98 SE Video

In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from 16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit

Try it in safe mode (hold down the ctrl key while booting) or you can
restore the registry under certain conditions:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has
already been replaced.


--
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

"garth" wrote in message
...
In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from 16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit

Cntrl key did not start machine in safe mode. Problem is 1
day old. How do a use restore back a couple of days?
remeber my screen is dark
-----Original Message-----
Try it in safe mode (hold down the ctrl key while
booting) or you can
restore the registry under certain conditions:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or
F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command
Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support
doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C:
prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command
prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date
of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then
click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
registry that has
already been replaced.


--
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

"garth" wrote in message
...
In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from 16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit


.

What happened when you held the Ctrl key down as the machine started?

For information on restoring your registry, see:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/registry.html
MAINTAIN, BACK UP AND RESTORE YOUR REGISTRY:
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
wrote in message
...
Cntrl key did not start machine in safe mode. Problem is 1
day old. How do a use restore back a couple of days?
remeber my screen is dark
-----Original Message-----
Try it in safe mode (hold down the ctrl key while
booting) or you can
restore the registry under certain conditions:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or
F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command
Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support
doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C:
prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command
prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date
of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then
click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
registry that has
already been replaced.


--
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

"garth" wrote in message
...
In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from 16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit


.

Use the start up disk as I suggested in the last post.

--
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

wrote in message
...
Cntrl key did not start machine in safe mode. Problem is 1
day old. How do a use restore back a couple of days?
remeber my screen is dark
-----Original Message-----
Try it in safe mode (hold down the ctrl key while
booting) or you can
restore the registry under certain conditions:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or
F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command
Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support
doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C:
prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command
prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date
of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then
click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
registry that has
already been replaced.


--
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

"garth" wrote in message
...
In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from 16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit


.

TNX, A combined Ctrl and F8 got me to a box to start safe
mode. All squared away now
-----Original Message-----
Cntrl key did not start machine in safe mode. Problem is
1
day old. How do a use restore back a couple of days?
remeber my screen is dark
-----Original Message-----
Try it in safe mode (hold down the ctrl key while
booting) or you can
restore the registry under certain conditions:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or
F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command
Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support
doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C:
prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command
prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the
date
of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then
click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
registry that has
already been replaced.


--
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

"garth" wrote in message
...
In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from
16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit


.

.

The CTRL key will not boot to Safe Mode, it will boot to the Startup Menu where you
can choose Safe Mode.

Press/hold down the CTRL key just after starting when the memory count shows during
POST. Release the CTRL key when you are presented with the Startup Menu.
Or
You can continually tap the F8 key after the mem count until you get the Startup
Menu
Or
Try pressing/holding down the F5 key after the mem count which may go straight to
Safe Mode

To use scanreg /restore if you can get to the Startup Menu:
Select Command Prompt only
At the Prompt type: cd c: and press Enter
At the prompt type: scanreg /restore an press Enter
When finished press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot

If you cannot get to the Startup menu, boot the machine with a 98 boot disk:
At the Prompt type: cd c: and press Enter
At the prompt type: scanreg /restore an press Enter
When finished remove the floppy disk and press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot

--
Brian A.

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http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

wrote in message
...
Cntrl key did not start machine in safe mode. Problem is 1
day old. How do a use restore back a couple of days?
remeber my screen is dark
-----Original Message-----
Try it in safe mode (hold down the ctrl key while
booting) or you can
restore the registry under certain conditions:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or
F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command
Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support
doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C:
prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command
prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date
of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then
click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
registry that has
already been replaced.


--
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

"garth" wrote in message
...
In setting up a macjine I changed the Resolution from 16
bit hi color to 24 bit true and rebooted as instructed.
The windows logo comes up for about 10 seconds and then
the monitor goes dark. Could someone tell me how to get
back in and go back to 16 bit


.