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Frank Wirsing
December 5th 03, 09:04 PM
I have just upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP.
Following a normal shutdown the computer, when I restart
it, the monitor comes up blank, and the computer does not
appear to respond to keyboard commands such as CTRL-ALT-
DELETE. Subsequently, if I shutdown the computer by
depressing the main power button and do a second restart
on the computer, the monitor comes up as I would expect
it to.

I checked the hardware profile list, and XP recognizes
that I have the Gateway EV910 monitor.

Do you recognize this problem, or is there a series of
checks that I can perform so that the monitor starts
normally when I turn on the computer? Is it possible
that a driver is not properly loaded, and that a default
driver from ME is used during the restart?

Joseph Conway [MSFT]
December 5th 03, 09:04 PM
Try upgrading the video card driver and the BIOS of the machine. You may
have a power issue/HAL issue more than anything.

Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

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