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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. |
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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 |
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-----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 . |
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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 |
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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 . |
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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 . |
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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 . . |
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