vgasave major problem

[philbrown]

I disabled vgasave not knowing what it is. Now whenever Windows loads
I get the logo then a blank screen.
I have tried using the Recovery Console to re-activate vgasave, but it
seems that it already is enabled at system start.
I have tried copying the vga.dll and vga.sys files from the WinXP CD
to the system32 folder in case they were corrupt.
I have tried using different video cards (there is no onboard video
support), AGP and PCI.
I have started a repair installation of winxp, so whenever windows
loads, it continues with the installation, but without any display, i
can’t really do anything.

I would prefer not to have to reformat the hard drive. I have some
very important email address that I can’t really afford to lose unless
there really is no other option. I’ve forund out where outlook express
stores messages, but I don’t know how to backup the address book
outside of Windows.

Any help would be much appreciated.

-Phil

 

[Kelly]

Hi Phil,

In the RC use: enable vgasave SERVICE_SYSTEM_START

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In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem that Phil has... I disabled vgasave like an idiot and
now i only have a black screen! I have tried using the RC and the command
below, but it did NOT work :-(
Any other ideas?
I would really hate to reformat
-christina

 

[Guest]

Here's a post that someone else wrote elsewhere, i'll try this tonight. hope
this works....


"After searching thru the multitude of different solutions that were
offered, none worked. I finally figured out my problem on my own: In
the Device Manager snap-in, when I clicked on "Show Hidden Devices"
under Non-Plug and Play Drivers I found that the "VgaSave" (VGA Display
Controller) driver had somehow been switched to Manual instead of
System. This fixed the problem."