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Old December 27th 04, 12:29 AM
mcwhirter
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Default screen resolution different for one user account?

I have one administrator account and several limited user acoounts. All
users have screen res of 1024 x 768 at 85hz. All work, except my
administrator account. When I log in it starts up at the correct res, then
goes blank for a second, then to the lowest res without me touching anything.
I have set my nvidia res at 1024, I have set steam game launch for half life
2 at 1024. I reset display in control panel, I log out after changes, restart
the pc and go in again and the same thing happens? I have up to date mcafee
virus protection and regularly clean out spyware and adware. Any idea whats
resetting my res in this one account?
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Old December 29th 04, 09:37 AM
Thorsten Matzner
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Default screen resolution different for one user account?

mcwhirter wrote:

I have one administrator account and several limited user acoounts. All
users have screen res of 1024 x 768 at 85hz. All work, except my
administrator account. When I log in it starts up at the correct res, then
goes blank for a second, then to the lowest res without me touching anything.


I would reinstall the video drivers from this account. This may be
caused by some problem with loading the drivers.

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Old December 30th 04, 05:43 AM
mcwhirter
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Default screen resolution different for one user account?

Do you mean the nvidia drivers? I am not sure how to do this for just one
users account. Aren't the drivers shared across all accounts? So do I
uninstall and then re-install for everyone or is there a "repair" option
usually?

thanks

"Thorsten Matzner" wrote:

mcwhirter wrote:

I have one administrator account and several limited user acoounts. All
users have screen res of 1024 x 768 at 85hz. All work, except my
administrator account. When I log in it starts up at the correct res, then
goes blank for a second, then to the lowest res without me touching anything.


I would reinstall the video drivers from this account. This may be
caused by some problem with loading the drivers.

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Old January 3rd 05, 08:32 AM
Thorsten Matzner
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Default screen resolution different for one user account?

mcwhirter wrote:

Do you mean the nvidia drivers? I am not sure how to do this for just one
users account. Aren't the drivers shared across all accounts? So do I
uninstall and then re-install for everyone or is there a "repair" option
usually?


One possibility: remove the video card from the Device Manager and
then restart Windows. The drivers will be reinstalled when Windows
starts again.
If you installed the drivers manually from a CD, re-run Setup to
repair the driver installation.

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