Re: video controller vga compatible

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thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from
different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been
changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no
changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system
doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install
a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is
1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit
blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV.
All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all
back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do
you think about the option to install a totally new driver?
Thank you.

"Paul" wrote:

j.m. wrote:
Thank you for a advice; I downloaded this utility but there is no impact on
the system. According to Microsoft article 268852, the system is using the
standard VGA mode, not OEM video driver. There is no hibernate or stand by
-mode and video controller (vga compatible) is under other devices. In
addition, search utility cannot find oem#.inf or oem#.pnf.
should I download a new driver?

Do you have backups of your personal data ?

I would make sure your email database, and any personal files have been
copied to an external storage device. That is just in case you have to
restore your computer from the restore partition.

You might want to read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restore_point

It sounds like you have sustained major damage to the OS install.
Maybe the problem is caused by malware. I find it hard to believe
a "utility" could do so much damage.

On some OSes, you can create a new "Hardware Profile", which would
require all the drivers to be reinstalled. Have you noticed any
changes to the boot sequence for your computer ? Was there an
extra step required during the boot process ?

http://www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/technet/images/archive/winntas/maintain/featusability/prof01_big.gif
http://oopsilon.com/06/texts/vmware-windows-boot-select.png

Paul


"Rich Barry" wrote:

You may want to try the Inf Update Utility Number 3
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2300&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go%21#DRV




"j.m." <jm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C956AB15-C743-492D-B14B-CE3C4869BC58@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
this problem seems to be common.
I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand
By
is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and
fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a
software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device
Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is
what I
can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible
under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device
Manager:

<The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver.>

According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts
using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what
is
the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings?
(ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2)

Thank you.




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