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Pete

Are there monitors which do not work well with XP? When I boot XP my
"ViewSonic" flat panel often does not initialize. XP boots fine, but I have
to press the windows button, then u and u again -I memorized that :-) to
restart.
 
A monitor is dependent first on the video card it is attached to. I would
investigate those issues first, then check on updated Windows drivers.
 
DL said:
And if you switch the monitor off then on does that help?
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Nope. Switched monitors and same problem. I changed video drivers and the
machine became unusable. Booted into safe mode and rolled back the drivers.
I think I've been working with beta drivers.
-Pete
 
It's more a case of the video card and driver settings.
Some of the LCD monitors are intended for dual use, usually with
conventional analog computer RGB and an analog TV compatable input.
There can be a problem on startup if the default video card setting (usually
VGA/SVGA) is not correct for the display. We ran into this with some SVG LCD
monitors sold about two years ago by Staples and/or Office Depot.

The problem may prevent proper display of the boot up self test screen, or
if window's video driver options are not compatable, problems after windows
starts.
The general problem is an old one, first noticed when some CRT monitors used
interlaced displays at higher resolutions, and others did not. The boot
screen would display, but the windows display was really incorrect.
The cure is generally the same for windows today. Start in "safe" mode,
which normally uses a low "safe" resolution. Change the display options to
match the display.
An extreme case might require a monitor specific .inf file, or even editing
registry entries.
 
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