XP disabled me, via my monitor. Can I fix this?

[Rock]

Well I did what Mr. Knox advised. (In Safe Mode, which WAS visable, I
worked on driver issues.) It worked. It was the monitor drivers that had
been nuked.

However, once I was able to see my computer, a whole host of other driver
issues became apparent. Video, sound card, and others. It appears that this
new update blazed a swath of destruction.

In the end, after 2 hours of fixing things, since I couldn't know the final
extent of the damage, I unwound the upgrade. Now everything works fine.

:

What were the updates that caused the problem?

 

[Rock]

A Microsoft signed driver doesn't mean that Microsoft wrote it. Signing means that the vendor has "certified" that the particular driver in question is stable, does not cause conflicts and does not cause system problems. This is pretty much an honor system, as I understand it.

Due to the fact I'm on various betas, I always update my drivers from Windows Update and I've never had a bad one.

Unfortunately Doug it doesn't work for everyone. Quite a few people
post problems here after they have done a hardware update from WU.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Good point.