Re: Display Settings Revert to 640x480x8 on reboot

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In defence of OP, you and everyone else here responds better to brevity than
completeness - - -
"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uIOe2ukBGHA.976@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


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