Re: Display Problem

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From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:06:25 -0700

Dean wrote:

> I rebooted several times and made the following
> observations....... everything appears fine during the
> initial phase of start-up. The Welcome screens appear
> full screen and of the correct size. It seems that
> problems begin during the phase where the drivers and the
> programs load.
>
> Desperate situations call for desperate measures.
>
> I think I may have solved the problem !
>
> Out of desperation and total frustration and operating on
> the assumption that there was a driver conflict
> somewhere, I went into Device Manager and deleted the
> drivers for the video contoller, monitor driver, SCSI and
> RAID contoller drivers and IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers,
> rebooted, let XP find the drivers and the problem seems
> to have resolved ! I haven't rebooted a second time yet
> tho !
>
> Interestingly, Windows Update has found an Updated Nvidia
> Video Driver from July 2003. I'm debating whether to
> download and install it. As my problems began well after
> JUL '03, I'll probably install the update and see what
> happens.
>
> Thanks to all for your help !
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Group -
>>
>>Here's my complicated scenario:
>>
>>Windows XP Home edition has been functioning fine for
>>almost 2 years.
>>
>>My anti-virus software and spyware blockers are all
>>updated and have been run without finding a problem. I
>>have downloaded and installed all the XP updates.
>>
>>About a month ago, every time I rebooted, the display
>>pixels changed from 800x600 to 640x480. I was able to
>
> go
>
>>into the Control Panel and reset them to 800x600 and
>
> they
>
>>remained fine until I rebooted and then the scenario
>>repeated. That was until yesterday..............
>>
>>Yesterday, when I reboot, the display appears to be even
>>larger than 640 x480. When I go into the Control Panel,
>>it says it is 640x480, but again, it looks larger. Now,
>>however, if I reset it to 800x600, the desk top becomes
>>800x600, BUT, the desk top becomes narrower by about 2
>>inches on each side. In other words, the icon become
>
> the
>
>>correct
>>size, but the desk top shrinks in on both sides by about
>>two inches, leaving about 2 inches of black on each
>>side. The top to bottom remains correct.
>>
>>I have reset the monitor to the original settings
>
> without
>
>>improvement.
>>
>>Out of sheer frustration, I reinstalled Win XP.
>>Interestingly, during the installation, the screen
>>appeared correct until the final reboot, when the
>
> problem
>
>>re-occurred. I am assuming that since the screen was
>>correct during the re-install, that it is a software
>>setting problem and not a hardware problem. Also, when
>>XP starts, I get the computer manufacturers logo in full
>>normal screen.
>>
>>I removed the video driver and reinstalled the latest
>>version. Interestingly, it resolved back to being able
>>to change the settings in the control panel and have it
>>remain for the session until I rebooted. However, now
>
> it
>
>>is back to the later problem of narrowing of the desktop
>
>>from the sides.
>
>>Another observation is that since yesterday, Windows
>>Messenger, which normally always loads on start-up,
>
> seems
>
>>not to do so all the time. I have had manually start
>
> it,
>
>>and when I did, the display resized. I'm not sure if
>>there is a connection nor can I figure out how to
>>uninstall and reinstall Windows Messenger.
>>
>>I'd appreciate additional suggestions that anyone might
>>be able to
>>offer as this has become quite frustrating.
>>
>>Thanks you !
>>
>>.
>>

No No No...don't ever get drive updates from the Windows UPdate site.
If you need one go to the manufacturers site and only update the drive
if you are having problems or there is some new feature you must have.
Don't update just for the sake of having the lastest one.

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