i lost my windows system on my computer recently. i booted my comp and there was nothing there. i reinstall windows off a disk and installed all the other disks with drivers, free programs etc. on them. now i cant change my monitor settings. current setting is 640x480. i have the driver for my monitor and in windows help it says to install the driver i should open display properties and under the settings tab click advanced. and then under the monitor tab click properties to change the driver. the problem is i cant click properties because its faded out. Can any1 help?
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Originally posted by therealchessfanaticDo you have internal video or are you using a card? PCI, AGP, PCI express, that kind? If so, go to the manufacturers driver download site and get the latest one. I have been going through a situation where it has reset the video res to 4 color and the same res as yours. No solution in sight for me yet. One thing I found out from Nvidia, my card's manufacturer, If you download a new driver, it doesn't automatically replace the old one. I found that out the hard way. There is a program called 'driver sweeper' with a link given to me by their support team, maybe you can google it, anyway, it erases the old driver for sure, then you can download a new one. I thought if I erased the old driver, the screen would go blank and that would be that, but there is a default setting that lets you view your work till the new driver is installed and you restart the computer. I just googled it and it comes up, GURU3D driver sweeper, so its right there. I guess if you have internal video, you need to go to the MOBO manufacturer for their driver. BTW, if you are using internal video, try a cheapo video card, but be sure to de-activate the internal video when you do the change. The program Driver Sweeper, lists a lot of drivers, so only highlight the one you want to get rid of, Video adapter, is the name when I did it. It also had something like 'video chips' driver, you don't want to kill that one, just the one called video adapter.
i lost my windows system on my computer recently. i booted my comp and there was nothing there. i reinstall windows off a disk and installed all the other disks with drivers, free programs etc. on them. now i cant change my monitor settings. current setting is 640x480. i have the driver for my monitor and in windows help it says to install the dr ...[text shortened]... change the driver. the problem is i cant click properties because its faded out. Can any1 help?
Originally posted by sonhouseGo add/remove programs, uninstall the old driver, then install the new one.
One thing I found out from Nvidia, my card's manufacturer, If you download a new driver, it doesn't automatically replace the old one.
Also check your boot.ini file (should be in the root of your system drive), if you can see "/BASEVIDEO" anywhere, then you have been screwing around with your pc too much. To fix, you have to edit that file. http://tinyurl.com/yzzfxg
Also, PLEASE stop finding things out the hard way.
Originally posted by hopscotchI might point out that finding things out the hard way is a good learning tool. You are unlikely to forget the lesson. I sure learned a lot the hard way with this interminable 4 color res issue I have.
Go add/remove programs, uninstall the old driver, then install the new one.
Also check your boot.ini file (should be in the root of your system drive), if you can see "/BASEVIDEO" anywhere, then you have been screwing around with your pc too much. To fix, you have to edit that file. http://tinyurl.com/yzzfxg
Also, PLEASE stop finding things out the hard way.
Originally posted by therealchessfanaticcheck microsoft.com.
i lost my windows system on my computer recently. i booted my comp and there was nothing there. i reinstall windows off a disk and installed all the other disks with drivers, free programs etc. on them. now i cant change my monitor settings. current setting is 640x480. i have the driver for my monitor and in windows help it says to install the dr ...[text shortened]... change the driver. the problem is i cant click properties because its faded out. Can any1 help?