CCL041989
October 26th, 2004, 12:11 AM
Hello,
There are two computers in this living room and both are having the same problem. The one that I'm not on now had this problem first. When I started up, I noticed the login screen was much larger (and that computer is Windows 2000, this one is 98), and when I logged into Windows, the screen looked like it was reset to 640X480 and 16 colors, andI always had it on 1024X780 and 256 colors. (It looked like you took a screenshot, stuck it in Paint, and zoomed in on the upper-left hand corner of the screen!!) I don't know what caused this problem, but I tried to change my color and resolution; in the Display manager, all other options aside from 16 colors were gone, and the only two resolution options were 640X480 and 800X600. I was very confused, so I tried to switch to 800X600, but after clicking "Apply" and watching the screen flicker and change, nothing happened; it remained on 640X480. I was really frustrated. I decided to login to this computer. These two computers I believe are only connected through cable internet connection, even though this one is still considerably slower, but I can understand that... This computer worked fine for about two days then ran into the same problem, which I'm trying to deal with right now. (This text box is now white and covered with a grid of blue pixels...) Also, on the first computer, my stepbrother decided to log on, but everything remained the same, except all text, from the login screen to even MSN.com on IE, was shrunk down to a line of pixels. The pictures and animations on MSN were completely distorted and flickering, too. All I could think of was "WHAT THE?!?!?" I haven't even turned on that computer since. I almost wanted to burn it. :curse: :p Now this computer hasn't had the amazing shrinking text problem, but I still can't fix this display... Crap. Pardon my language... I ran Norton Anti-Virus (2004), but it turned up with nothing. I ran Ad-Aware, scanning for everything I could scan for. I deleted potential files, and still, nothing. The C: drive has been defragmented. Nothing. I ran system checks, nothing. I created a system snapshot using Dr. Watson. Nothing. Can someone please help me?? Could it be a virus, hardware conflict, SpyWare, a worm, or even hacking?? I don't know what to do. My stepmother said that the technician she knows from work said that there is nothing we can do. I need help. Thank you...
Chris (CCL041989)
There are two computers in this living room and both are having the same problem. The one that I'm not on now had this problem first. When I started up, I noticed the login screen was much larger (and that computer is Windows 2000, this one is 98), and when I logged into Windows, the screen looked like it was reset to 640X480 and 16 colors, andI always had it on 1024X780 and 256 colors. (It looked like you took a screenshot, stuck it in Paint, and zoomed in on the upper-left hand corner of the screen!!) I don't know what caused this problem, but I tried to change my color and resolution; in the Display manager, all other options aside from 16 colors were gone, and the only two resolution options were 640X480 and 800X600. I was very confused, so I tried to switch to 800X600, but after clicking "Apply" and watching the screen flicker and change, nothing happened; it remained on 640X480. I was really frustrated. I decided to login to this computer. These two computers I believe are only connected through cable internet connection, even though this one is still considerably slower, but I can understand that... This computer worked fine for about two days then ran into the same problem, which I'm trying to deal with right now. (This text box is now white and covered with a grid of blue pixels...) Also, on the first computer, my stepbrother decided to log on, but everything remained the same, except all text, from the login screen to even MSN.com on IE, was shrunk down to a line of pixels. The pictures and animations on MSN were completely distorted and flickering, too. All I could think of was "WHAT THE?!?!?" I haven't even turned on that computer since. I almost wanted to burn it. :curse: :p Now this computer hasn't had the amazing shrinking text problem, but I still can't fix this display... Crap. Pardon my language... I ran Norton Anti-Virus (2004), but it turned up with nothing. I ran Ad-Aware, scanning for everything I could scan for. I deleted potential files, and still, nothing. The C: drive has been defragmented. Nothing. I ran system checks, nothing. I created a system snapshot using Dr. Watson. Nothing. Can someone please help me?? Could it be a virus, hardware conflict, SpyWare, a worm, or even hacking?? I don't know what to do. My stepmother said that the technician she knows from work said that there is nothing we can do. I need help. Thank you...
Chris (CCL041989)