Changing screen resolution settings?

[peejaa]

A mate changed his display settings on his XP machine but chose a setting
too high for the card/monitor. Now the display is all gobbledegook..he wants
to revert to a lower setting but can't view anything on the screen! How does
he access and change his screen display settings?

 

[Mark Adams]

"peejaa" wrote:

> A mate changed his display settings on his XP machine but chose a setting
> too high for the card/monitor. Now the display is all gobbledegook..he wants
> to revert to a lower setting but can't view anything on the screen! How does
> he access and change his screen display settings?
>
>

Reboot the machine, start in "safe mode". Change the resolution back to the
native resolution of the monitor while in safe mode. Reboot the computer.

 

[John Inzer]

peejaa wrote:
> A mate changed his display settings on his XP machine but chose a
> setting too high for the card/monitor. Now the display is all
> gobbledegook..he wants to revert to a lower setting but can't view
> anything on the screen! How does he access and change his screen
> display settings?
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Maybe doing a System Restore from
Safe Mode would be worth a try.

(306084) How to restore Windows XP to a
previous state
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=306084

(315222) A Description of the Safe Mode
Boot Options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222

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Digital Media Experience

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[peejaa]

"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message
newsCABx6%23rKHA.5568@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> peejaa wrote:
>> A mate changed his display settings on his XP machine but chose a
>> setting too high for the card/monitor. Now the display is all
>> gobbledegook..he wants to revert to a lower setting but can't view
>> anything on the screen! How does he access and change his screen
>> display settings?
> ==========================================
> Maybe doing a System Restore from
> Safe Mode would be worth a try.
>
> (306084) How to restore Windows XP to a
> previous state
> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=306084
>
> (315222) A Description of the Safe Mode
> Boot Options in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222
>
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Excellent tvm that did it cheers.

 

[John Inzer]

peejaa wrote:
> Excellent tvm that did it cheers.
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YW...and thanks for the update.

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk