Re: Display Settings Revert to 640x480x8 on reboot

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Pat wrote:

> The card in question is brand new out of the retail box.
>
> Once windows has loaded, I am able to change the display settings to
> anything and it works fine until reboot. Seems to be an issue with
> Windows not being able to remember a setting rather than a HW problem.
>
> This is a Dell box with an Intel board and an Intel display adapter
> built
> in. I went into device manager and disabled the Intel device and
> rebooted to the same problem.
>
> Completely uninstalled the NVidia board and all drivers, re-enabled
> the
> Intel adapter and rebooted to the exact same problem. Two adapters,
> both with the same symptoms generally means SW, not HW.
>
Quite right and if you'd told us all that pertinent information in your
*first* post you would have gotten more differently-focused answers.

Perhaps this tweak from MVP Kelly Theriot will help:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - Save Settings on Exit
(Line 54)

Also look in Event Viewer for clues.

Also try clean-boot troubleshooting to see if you have something running
that could be causing the issue.

Clean Boot - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310353
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke
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