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Hi, hopefully someone can help me!
I'm using windows 98SE, and for some reason, I can't increase/decrease my pixels. Therefore my icons are huge and the resolution on website and looking at my digital photo's is awful. Does anyone have any easy remedies? I've tried unistalling and reinstalling my drivers, and getting updates on line, but it tells me that I have what i need, and therefore they can't offer me anything different! I'm stuck! Any help would be grateful cause I'm reluctant to go searching online, as I'm scared of downloading a virus. Thanks, Rhiannon |
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What you describe is usually due to not having the correct video drivers
installed. You say you cannot change the settings...what happens when you try? What display adapter driver is currently installed? Look in Device Manager Display Adapters. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "rhiannon" u19464@uwe wrote in message news:5cf6e26143573@uwe... Hi, hopefully someone can help me! I'm using windows 98SE, and for some reason, I can't increase/decrease my pixels. Therefore my icons are huge and the resolution on website and looking at my digital photo's is awful. Does anyone have any easy remedies? I've tried unistalling and reinstalling my drivers, and getting updates on line, but it tells me that I have what i need, and therefore they can't offer me anything different! I'm stuck! Any help would be grateful cause I'm reluctant to go searching online, as I'm scared of downloading a virus. Thanks, Rhiannon |
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http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=127139
Troubleshooting Video Problems in Windows "START, Run, MSConfig, Advanced button". If checked, then uncheck "VGA 640x480x16", & reboot. "Control Panel, Display, Settings tab". Select as you wish from the Colors dropdown menu & the Size slider. Really, you should need nothing higher than "High Color (16 bit)", for speed/resource considerations. If you move the Screen Area slider to 1024x768 there, be sure to click the Advanced button, & select Large fonts. Try to get your colors/size at least twice that way. If it continues to fail, you may need to reinstall your Monitor or Display Adapter... For the Monitor... (1) Boot to Safe Mode (Hold F5 as you boot or CTRL for the Startup Menu) (2) "START, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab" (3) Open the Monitors branch, & Remove all entries. Perhaps, FIRST, even in Normal Mode, note what is installed similar to below for the Adapter. That is... (a) D-Clk the monitor there for Properties, Driver tab. (b) Click the Update Driver button, then "Next". (c) Bolt "Display a list...", & click "Next". (d) Bolt "Show all hardware". Examine the two panes to see what is currently installed. That is likely what you wish to end up with, after step (4). (4) Boot to Normal Mode. Hopefully, it will be rediscovered & installed. Then, if still necessary, here is the rigmarole of the Display Adapter... .......Quote.......... The first thing to do is to remove the video adapter you have installed. Right-click on the desktop; choose "Properties" from the drop-down menu; select "Settings;" click on the "Advanced" button; and click on "Adapter". An adapter is a program that tells Windows how to deal with a specific video card. Make note of the adapter that is currently installed. Then, change the adapter to "Standard Display Adapter (VGA)" and restart the system. [That is: Click "Change, Next, bolt 'Display a List...', Next, bolt 'Show all hardware', scroll left pane to top, select '(Standard display types)', select 'Standard Display Adapter (VGA)' in right pane, click 'Next'"... PCR] This will remove the current adapter and replace it with a generic VGA adapter that works with all video cards. You will not like VGA because it supports only 16 colors, but the purpose of installing it is to get rid of whatever was there before. Next, return to the adapter screen and install an adapter that matches your video card. This may or may not be the adapter that you are using now. Examine the materials you received with your computer to see if they include a CD-ROM or floppy disk that contains the correct video adapter. Or go to the Gateway website and see if they have an adapter for you to download. Or check the website of the company that made your video card. Bill Starbuck (MVP) .......End....of quote.... Also... ..........Quote................ To identify your video adapter correctly, download and run either the Everest or Aida32 utility, available he http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#everest Once you have identified the display adapter, go to the manufacturer's web site and download the correct driver for you operating system....(such as) Windows 98/98SE. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm .........EOQ.................... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "rhiannon" u19464@uwe wrote in message news:5cf6e26143573@uwe... | Hi, hopefully someone can help me! | | I'm using windows 98SE, and for some reason, I can't increase/decrease my | pixels. Therefore my icons are huge and the resolution on website and | looking at my digital photo's is awful. | | Does anyone have any easy remedies? I've tried unistalling and reinstalling | my drivers, and getting updates on line, but it tells me that I have what i | need, and therefore they can't offer me anything different! | | I'm stuck! | | Any help would be grateful cause I'm reluctant to go searching online, as I'm | scared of downloading a virus. | | Thanks, Rhiannon |
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"rhiannon" u19464@uwe wrote:
Hi, hopefully someone can help me! I'm using windows 98SE, and for some reason, I can't increase/decrease my pixels. Therefore my icons are huge and the resolution on website and looking at my digital photo's is awful. Does anyone have any easy remedies? I've tried unistalling and reinstalling my drivers, and getting updates on line, but it tells me that I have what i need, and therefore they can't offer me anything different! I'm stuck! Any help would be grateful cause I'm reluctant to go searching online, as I'm scared of downloading a virus. Thanks, Rhiannon What is the monitor type set as, in Control Panel - Display - Settings? There are some specific monitor models that can only display 640 x 480 resolution and if your display settings are using one of those models then you will not be able to set a higher resolution. Which is a good thing, because if you tried and it was accepted by Windows the screen image would not be usable, and the settings might even damage the monitor. Also how much memory does your video card have? It is not unknown to encounter Windows 98 computers with only 256K or 512K of video memory installed. If you are using True Color (32 bit) video then each screen pixel requires 4 bytes of video card memory. 640 x 480 resolution means 300,000 total pixels, 800 x 600 is 480,000 and 1024 x 768 is 786,000. If video card memory is the limiting factor then you can possibly increase the resolution by reducing the color depth to 16 bit or 8 bit. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." |
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Any help would be grateful cause I'm reluctant to go searching online, as I'm scared of downloading a virus. Thanks, Rhiannon Rhiannon, you are online. Gekko |
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