I'm not sure of all that's been attempted at fixing the problem or the =
problem itself from this thread, so I won't get into the specifics, but =
you could go into the registry and remove any/all that has to do with =
the video adapter/s within Enum.

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Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.


"allyson" wrote in message =
...
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nope--told you--wait 'til the morrow--same problem, just=20
now i'm getting the 'there is a problem with the=20
display...' message. i checked the value--same with=20
default as with desired. i also tried to start in ms-dos=20
[just for the hell of it] and lo and behold, it would=20
not. just got the last screen i get right before my=20
desktop--it said 'c:\windows' at the bottom with the=20
cursor right there after the '', but i didn't know what=20
to do. so i hit 'enter' and it just copied=20
the 'c:\windows' again every time i hit 'enter'. am i=20
just a computard or is that not supposed to happen?? =20
shouldn't it go into ms-dos just by going 'startshut=20
downrestart in ms-dos'?? i am now totally at sea...
[but i didn't have to reinstall the video adapter driver=20
this time--just reset the res etc. and restarted and=20
voila! there was my desired res/colors...]
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thanks for any assistance--this is really getting weird!!
regards--
allyson
-----Original Message-----
Don't complain - if fixing it is as simple as asking the=20
question, I'd go=20
with that!
--=20
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"allyson" wrote in=20
message=20
...

damn, jeff--it seems every time i come to you guys with=20
a
problem, the symptoms disappear magically 'til the
morrow!!! i just rebooted 6 times and each time it came
back to desired settings. i thought perhaps since the
first two times i shut down with 'restart' that maybe=20
that
was the reason it didn't go back to 640x480/16 color,=20
so i
shut down completely for the next tries--perhaps i=20
didn't
leave the pc idle long enough or something [who knows at
this point?? lol]. so, i will either shut down and=20
leave
it idle for quite a while and reboot tonight or tomorrow
and see what happens--then i'll try your last resort. =20
btw-
-i checked in current mode and the value for display.drv
was pnpdrvr.drv--not that i presume that helps any. and
also, for the record, this is a compaq pentium 3 running
win98se and the display adapter driver is a trident
blade3d/mvp4[63]. the two drivers are dated 11-14-1999
and 1-19-2000, respectively [if any of that makes a
diff...]

thanks and i'll let you know what happens!!!
allyson

-----Original Message-----
There is one other possibility I can think of. It might
be a complete red
herring, but it's worth a look. When the default=20
display
is installed, do
Start / Run / Sysedit and look in System.INI. Find the
section [boot] and
the entry display.drv. What is the value for this entry?

Then reinstall the drivers and check again. Does the
entry change? Shutdown
and boot to DOS. Do
EDIT C:\Windows\System.INI
and look at the entry again. What is it now?
--=20
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"allyson" wrote in
message
.. .
hi, ron, jeff et al. i've tried all your suggestions

video adapter driver problems and nothing has worked.
to
refresh your memories, in order to attain my desired
800x600 and 16-bit, i have to reinstall the video
adapter
driver at each reboot. i've tried removing everything
and
reinstalling, removing everything and starting in safe
mode,letting the pc install the default driver and=20
then
installing the newest driver--that hasn't worked
[neither
has using the un-updated driver]. no matter what i=20
do,
upon bootup, i have 640x480 and 16 color, then need to
reinstall the driver and restart to get the desired
result. the only difference is that now i don't get=20
the
message stating that there is a problem--i just get
the 'undesired' resolution/colors and have to go=20
through
the reinstall/reboot. any ideas [hope my description=20
is
of assistance to your advice...]???

thanks,
allyson


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