My Monitor Is Black

[Elizabeth]

I was playing The Sims 2, when I minimized the screen by clicking the start
button on the keyboard. I do that all the time with no problems. But my
screen was weird, in the properties it was set to Low (4 bit). It wouldn't
switch back to High (???[forgot the number] bit). So I was looking around to
try and fix it and accidentally clicked, "Extend the desktop onto this
monitor." I don't have duo-monitors. Now the screen is black, and I turned
off my computer and turned it back on. The normal screen only stays up until
the windows loading bar. (In the start screen, just before it asks you what
account/user you want to log in as). I don't know what to do, tried starting
it in safe mode but that screen won't show either. Just black. I have a
NVidia graphics card, I believe 285 but I could be wrong (would double check
but clearly can't). How do I fix this?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Boot to Safe Mode, (F8 on restart), and open the Control Panel, Display app.
Settings tab, see checkboxes for using other monitors.

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[Elizabeth]

Ok, I did that. It won't display the check boxes. Just the resolution and
colors which I set at 32 bit (high). I applied and restarted and it's still
black.

Boot to Safe Mode, (F8 on restart), and open the Control Panel, Display app.
Settings tab, see checkboxes for using other monitors.

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I was playing The Sims 2, when I minimized the screen by clicking the
start
button on the keyboard. I do that all the time with no problems. But my
screen was weird, in the properties it was set to Low (4 bit). It wouldn't
switch back to High (???[forgot the number] bit). So I was looking around
to
try and fix it and accidentally clicked, "Extend the desktop onto this
monitor." I don't have duo-monitors. Now the screen is black, and I turned
off my computer and turned it back on. The normal screen only stays up
until
the windows loading bar. (In the start screen, just before it asks you
what
account/user you want to log in as). I don't know what to do, tried
starting
it in safe mode but that screen won't show either. Just black. I have a
NVidia graphics card, I believe 285 but I could be wrong (would double
check
but clearly can't). How do I fix this?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Boot Safe Mode, and from start/run, type:
devmgmt.msc

Highlight the Display Adapter device, and use the Action menu to
"Uninstall", then "scan for hardware changes"

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Ok, I did that. It won't display the check boxes. Just the resolution
and
colors which I set at 32 bit (high). I applied and restarted and it's
still
black.

Boot to Safe Mode, (F8 on restart), and open the Control Panel, Display
app.
Settings tab, see checkboxes for using other monitors.

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Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
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Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
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I was playing The Sims 2, when I minimized the screen by clicking the
start
button on the keyboard. I do that all the time with no problems. But my
screen was weird, in the properties it was set to Low (4 bit). It
wouldn't
switch back to High (???[forgot the number] bit). So I was looking
around
to
try and fix it and accidentally clicked, "Extend the desktop onto this
monitor." I don't have duo-monitors. Now the screen is black, and I
turned
off my computer and turned it back on. The normal screen only stays up
until
the windows loading bar. (In the start screen, just before it asks you
what
account/user you want to log in as). I don't know what to do, tried
starting
it in safe mode but that screen won't show either. Just black. I have a
NVidia graphics card, I believe 285 but I could be wrong (would double
check
but clearly can't). How do I fix this?

 

[Elizabeth]

Oh! Thankyou so much for your help! It worked.

Boot Safe Mode, and from start/run, type:
devmgmt.msc

Highlight the Display Adapter device, and use the Action menu to
"Uninstall", then "scan for hardware changes"

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http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm
Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
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Ok, I did that. It won't display the check boxes. Just the resolution
and
colors which I set at 32 bit (high). I applied and restarted and it's
still
black.

Boot to Safe Mode, (F8 on restart), and open the Control Panel, Display
app.
Settings tab, see checkboxes for using other monitors.

--
Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm
Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson

I was playing The Sims 2, when I minimized the screen by clicking the
start
button on the keyboard. I do that all the time with no problems. But my
screen was weird, in the properties it was set to Low (4 bit). It
wouldn't
switch back to High (???[forgot the number] bit). So I was looking
around
to
try and fix it and accidentally clicked, "Extend the desktop onto this
monitor." I don't have duo-monitors. Now the screen is black, and I
turned
off my computer and turned it back on. The normal screen only stays up
until
the windows loading bar. (In the start screen, just before it asks you
what
account/user you want to log in as). I don't know what to do, tried
starting
it in safe mode but that screen won't show either. Just black. I have a
NVidia graphics card, I believe 285 but I could be wrong (would double
check
but clearly can't). How do I fix this?