Display properties cannot be saved.

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Tom N.

Here is another mystery with Windows XP:
My display properties, such as resolution and color,
cannot be saved once I logged out of my account.
I have Windows XP, with SP1 and all the fixes installed,
running in my home Dell 8500 laptop with 64 MB graphic
card.
I changed my color setting to 16-bit one time it is stuck
there ever since. Once I logged into my account, I can
change any display settings I want, including resolution
and color, and it functions flawlessly. If I log out and
back in the next time, it resets back to my old resolution
and 16-bit color.
I setup another account while I am in my ideal resolution
and color, and the new account will have that setting.
But then that setting cannot be change (similar to what
happended to my account).
The funny thing is I was able to change my display
properties before in XP and was able to retain those
properties on my next login, so it is not a "design in"
problem.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
 
Hi Tom,

Under the subkey Monitor is where your preferences are stored:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Control Panel\Settings\Video

This key changes between 32 and 16 bit:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}\Count]

"HRZR_EHAPCY:qrfx.pcy"=hex:80,01,00,00,44,02,00,00,40,2f,4b,
d0,ea,83,c3,01

"HRZR_EHAPCY:qrfx.pcy"=hex:80,01,00,00,45,02,00,00,80,e4,44,
c7,eb,83,c3,01

/top10faqs.htm
 
Thank you, I tried manually changing the settings in the
Registry, but it still reset itself. Finally I found out
the in the MSCONFIG, there is a Nwiz.exe (NVIDIA wizard)
as a startup item. Once I turned this off, the problem
went away.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
Hi Tom,

Under the subkey Monitor is where your preferences are stored:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Control Panel\Settings\Video

This key changes between 32 and 16 bit:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888- 006097DEACF9}\Count]
"HRZR_EHAPCY:qrfx.pcy"=hex:80,01,00,00,44,02,00,00,40,2f, 4b,
d0,ea,83,c3,01

"HRZR_EHAPCY:qrfx.pcy"=hex:80,01,00,00,45,02,00,00,80,e4,
Click to expand...
44,
c7,eb,83,c3,01

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Tom N. said:
Here is another mystery with Windows XP:
My display properties, such as resolution and color,
cannot be saved once I logged out of my account.
I have Windows XP, with SP1 and all the fixes installed,
running in my home Dell 8500 laptop with 64 MB graphic
card.
I changed my color setting to 16-bit one time it is stuck
there ever since. Once I logged into my account, I can
change any display settings I want, including resolution
and color, and it functions flawlessly. If I log out and
back in the next time, it resets back to my old resolution
and 16-bit color.
I setup another account while I am in my ideal resolution
and color, and the new account will have that setting.
But then that setting cannot be change (similar to what
happended to my account).
The funny thing is I was able to change my display
properties before in XP and was able to retain those
properties on my next login, so it is not a "design in"
problem.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Great Tom, glad to hear you found your problem. Thanks for the feedback.
:o)

/top10faqs.htm


Thank you, I tried manually changing the settings in the
Registry, but it still reset itself. Finally I found out
the in the MSCONFIG, there is a Nwiz.exe (NVIDIA wizard)
as a startup item. Once I turned this off, the problem
went away.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
Hi Tom,

Under the subkey Monitor is where your preferences are stored:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Control Panel\Settings\Video

This key changes between 32 and 16 bit:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888- 006097DEACF9}\Count]
"HRZR_EHAPCY:qrfx.pcy"=hex:80,01,00,00,44,02,00,00,40,2f, 4b,
d0,ea,83,c3,01

"HRZR_EHAPCY:qrfx.pcy"=hex:80,01,00,00,45,02,00,00,80,e4,
Click to expand...
44,
c7,eb,83,c3,01

/top10faqs.htm


Tom N. said:
Here is another mystery with Windows XP:
My display properties, such as resolution and color,
cannot be saved once I logged out of my account.
I have Windows XP, with SP1 and all the fixes installed,
running in my home Dell 8500 laptop with 64 MB graphic
card.
I changed my color setting to 16-bit one time it is stuck
there ever since. Once I logged into my account, I can
change any display settings I want, including resolution
and color, and it functions flawlessly. If I log out and
back in the next time, it resets back to my old resolution
and 16-bit color.
I setup another account while I am in my ideal resolution
and color, and the new account will have that setting.
But then that setting cannot be change (similar to what
happended to my account).
The funny thing is I was able to change my display
properties before in XP and was able to retain those
properties on my next login, so it is not a "design in"
problem.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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