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peruney · #1 September 24th, 2002, 08:26 PM

Hi guys, My friend next door has a prob I have not seen before.
His rig is an intel P3 750MGHZ W98SE.
The problem is when you bring up the display window to change
screensaver<>resoulition and stuff the size of the controll window is so big you cannot get to the apply part on the bottom.
I donno how to set this so please HELP!!!

peruney

enat66 · #2 September 24th, 2002, 10:36 PM

Try this:
Boot it into safe mode
(Turn Computer on and hold ctrl while it's loading up)
Then adjust the settings to what he wants. Now restaart it like normal.

Dashwood95 · #3 September 24th, 2002, 11:23 PM

God love ya Eric. You are so very helpful!

peruney, if you aren't sure about safe mode or don't want to try that first, go into the settings like you've been doing and choose the changes. Then hold ALT and press the A key and enter. It will take the settings changes. I'm going to 'assume' the problem is due to the resolution settings.

enat66 · #4 September 25th, 2002, 10:39 PM

This probably started when a program caused an error or somethign of the sort. This hapened to me. SInce many porgrams change your resolution and when they are done changed it back(mostly games) if they suddenly stop your left with a different resolution.

Dashwood95 · #5 September 26th, 2002, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by enat66
This probably started when a program caused an error or somethign of the sort. This hapened to me. SInce many porgrams change your resolution and when they are done changed it back(mostly games) if they suddenly stop your left with a different resolution.

Now that you mention it Eric, I have seen that before. Good catch.

weatherman · #6 September 28th, 2002, 03:22 AM

Are your settings set at 800x600?

Good Luck

PC Doctor

peruney · #7 September 28th, 2002, 11:33 AM

Hi to all, Dashwood your advice worked great. Enat66, holding ctrl didnt work but holding F8 did. Anyway it is taken care of and all is OK for now.I am not sure but we were in msconfig and when we hit apply it went nuts.
Weatherman, Thanks for the tip but I have had Belarc for quite a while and find it a valuable tool.
Thanks to all peruney

Enat66, I got a question, You got sumpin going with Dashwood ?
LOL

enat66 · #8 September 28th, 2002, 02:31 PM

Oh sorry, For my computer ctrl works but it is different for all computers. I think F8 also works for me.

btw
We're kinda friends, but we don't know each other.

maxximilian · #9 September 28th, 2002, 08:35 PM

Hi peruney,

Glad you got things fixed.

Wanted to thank you for changing the configuration of your posts and signature by eliminating the large spaces. Your threads run much smoother now.

Happy puting......

peruney · #10 September 28th, 2002, 09:26 PM

You welcome Max and thanks for the help you gave me in the past. My ignorance was the cause of long posts.
BTW would you please inform me how to post a printout of belarc so if need be all could see what I got for better evaluation of the prob. (imadummy)

Thanky mucho peruney

weatherman · #11 September 28th, 2002, 09:56 PM

You would have to copy and paste it to wherever needed. Or if you mean print out a sheet, you might have to write it down.

Good Luck

PC Doctor

maxximilian · #12 September 28th, 2002, 10:47 PM

Weatherman is correct...simple highlight and copy/paste will do the trick for posting at the forums. However...in most cases, there is really no need to post all of the Belarc report. Just the pertinent items for troubleshooting purposes. Also, since Belarc is pretty thorough in what it reports (including installed software), you may not want to post everything for the whole world to see. You can be selective with it.

Dashwood95 · #13 September 29th, 2002, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by enat66
btw
We're kinda friends, but we don't know each other.

ROFL! How funny but true. That's what makes the net ironic. You can be friends and not even know eachother.

enat66 · #14 September 29th, 2002, 01:24 AM

Yes