Just start tapping F8 when the system starts booting, keep tapping it until
you see the menu which should have the option to go to Safe Mode.
The out of range notice is a result of having selected a resolution or
refresh rate beyond the capability of your monitor. You need to either
lower the resolution or refresh rate. You seem to feel the settings you are
trying worked previously and that may well be the case but apparently these
settings are outside the range your monitor is able to display. It may not
have balked in the past because perhaps it was newer or perhaps it was not
this setting that you chose in the past.
Nonetheless, that's the reason for the "out of range" message and you need
to adjust the settings lower in order for you monitor to display properly.
--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1905d01c44ccb$58c082e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you I will try that - but what do you mean I press
> F8 when the minito goes off? Shouldn't the monitor be on??
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You should be able to boot up in safe mode. Try tapping
>>the F8 key about once per second from the time your
>>monitor goes off. You might also try another key, maybe
>>Delete or F1, Maybe F12. Not all BIOS respond to the
> same
>>key. Good luck.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>It wont let me send messages there!! when I press send
> it
>>>says no sender specified
>>>
>>>H
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Heather:
>>>>
>>>>Why not ask this question in General or Help and
> Support
>>>Newsgroup
>>>>rather than Customize.
>>>>
>>>>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.
> ge
>>>neral
>>>>
>>>>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.
> he
>>>lp_and_support
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Bruce Hagen
>>>> ~IB-CA~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Heather" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> in
>>>message
>>>>news:195cd01c44cc2$4b91f6c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> I was working on my computer last night and I
> thought
>>>my
>>>>> display settings were a little big. So I went to the
>>>>> graphics display icon on the bottom taskbar (right
>>>beside
>>>>> the time) and right clicked on it to change my
> display
>>>>> settings (in true color) from 1152 x 864 to 1280 x
>>>720. I
>>>>> have done this a million times before but for some
>>>reason
>>>>> something happened this time.
>>>>>
>>>>> As soon as I clicked on the 1280 x 720 option from
> the
>>>>> menu, my screen went blank and all there was, was a
>>>>> little blue box in the middle that says "Out of
>>>Range". I
>>>>> could not do anything from that screen. No mouse, no
>>>>> keyboard... nothing. I tried everything but I could
> not
>>>>> get out. I rebooted my computer and it still didn't
>>>work
>>>>> because when it is supposed to go to the blue Welcome
>>>>> screen, all I would get is that "Out of Range"
> screen.
>>>I
>>>>> unplugged and replugged my monitor, it still didn't
>>>work.
>>>>> So I called some computer people and they said to
> press
>>>>> F8 in start up and start my computer in safe mode so
>>>that
>>>>> I can change the settings. But when I press F8, the
>>>usual
>>>>> menu didn't come up. This is pretty much what came
> up.
>>>>>
>>>>> "System restart has been paused:
>>>>>
>>>>> Continue with System Restart
>>>>> Skip system restart and proceed to System Boot"
>>>>>
>>>>> Those are the only two options. Both do the same
> thing
>>>>> and go to the "Out of Range" screen. I have pressed
> DEL
>>>>> to go into settings during start up and I can't find
>>>>> anything there. I have to reboot my computer
>>>everytime. I
>>>>> can't get through the "Out of Range" screen. I guess
>>>the
>>>>> display settings I wanted just didn't work. But now I
>>>>> can't get it back. I can't even start my computer in
>>>safe
>>>>> mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have any idea what I can do? If not do you
> know
>>>>> who else would?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Heather
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
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