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After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I
reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can
remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. Any constructive advice? "Joe727" wrote in message ... If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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possibly a useless answer,
but, after installing the drivers did you go to display settings and change the screen size/color depth -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... | You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can | remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled | the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. | | Any constructive advice? | | | | "Joe727" wrote in message | ... | If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or | 32 | bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. | | To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and | model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. | | There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. | | 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. | | 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name | and numbers printed on it. | | 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be | able to determine what kind of video card you have: | | AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 | | http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 | | To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and | click | the + sign next to Computer | on the left side of your screen then click Summary. | | Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and | select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it | directly to this newsgroup. | | Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to | telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back | the information Aida32 reports for your: | | Motherboard | | CPU | | Chipset | | Display PCI/AGP Video | | Display GPU | | This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and | directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download | and install them. | | *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your | computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that | came with your computer. | | Joe | | "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message | ... | After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x | 16. | I | reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked | msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it | wasn't. | Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? | Would | running SFC be the next step? | | Any ideas? | | Thanks | | | | | | |
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Yes, many times
"AlmostBob" wrote in message ... possibly a useless answer, but, after installing the drivers did you go to display settings and change the screen size/color depth -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... | You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can | remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled | the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. | | Any constructive advice? | | | | "Joe727" wrote in message | ... | If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or | 32 | bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. | | To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and | model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. | | There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. | | 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. | | 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name | and numbers printed on it. | | 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be | able to determine what kind of video card you have: | | AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 | | http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 | | To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and | click | the + sign next to Computer | on the left side of your screen then click Summary. | | Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and | select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it | directly to this newsgroup. | | Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to | telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back | the information Aida32 reports for your: | | Motherboard | | CPU | | Chipset | | Display PCI/AGP Video | | Display GPU | | This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and | directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download | and install them. | | *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your | computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that | came with your computer. | | Joe | | "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message | ... | After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x | 16. | I | reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked | msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it | wasn't. | Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? | Would | running SFC be the next step? | | Any ideas? | | Thanks | | | | | | |
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My post is full of constructive advice. Here's a sample:
*** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. Any constructive advice? "Joe727" wrote in message ... If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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Well, thanks but I'm a tech (A+, Network+) and I always know what hardware
I'm working with, especially if I built the system. All I'm trying to find out is if someone else has reinstalled adapter drivers after a major crash only to find some system files corrupt. I'm trying to avoid a full reinstall. Thanks "Joe727" wrote in message ... My post is full of constructive advice. Here's a sample: *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. Any constructive advice? "Joe727" wrote in message ... If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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It's nice that you know what hardware you are working with. It would be
nicer if we knew what hardware you are working with. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... Well, thanks but I'm a tech (A+, Network+) and I always know what hardware I'm working with, especially if I built the system. All I'm trying to find out is if someone else has reinstalled adapter drivers after a major crash only to find some system files corrupt. I'm trying to avoid a full reinstall. Thanks "Joe727" wrote in message ... My post is full of constructive advice. Here's a sample: *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. Any constructive advice? "Joe727" wrote in message ... If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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My experience says that you installed the wrong driver or perhaps one that
is a newer version and doesn't work correctly with the installed display adapter. Does your friend have the driver disk that came with the PC or video card? If the crash has been less than 5 days, you can try restoring the registry. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... Well, thanks but I'm a tech (A+, Network+) and I always know what hardware I'm working with, especially if I built the system. All I'm trying to find out is if someone else has reinstalled adapter drivers after a major crash only to find some system files corrupt. I'm trying to avoid a full reinstall. Thanks "Joe727" wrote in message ... My post is full of constructive advice. Here's a sample: *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. Any constructive advice? "Joe727" wrote in message ... If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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This is the exact same driver (version and everything) I had installed on
his machine before. Some other tech had worked on this machine prior to me and had scanreg unchecked in msconfig startup, so there was no other copy of the registry. I think I'll have to run SFC ( there are system files connected with the driver files that load and one or more must be corrupt.) When the system crashed, it lost more than just the graphic settings -- it lost the mouse ( mouse would only run in safe mode) other things got corrupted also. I got everything restored with work around except the video. Thanks "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... My experience says that you installed the wrong driver or perhaps one that is a newer version and doesn't work correctly with the installed display adapter. Does your friend have the driver disk that came with the PC or video card? If the crash has been less than 5 days, you can try restoring the registry. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... Well, thanks but I'm a tech (A+, Network+) and I always know what hardware I'm working with, especially if I built the system. All I'm trying to find out is if someone else has reinstalled adapter drivers after a major crash only to find some system files corrupt. I'm trying to avoid a full reinstall. Thanks "Joe727" wrote in message ... My post is full of constructive advice. Here's a sample: *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... You've been posting this same message to everyone for as long as I can remember. If you read my post, you'll see that I said that I reinstalled the CORRECT driver. I always run ADA32 if I'm in doubt. Any constructive advice? "Joe727" wrote in message ... If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Wayne A Lewis" wrote in message ... After a crash on a friends system, the resolution went so 640 x 480 x 16. I reinstalled the correct driver and it did not fix it. I also checked msconfig advanced, to see if the 640 x 480 x 16 was checked -- it wasn't. Is it possible that some system files were damaged from the crash? Would running SFC be the next step? Any ideas? Thanks |
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