Re: Resolution Display Problems - Help Required.

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Andrew, while in Safe Mode try Start>run type: msconfig Select
Boot.ini and see if BaseVideo is checked. If yes,
uncheck it. Under General Tab select Normal Startup Click Apply Ok.

"Andrew Milne" <Andrew Milne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:785C11AF-3B21-46F1-AE69-98E735FAD424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello;
> I was playing a full-screen game when it crashed, leaving my computer in
> the
> games default resolution which was far too big for my own liking. I
> changed
> the display resolution as you would normally (Properties > Settings >
> Screen
> Resolution), the display was still looking mucked up so I chose to restart
> my
> computer. When my computer tried to reboot, it only got as far as the XP
> Loading screen and then went into a black screen and my monitors activity
> light started flashing, on the black screen a blue box appeared which said
> "Self Diagnostic: PC DISPLAY SETTINGS CORRECT?" - I wasn't sure what to do
> here and after only a few seconds the box goes away. Everytime I try to
> reboot my computer manually this comes up and I really need to access my
> computer properly.. I tried all the usual things like pressing "Y" or
> "Y-E-S"
> or "N" and such forth, as well as "CTRL+ALT+DEL" and "ALT+F4". I'm not
> getting anywhere so I was hoping that somebody could help me out.
>
> Somehow I managed to bypass this screen once, but I have no idea how -
> and,
> when I restarted again later on, the same problem arose.
>
> Thanks a lot.


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