Here's what I would do to trouble shoot this and possibly fix the problem. First I would go in through safe mode and remove the video card drivers and any duplicates of the drivers. Then I would re-start through normal mode and install the updated drivers from the manufacture not windows XP. Then set the screen resolution to what you want and re-start the computer. If it still does not hold the settings then I would replace the video card or borrow a monitor and replace the monitor and see if that fixes the problem. I believe the problem is your video card software. If you are using the xp default drivers this could be the problem..rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:59 AM Subject: PCWorks: screen resolution setting
> About a week ago I sent an email to PCWorks asking for help on a problem I am > still having. No one answered my request. All of the emails that I send are > sent out by my Norton Anti**** program. When I read Marlene's recent email > concerning v*******, I am wondering if perhaps mine has something at the > bottoms of the email that would prevent you all from receiving it. I am > sending it again. Here it is: > > "I have my monitor (hp pavilion f70) set at 1280x768 screen resolution > and color quality at 32. My computer is an HP Pavilion 7975, and I have > Windows XP. Just yesterday the following problem began: when I first turn > my computer on in the morning, my desktop comes up at the scrren > resolution and color quality that I have set it at. Then immediately > the screen turns black and my desktop appears set 640x480 pixels screeen > resolution and color quality at 8. With my myriad icons on my desktop, only > a few of them appear as the icons are so large at this setting! Of > course, it's no problem to right click on the desktop, click on properties, > and redo the settings. After that, I have no more problems unless I happen > to turn my computer off or restart it, and then the odd settings again > appear. Can someone tell me what caused this and how I can fix it. My > computer is not even a year old yet. Thank you. Ann Parker" ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
