Changing screen resolution settings?

P

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?
 
M

Mark Adams

peejaa said:
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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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.
 
J

John Inzer

peejaa said:
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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J

John Inzer

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

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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
 

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