Bolloxed XP Display

[Sam]

Hi,

I've somehow managed to change my XP such that everything appears
larger and fuzzier. This includes the initial signon screen. I didn't
touch any of the display settings - this happened after I rebooted
after installing an update to SP1 The reason I did that? I went into
"Windows Update" and it suggested I do it. I would've thought I
already had it, but I wasn't able to figure out how to check it, so I
just went ahead and did it. Bad idea.

The only other possibility is I deleted a driver during a cleanup
effort, something that began with "s". I thought it had something to
do with an old program (it appeared in the program delete/install
menu).

Since I installed sp1, first the audio went. But that came back after
a while - xp discovered the hardware a prompted me for a re-install.

But since the reboot, xp tells me that my settings are incorrect for
my display size, and to click on a box. That takes me to the control
setting for display, but when I change the size to 1024 from 800 x 600
- it's too small! Plus, the fonts are still a kind of fading, hard to
read and variably sized in my client.

Any help is much appreciated...

Samhunt90

[Kelly]

Hi Sam,

Reinstall your display drivers.

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Sam" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi,
>
> I've somehow managed to change my XP such that everything appears
> larger and fuzzier. This includes the initial signon screen. I didn't
> touch any of the display settings - this happened after I rebooted
> after installing an update to SP1 The reason I did that? I went into
> "Windows Update" and it suggested I do it. I would've thought I
> already had it, but I wasn't able to figure out how to check it, so I
> just went ahead and did it. Bad idea.
>
> The only other possibility is I deleted a driver during a cleanup
> effort, something that began with "s". I thought it had something to
> do with an old program (it appeared in the program delete/install
> menu).
>
> Since I installed sp1, first the audio went. But that came back after
> a while - xp discovered the hardware a prompted me for a re-install.
>
> But since the reboot, xp tells me that my settings are incorrect for
> my display size, and to click on a box. That takes me to the control
> setting for display, but when I change the size to 1024 from 800 x 600
> - it's too small! Plus, the fonts are still a kind of fading, hard to
> read and variably sized in my client.
>
> Any help is much appreciated...
>
> Samhunt90