Screen resolution reverting

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judie

When starting up the display first shows the screen
resolution I've previously set it to - 1024 x 768. Then,
after getting a black screen for a few seconds it switches
to the lowest resolution - 640 x 480 - and stays there.

This just started a few days ago. I've been running this
machine with XP for about a year. I downloaded a number of
patches from Microsoft just before this began to occur.

How can I make it stop?
 
Hey Judie,

There may be some application setting it at startup, or perhaps a virus or
you may have inadvertently updated the driver from the windows update site,
or the driver may have become corrupted.

Check in device manager
control panel/system/hardware/device manager

Does display adapters have any warning yellow exclamation or red cross next
to it.
Open display adapters by clicking on the + sign, double click the adapter
Under the general tab, in the device status box, does it say, "This device
is working properly".

If there is an error, uninstall the device, and reboot. Click driver tab,
select uninstall
It will reinstall automatically when you reboot.

If the device status shows working properly, under the driver tab, if the
provider is microsoft and the date is fairly recent, it may have been
updated, you could try rolling it back, if the option is available.

You could also try uninstalling the adapter and rebooting anyway.

It could be a startup program.

Check to see whats starting up automatically,

start/run
msconfig

select the startup tab

If there is anything in the list, you dont recogise, then disable it and see
if the problem still occurs.

Scan for viruses. You should of course be doing this already if you use the
internet, and have a firewall.

If you don't here's a couple of free ones.

www.grisoft.com AV

www.zonelabs.com Firewall


Paul
 
-----Original Message-----
When starting up the display first shows the screen
resolution I've previously set it to - 1024 x 768. Then,
after getting a black screen for a few seconds it switches
to the lowest resolution - 640 x 480 - and stays there.

This just started a few days ago. I've been running this
machine with XP for about a year. I downloaded a number of
patches from Microsoft just before this began to occur.

How can I make it stop?
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Judie,
Click to expand...
I just posted a similar complaint, although my regular
resolution is 800x600. After it boots up in the 640x480
resolution a baloon message pops up on the desktop
offering to increase the resolution if I click on the
baloon, which I do. Then the screen goes black for a few
seconds and comes back up in the correct resolution. I'm
wondering if there is a virus or worm at work causing this
although my McAfee anti-virus has not indicated so. Any
ideas as yet? If so my email is (e-mail address removed).

Appreciate any help.

Marty R.
 
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