How to disable video adapter in 2000?

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peter cowie

Hi,
I've used Hardware Profiles in XP Pro Device Manager to disable an AGP video
card that turned out to be at the root of several lockups.It worked. Now I'd
like to disable my video card (AGP ATI Radeon 7200) in 2000 because of
similar lockups, but I don't see the same option to disable video that I see
in XP Pro.Is there some way to do this in 2000? To create a Hardware Profile
in which the video card is disabled, or to disable it period? Most of the
lockups in 2000 have occurred while in Internet Explorer. I have SP 3.
By the way, XP Pro and Win 2000 are not on the same computer.I still have
32 bit color in XP Pro despite the video card being disabled.
System: PIII 733, 512 megs, SP3, no viruses.
Peter Cowie
 
To create a new Hardware Profile:
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WIN-KEY + BREAK >> Hardware >> Hardware Profiles

After the new profile is created, you will be prompted at startup re: which
profile to use (I think... been a while...).
There is also a way to automate this after you're happy with the new
profile.


Disabling AGP video:
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NOTE: not a good idea if this is your only video card.
Only way I know of in w2k to disable video is in device manager...
unless you're talking about options like hardware acceleration, video ram
usage, etc... that's somewhere else...

Make sure you know how to boot into the various hardware configs before you
do this...

Chris
 
Hi,
I've used hardware profiles before. What do you think are the most
disruptive aspects or settings of AGP that I can change or tweak? I ran Win
2000 for a year with an old 4 meg PCI card with no lockups-. until I got an
AGP card. I'm not a gamer, so I don't need high frame rates. I went through
the routine of updating video drivers on Win 2K, but I still get periodic
lockups. Most of the lockups have been in Internet Explorer, if that helps.
Thanks.
Peter Cowie
 
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