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Video Problems –
Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to
delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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Please! - let us know what you did to fix it - it mat help the next person
with a similar problem!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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Here is what I think my situation was. When trying to fix my error problems,
I opened the System Configuration Utility and clicked on Diagnostic Startup. After doing that, I had two problems. My screen had reverted to a 640 X 480 resolution and my video was splotchy. The splotchy video problem turned out to be my color setting. It had reverted to 256 colors. By changing it to 16 bit, my video problem was solved. Now, I may be wrong on this, but I think when I clicked on Diagnostic Startup, my system, by default, changed my resolution and color settings. Perhaps, someone can confirm this for me. If that is not true, then I have no idea how my settings changed. Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Please! - let us know what you did to fix it - it mat help the next person with a similar problem!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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Diagnostic Startup is exactly that - it loads a subset of drivers, *chosen
by you*. Unless you specifically chose drivers and other items to activate at the startup elsewhere in the MSCONFIG utility, then effectively nothing but the basic minimum drivers would be installed - and Video basic drivers are VGA 640x480 16colour I suggest turning OFF the Diagnostic mode, and reverting to Normal Mode -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... Here is what I think my situation was. When trying to fix my error problems, I opened the System Configuration Utility and clicked on Diagnostic Startup. After doing that, I had two problems. My screen had reverted to a 640 X 480 resolution and my video was splotchy. The splotchy video problem turned out to be my color setting. It had reverted to 256 colors. By changing it to 16 bit, my video problem was solved. Now, I may be wrong on this, but I think when I clicked on Diagnostic Startup, my system, by default, changed my resolution and color settings. Perhaps, someone can confirm this for me. If that is not true, then I have no idea how my settings changed. Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Please! - let us know what you did to fix it - it mat help the next person with a similar problem!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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Noel -
Thanks for confirming. Maybe you can respond to this question. During some Startups and Restarts I was receiving OE:0028 error messages. I tried a number of minor maintenance steps to fix the error problems without any success. However, after doing the Diagnostic Setup and resetting my resolution and color settings, my error messages mysteriously disappeared. Was I just lucky or do you see a connection to all this? Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Diagnostic Startup is exactly that - it loads a subset of drivers, *chosen by you*. Unless you specifically chose drivers and other items to activate at the startup elsewhere in the MSCONFIG utility, then effectively nothing but the basic minimum drivers would be installed - and Video basic drivers are VGA 640x480 16colour I suggest turning OFF the Diagnostic mode, and reverting to Normal Mode -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... Here is what I think my situation was. When trying to fix my error problems, I opened the System Configuration Utility and clicked on Diagnostic Startup. After doing that, I had two problems. My screen had reverted to a 640 X 480 resolution and my video was splotchy. The splotchy video problem turned out to be my color setting. It had reverted to 256 colors. By changing it to 16 bit, my video problem was solved. Now, I may be wrong on this, but I think when I clicked on Diagnostic Startup, my system, by default, changed my resolution and color settings. Perhaps, someone can confirm this for me. If that is not true, then I have no idea how my settings changed. Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Please! - let us know what you did to fix it - it mat help the next person with a similar problem!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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It could simply be that the switch to diagnostic startup and back forced a
reinstall of the video drivers - which are the most common cause of 0e:0028 faults that I am aware of. Your actions in that period would make it more likely that such a thing happened. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... Noel - Thanks for confirming. Maybe you can respond to this question. During some Startups and Restarts I was receiving OE:0028 error messages. I tried a number of minor maintenance steps to fix the error problems without any success. However, after doing the Diagnostic Setup and resetting my resolution and color settings, my error messages mysteriously disappeared. Was I just lucky or do you see a connection to all this? Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Diagnostic Startup is exactly that - it loads a subset of drivers, *chosen by you*. Unless you specifically chose drivers and other items to activate at the startup elsewhere in the MSCONFIG utility, then effectively nothing but the basic minimum drivers would be installed - and Video basic drivers are VGA 640x480 16colour I suggest turning OFF the Diagnostic mode, and reverting to Normal Mode -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... Here is what I think my situation was. When trying to fix my error problems, I opened the System Configuration Utility and clicked on Diagnostic Startup. After doing that, I had two problems. My screen had reverted to a 640 X 480 resolution and my video was splotchy. The splotchy video problem turned out to be my color setting. It had reverted to 256 colors. By changing it to 16 bit, my video problem was solved. Now, I may be wrong on this, but I think when I clicked on Diagnostic Startup, my system, by default, changed my resolution and color settings. Perhaps, someone can confirm this for me. If that is not true, then I have no idea how my settings changed. Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Please! - let us know what you did to fix it - it mat help the next person with a similar problem!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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Thanks- Glad to hear there might be a connection.
Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: It could simply be that the switch to diagnostic startup and back forced a reinstall of the video drivers - which are the most common cause of 0e:0028 faults that I am aware of. Your actions in that period would make it more likely that such a thing happened. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... Noel - Thanks for confirming. Maybe you can respond to this question. During some Startups and Restarts I was receiving OE:0028 error messages. I tried a number of minor maintenance steps to fix the error problems without any success. However, after doing the Diagnostic Setup and resetting my resolution and color settings, my error messages mysteriously disappeared. Was I just lucky or do you see a connection to all this? Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Diagnostic Startup is exactly that - it loads a subset of drivers, *chosen by you*. Unless you specifically chose drivers and other items to activate at the startup elsewhere in the MSCONFIG utility, then effectively nothing but the basic minimum drivers would be installed - and Video basic drivers are VGA 640x480 16colour I suggest turning OFF the Diagnostic mode, and reverting to Normal Mode -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... Here is what I think my situation was. When trying to fix my error problems, I opened the System Configuration Utility and clicked on Diagnostic Startup. After doing that, I had two problems. My screen had reverted to a 640 X 480 resolution and my video was splotchy. The splotchy video problem turned out to be my color setting. It had reverted to 256 colors. By changing it to 16 bit, my video problem was solved. Now, I may be wrong on this, but I think when I clicked on Diagnostic Startup, my system, by default, changed my resolution and color settings. Perhaps, someone can confirm this for me. If that is not true, then I have no idea how my settings changed. Jerry "Noel Paton" wrote: Please! - let us know what you did to fix it - it mat help the next person with a similar problem!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Jerry" wrote in message ... After my posting, I found out what my problem was. I could not find a way to delete my posting. So please disreqard my original posting. Thanks, Jerry "Jerry" wrote: Video Problems – Problem 1: I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After rebooting or restarting again, I can get back to a normal screen. I mention this because it applies to my Problem 2. Problem 2: Now, when I view some (not all) pages on my PC they appear as if they have not been fully loaded. Words in some documents are out of focus and the images appear splotchy. In some images I think I can see the blue dots in the background. In other images I do see another image in the background. This problem has just occurred after I tried to go through some PC fixes to try and fix my error problems. I use Windows Me. Is there a fix for my video problem? Thanks, Jerry |
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