After a reformat of the drive I have reinstalled Windows 2K Professional. My screen is now set to 600x400 basic horrible size. Won't let me change it in display settings. Only shows 16 colour as option. VGA Monitor is standard. My graphics card is inbuilt in the motherboard and I'm not certain what it is. I would have thought that all the Windows Update for the system would interrogate and tell me what I need. It is impossible to work with this because most websites are not even visible because of the colour display. I can't go to the manufacturer's website for the driver because I don't know who the manufacturer is. Have reformatted this same system before and not had this problem. Please could someone resolve this for me - I see the problem all over the place in newsgroups but I don't see very clear solutions except to tell me to install drivers but that doesn't help me as I don't know which drivers to install!!

"Charlie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>After a reformat of the drive I have reinstalled Windows 2K Professional.
>My screen is now set to 600x400 basic horrible size. Won't let me change
>it in display settings. Only shows 16 colour as option. VGA Monitor is
>standard. My graphics card is inbuilt in the motherboard and I'm not
>certain what it is.

You'll need to establish what video adapter your PC has and download
the appropriate drivers. Refer to the manual or website of the PC or
motherboard manufacturer.

Alternatively try a system information tools such as AIDA32
(http://www.aida32.hu/).

>I would have thought that all the Windows Update for the system would
>interrogate and tell me what I need.

Windows Update only updates installed Windows components - it cannot
install drivers for hardware which has none loaded.

>but I don't see very clear solutions except to tell me to install
>drivers but that doesn't help me as I don't know which drivers to install!!

That's the fix... you need to find out what drivers are required.

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>iv< Paul >iv<

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Try a google search for Aida32 a sys info tool.
Its allways possible that yr grahics chip is shot. Try Hardware, uninstall
any graphics, reboot to see if win finds them.
Personally I dont use winupdate to install any drivers, having had probs
with the suggested drivers, allways use hardware manufacturers site/drivers
David

"Charlie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> After a reformat of the drive I have reinstalled Windows 2K Professional.
My screen is now set to 600x400 basic horrible size. Won't let me change it
in display settings. Only shows 16 colour as option. VGA Monitor is
standard. My graphics card is inbuilt in the motherboard and I'm not
certain what it is. I would have thought that all the Windows Update for
the system would interrogate and tell me what I need. It is impossible to
work with this because most websites are not even visible because of the
colour display. I can't go to the manufacturer's website for the driver
because I don't know who the manufacturer is. Have reformatted this same
system before and not had this problem. Please could someone resolve this
for me - I see the problem all over the place in newsgroups but I don't see
very clear solutions except to tell me to install drivers but that doesn't
help me as I don't know which drivers to install!!

Thank you so much. Aida came to the rescue and told me
exactly what I needed and success finally today after a
week of going round in circles!! I was already on the
right website for VIA Tech but chasing my tail!! Thanks
again.
>-----Original Message-----
>Try a google search for Aida32 a sys info tool.
>Its allways possible that yr grahics chip is shot. Try
Hardware, uninstall
>any graphics, reboot to see if win finds them.
>Personally I dont use winupdate to install any drivers,
having had probs
>with the suggested drivers, allways use hardware
manufacturers site/drivers
>David
>
>"Charlie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:5AE7DB75-0457-4C84-829D-
(E-Mail Removed)...
>> After a reformat of the drive I have reinstalled
Windows 2K Professional.
>My screen is now set to 600x400 basic horrible size.
Won't let me change it
>in display settings. Only shows 16 colour as option.
VGA Monitor is
>standard. My graphics card is inbuilt in the
motherboard and I'm not
>certain what it is. I would have thought that all the
Windows Update for
>the system would interrogate and tell me what I need.
It is impossible to
>work with this because most websites are not even
visible because of the
>colour display. I can't go to the manufacturer's
website for the driver
>because I don't know who the manufacturer is. Have
reformatted this same
>system before and not had this problem. Please could
someone resolve this
>for me - I see the problem all over the place in
newsgroups but I don't see
>very clear solutions except to tell me to install
drivers but that doesn't
>help me as I don't know which drivers to install!!
>
>
>.
>

Thank you Paul - this helped enormously. Went to Aida
and found out exactly what I needed to know and managed
to finally download the right driver today! Bingo!
Headache over. Thanks again.
>-----Original Message-----
>"Charlie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>After a reformat of the drive I have reinstalled
Windows 2K Professional.
>>My screen is now set to 600x400 basic horrible size.
Won't let me change
>>it in display settings. Only shows 16 colour as
option. VGA Monitor is
>>standard. My graphics card is inbuilt in the
motherboard and I'm not
>>certain what it is.
>
>You'll need to establish what video adapter your PC has
and download
>the appropriate drivers. Refer to the manual or website
of the PC or
>motherboard manufacturer.
>
>Alternatively try a system information tools such as
AIDA32
>(http://www.aida32.hu/).
>
>>I would have thought that all the Windows Update for
the system would
>>interrogate and tell me what I need.
>
>Windows Update only updates installed Windows
components - it cannot
>install drivers for hardware which has none loaded.
>
>>but I don't see very clear solutions except to tell me
to install
>>drivers but that doesn't help me as I don't know which
drivers to install!!
>
>That's the fix... you need to find out what drivers are
required.
>
>--
>>iv< Paul >iv<
>
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