on the ME machine...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem.

once you have that one sorted we can work on the other....

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

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"alastairg100" wrote in message
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I am not sure if it is a virus or it is just something wrong with two of
our
computers, and the same thing just happened to happen on the same time.
One
computer was a Windows ME computer but we have recently installed Windows
XP
as it is a more secure system, and the other is a Windows ME laptop and
was
next in the que to be upgraded to Windows XP.

On the XP machine I was installing the Windows updates, and it asked me to
restart. When I restarted all the monitor settings had gone wrong. It was
in
a 640x400 i think it was for screen resolution and then Low at 8bit for
screen quality. When I right-click on the desktop and then click on
properties, go to settings, and here this is where you should change the
screen settings. When I changed te screen resolution back to 800x600 and
64
bit high quality, hit apply noting happens and sometimes it restarts but
still nothing happpens. Somehow whilst trying to fix it we managed to get
it
to a rediculously small setting that before the monitor didnt even
support.
it was so small you could bairly see which setting you were in, and
without
knowing Windows we ad no chance. We changed moniters from another computer
that was working and then we got it back to a 640x400 screen resolution.

I'm not sure how as I was out of the room at this point but we managed to
get the computer back to a 800x600 screen resolution. When ever I go to
properties and then settings though and try to change the screen settings
nothing seems to work, and again sometimes it restarts.

With the laptop there was a similar problem. When restarting all the
screen
settings were messed up. It was at a 640x400 screen setting and 8bit
screen
quality. The real bugger with this one is tht it has rejected all forms of
mouse's. The built in mouse on the laptop, a PS2 mouse and USB mouse all
dont
work. Even when I transfer the files from a working computer for the mouse
it
still doesnt want to work.

The laptop like the computer when you go to the display properties via the
control panel and then settings, when you go to a 800x600 and 64bit screen
quality and then click on OK, nothing happens.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
Alastair