Just installed xp home from Win98

[mrossi]

2 problems:

- everything seems to be quite slow even slower than Win98

-my monitor is a Dell E770s Color (17 inches): the video
display is narrower than the monitor; at the right margin
I have almost 2 inches of black screen. Looks like the
display has a diameter of about 15 inches. Driver
compatible with Win XP?

Thanks

 

[Buz [MSFT]]

Hello,

1 Computer is slow.

Update drivers and try the MSCONFIG process I have put later in the post.


2. Monitor issue

This should be some kind of settings on the monitor itself that should let
you adjust the viewable display size. Getting an updated driver for your
video card is a good idea as well.

We want to implement the Clenaboot process using MSCONFIG to rule out 3rd
party software as the cause of this issue. MSCONFIG from XP can be used on a
Windows 2000 Pro or Server client.

Go to Start\Run type in Msconfig and press OK.
Go to the Startup tab.
Click on "Disable All"
Go to the Services Tab
Click on "Hide all Microsoft Services"
Uncheck the 3rd party services that are left
Press OK twice to reboot.

Once your computer is restarted see if the issue still occurs. if it still
does go to Msconfig and select Enable All on the startup tab.
If the issue does not occur go to the Startup tab and select items 4 at a
time or so with reboots in between to narrow down the exact item causing
your problem.

310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

Buz Brodin
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