posted on July 4, 2001 08:37:11 PM
I'm hoping someone can help me! My 2.5 yr old son turned off our computer today (of course nothing got shut down, he just hit the main power switch)
Now, when we turn it back on, everything was HUGE. I was able to get the sizes smaller, but now the problem is with images/pictures. They are not as "clear" as they should be.
Any ideas how to fix this?? Is it with the computer or the monitor?
posted on July 4, 2001 09:04:23 PM
here is a tip some times video displays get messed up on cold shut down.
Frist if you are running windows ME go to your start menu programs accessories then to system tools look for the Restore button.
Click the restore button choose a date back when your computer was working well last week 6 months ago and set it as your restore point.
This will not delete any files programs email or any thing it will just restore windows it self to a time when it was configured best.
if you are running window 98 go to your control pannel click the display icon once your in the displays, click the settings tab check to make sure your colors are set to 16 or 32 bit if not select 16 bit color and click the apply button it will tell you for the changes to take effect you must reboot your computer click ok after it reboots your monitor and pictures should look like they use too...
Good luck if this fails you may have to Put the win98 cd in and reinstall the video display and monitor drivers.
if you used the win 95 or win 98 upgrade CD your in luck you can reinstall the upgrade cd and fix all the config problems and not lose any files or any thing as well.
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[ edited by dman3 on Jul 4, 2001 09:08 PM ]
posted on July 5, 2001 04:44:00 AM
Are you sure your computer didn't restart in Safe Mode? Look in the 4 corners and see if it says Safe Mode.
Also, I thought when you used the Restore feature in Windows ME that any actual programs you had installed after the restore date you choose will not be there. I've never been able to get my Restore feature to work. There are NO restore dates.
posted on July 5, 2001 08:12:06 AM
Check your video properties by going to the desktop and doing a right mouse click on some of the "blank" area (not an icon). Click on Properties -> Settings on the menu that should pop up.
It may be as simple as needing to increase the number of colors in the setting (if you only have, say, 16 or 256 colors things won't look as "sharp" as they did before). Make sure you have something more than 256.
If that doesn't help, make sure your screen size (640X480, 800X600, etc) is set to the right one for your monitor (usually 14" for 640, 15" for 800, 17" for 1024).
If that doesn't help, click on ADVANCED and then see what graphics adapter and monitor are shown. This gets a little trickier, but if you don't have the right options here, you may not be getting good settings for your monitor. In particular, if you see generic kinds of settings (like "VGA monitor" for your monitor) you should try to make these be the right ones for your specific computer. If this is the case and you need more help, let us know, but this starts to get trickier depending on your version of windows, and particular hardware.
I have had to help many people with window ME, The restore Dont Remove files or programs it only restores windows configuration files and settings to a earily time when you computer was running better.
when you frist attemp to use restore it will only have one date that will be the current one there are buttons on the bottom of the calandar click it to move back.
if the button is not yet on the bottom go to the file menu in the restore program and click the menu choice to select a restore point.
Remember you will only be able to choose the restore date month the day will be set for the same day you are restoreing.
Now mind you I have never tryed setting a restore date back to the day the windows was install at the factory is you do this all bets are off on files being saved.
but if you have trouble today and set restore date to one month ago nothing is lost at all.
