Display Problems

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Windows XP Installed. After Windows XP intro screen,
while at the user log in screen, video quality is at the
lowest possible in all aspects. After logging on, a
balloon comes up from the task bar and states that the
video settings are extremely low quality....do you want
windows to correct this? If so click here. Next pop up
asks "do you want windows to apply this correction without
restarting computer?" Yes. Settings remain
poor. "Restart" (warm boot) computer and the settings take
affect. Shut off the computer (windows is saving your
settings pops up...good thing?). Turn on the computer and
the problem starts all over again.

Points to note: If I go into the display settings arena
with poor settings, I cannot change a thing from the
lowest settings. The display adapter shows as NVIDIA 100
only. If I go there after Windows fixes the problem and a
reboot for the fix to occur, I can change everything. The
display adapter shows as NVIDIA 100/200.

Monitor is about 1998 vintage and ran on a Windows 95
System prior to plugging into this machine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Buy a new monitor, the one you have is not suitable for XP
drivers and modern video cards.


message | Windows XP Installed. After Windows XP intro screen,
| while at the user log in screen, video quality is at the
| lowest possible in all aspects. After logging on, a
| balloon comes up from the task bar and states that the
| video settings are extremely low quality....do you want
| windows to correct this? If so click here. Next pop up
| asks "do you want windows to apply this correction without
| restarting computer?" Yes. Settings remain
| poor. "Restart" (warm boot) computer and the settings take
| affect. Shut off the computer (windows is saving your
| settings pops up...good thing?). Turn on the computer and
| the problem starts all over again.
|
| Points to note: If I go into the display settings arena
| with poor settings, I cannot change a thing from the
| lowest settings. The display adapter shows as NVIDIA 100
| only. If I go there after Windows fixes the problem and a
| reboot for the fix to occur, I can change everything. The
| display adapter shows as NVIDIA 100/200.
|
| Monitor is about 1998 vintage and ran on a Windows 95
| System prior to plugging into this machine.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
If the system is on a Windows 2000/2003 domain, a
mandatory user profile may be preventing you from making
permanent configuration changes.

CM
 
Probably your monitor is not compatible with the advanced
settings on winxp.

try swaping the old monitor with a latest monitor
 
The fact that your system is able to temporarily implement
a driver that properly drives your monitor display
suggests that XP can support your monitor. XP includes
many more drivers than prior Windows versions, so I would
expect a suitable driver to be available for your monitor.

CM
 
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