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problems with display
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Original Message
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Name: val
Date: August 18, 2002 at 03:21:35 Pacific
Subject: problems with display
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Comment: hi i wonder if anyone can help.iwas having problems with my computer i couldnt do anything with it as i kept getting a message saying not enough memory to run this program.anyway iwent in to safe mode then msconfig i disabled everything then reinstalled windows me. everything was fine apart from my display is 640x480 now. i have tried to change it to 600x800 but it keeps reverting back. i cant veiw any photos as they look more like negatives black white and pink. iwent back in to safe mode and found i was in selective startup. i chose to go in normal startup but the problem remains hope someone can help thanks.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Trev
Date: August 18, 2002 at 04:26:40 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)By reinstalling ME you have probably ended up with a standard VGA video driver. You need to reinstall your own card's driver. Right click on My Computer, go to properties, device manager, expand the + beside display adapters (which means graphics cards), click on the driver listed, go to properties (bottom left), find the driver tab, click update driver, select specify the location of the driver, click on display a list of drivers in a specific location, click next, click have disk, and point Windows to the new drivers for your card and let it update. Reboot and see how it is. If you are still in trouble, download the latest driver from your card manufacturer and repeat the update. Also download the latest VIA 4 in 1 chipset drivers from here
http://www.viatech.com/jsp/en/dr/driver.jsp or, if you have an Intel chipset, download an updated ATA storage driver from http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/driver.htm To find out which you have, go back to device manager and expand the + beside "system devices", scroll down and if there is a whole load of VIA stuff at the bottom then that's what you have.
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Response Number 2
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Name: val
Date: August 18, 2002 at 06:07:30 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)trev tried what you said now my photos look ok when they change on the desktop. (i have webshots desktop installed) but when itry to open a photo from my pictures they look like as before.
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Response Number 3
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Name: syd
Date: August 18, 2002 at 10:33:51 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I am having the same problems with the graphics on my computer after re-installing Windows ME. I tried the viatech site link above but it won't load. I went to the viatech homepage and things get so technical that I don't know what to click or what to specifically look for. Under my Device Manager list, it has several VIA Tech VT listings....so what do I need to get and from where? PLEASE HELP....
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Response Number 5
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Name: Trev
Date: August 18, 2002 at 13:25:15 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Val, if you have now reinstalled your video drivers, have you set the size and colour settings correctly? Right click on the desktop, go to the settings tab, set the desktop size to whatever you want and the colour to Hi Color 16 bit
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Response Number 6
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Name: val
Date: August 19, 2002 at 02:31:06 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thanks for your help Trev everything is working ok again now. I never fail to solve a problem by coming here idont know how i would manage without it now. Thanks again
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