delete key. I am
pretty sure at any
rate that it was the Dell that had that _feature_ in the
CMOS.

Note: I didn't even rant about the difference between CMOS
and BIOS :) I'm
getting better I tell ya g The doctors say I should be
okay to go out in
public now so long as I stop biting people.

*thread marked for reading/downloading to see final
results of this one*

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with
artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I
crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


.



.