Re: Windows reboots when changing the screen resolution

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From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:54:41 +0530

Uncheck the "Automatically Restart" option in Recovery options. By doing so. system won't reboot on errors again. Instead it shows the STOP blue screen. There you can identify which driver is causing the error.

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
Under System Failure, select the check boxes that correspond to the actions that you want Windows to perform if a sever error occurs.
Uncheck "Automatically restart" 

-- 
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"dr_wright00" <drwright00@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FEDB08DC-4AD7-478F-AA8E-BB9ABC2B9CD8@microsoft.com...
I just did a fresh install of XP Pro w/sp2 on a virgin HDD. Everything seems 
to be working properly except when I change  the screen resolution it reboots 
the computer... how odd. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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