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GovernmentYard
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Post subject: Vista resoluton nightmare  Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 19:22 |
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Bloody gfx card is on the blink again. This time my second monitor still worked, everything just bumped over to that screen. I was trying to get my main monitor back up and running and it seemed to be recognised again in ati control centre, so i selected 'extend my desktop onto this monitor'. What I've ended up wiht is vista in a very verly low res mode indeed, showing only a small area of the screen. I can right click in space but selecting personalise doesn't bring up any menu that I can see, nor does selecting the control centre.
The screen does not scroll with my mouse movements, which I'd have hoped it might. Safe mode gives me a useable if restricted pc... the ati control centre won't load because the drivers aren't running, i don't want to use the drivers, just change a setting.
Any ideas how I might get my pc to boot again in such a way as I can see? I basically need to get it to boot in 1024x768 or 800x600 but other than getting to the options i can't get to, I've no idea how.
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BikNorton
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 21:28 |
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Turn off, unplug your second monitor, turn on? That should force a (temporary) defaulting of the settings which you can apply, turn off, plug second monitor back, start up and try not to do it again?
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DavPaz
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 23:07 |
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tap f8 during startup for advanced options. One of them is vga mode. Bypasses drivers
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JohnCoffey
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:34 |
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Turn off, format, install XP.
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GovernmentYard
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:42 |
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And how would this not have happened with XP?
System restore form safe mode worked in the end.
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RuySan
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:59 |
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JohnCoffey wrote: Turn off, format, install XP. bullshit. Vista is ace
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Derek The Halls
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:46 |
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No one has ever been able to determine what the audio bug is on my friend's vista install. For those who haven't read about it, the machine has a probem with media players. Windows media player gives out sound but no other media player will.
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kalmar
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:51 |
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RuySan wrote: JohnCoffey wrote: Turn off, format, install XP. bullshit. Vista is ace Get a Mac.
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Derek The Halls
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Post subject: Re: Vista resoluton nightmare Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:52 |
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Or an A1200.
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