[AT] OT - Big computer problem - Update

Robert L. Holtzer rholtzer at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 7 14:34:28 PDT 2004


Sounds like your video drivers need to be reinstalled.  I don't recall if 
ME supports all the commoner video chips or not.  Right click on a vacant 
spot on your desktop and select properties to see your video parameters.

Bob Holtzer

At 01:25 PM 7/7/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Thanks for all the offers of support, here's what I accomplished last 
>night. I formatted my hard drive, first running fdisk. Then I installed 
>windows ME (groan) using the disk that came with the system. Everything 
>seemed to go fine, except my screen is only shades of gray. When I open 
>the control panel, my display options are limited to 16 part color. The 
>desktop also appears a little strange, almost like it's in safe mode, 
>things are a little bigger. I figured maybe it is a driver issue, and will 
>play with it more tonight, unless I'm barking up the wrong tree. I also 
>get assorted error messages, so things still may not be right. Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks again,
>Mike
>
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