My display is huge

[Jennifer]

My computer was put together by a friend of mine but I do
know it had windows 98 on it. It was working fine until
one day when we turned it on and when it got to the
desktop everything was huge. WHen I right clicked to
change the resolution that part was off the screen and I
couldn't move the box or scroll down to see it to change
those options. SO I thought if I pulled out the graphics
card and put it back in the slot( while the computer was
off) and then restart the computer it may have reset the
resolution but it didn't. and instead nothing came up on
the moniter. I tried two different moniters and nothing
came on the screens. I also tried putting another
graphics card from another computer and switching them
that still did not work. I made sure they were in tight
and screwed them in. Why wont anything show up on the
monitor. The moniter turns green and then shuts off when
the computer turns on.Help what do I do I cant afford to
get another computer?

[Jeff Richards]

Either you have re-installed the video adapter card incorrectly, you have it
incorrectly connected to the monitor, or the process of removing and
replacing it caused it to fail. You should borrow and install a new video
card to determine whether or not the present one has failed. If it has you
can purchase a new card instead of a new computer.

To solve your original problem, boot to safe mode (press and hold Ctrl
before Windows starts, and select Safe Mode from the menu) and select a
smaller screen size. Select Apply (even if nothing changed), and next time
you boot Windows the Settings screen will be accessible.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Jennifer" > wrote in message
...
> My computer was put together by a friend of mine but I do
> know it had windows 98 on it. It was working fine until
> one day when we turned it on and when it got to the
> desktop everything was huge. WHen I right clicked to
> change the resolution that part was off the screen and I
> couldn't move the box or scroll down to see it to change
> those options. SO I thought if I pulled out the graphics
> card and put it back in the slot( while the computer was
> off) and then restart the computer it may have reset the
> resolution but it didn't. and instead nothing came up on
> the moniter. I tried two different moniters and nothing
> came on the screens. I also tried putting another
> graphics card from another computer and switching them
> that still did not work. I made sure they were in tight
> and screwed them in. Why wont anything show up on the
> monitor. The moniter turns green and then shuts off when
> the computer turns on.Help what do I do I cant afford to
> get another computer?

Thank you I will try that. I wish I had found out about
this newsgroup before I tried to fix it myself.

Thanks Jennifer

>-----Original Message-----
>Either you have re-installed the video adapter card
incorrectly, you have it
>incorrectly connected to the monitor, or the process of
removing and
>replacing it caused it to fail. You should borrow and
install a new video
>card to determine whether or not the present one has
failed. If it has you
>can purchase a new card instead of a new computer.
>
>To solve your original problem, boot to safe mode (press
and hold Ctrl
>before Windows starts, and select Safe Mode from the
menu) and select a
>smaller screen size. Select Apply (even if nothing
changed), and next time
>you boot Windows the Settings screen will be accessible.
>--
>Jeff Richards
>MS MVP (DTS)
>"Jennifer" > wrote
in message
...
>> My computer was put together by a friend of mine but I
do
>> know it had windows 98 on it. It was working fine until
>> one day when we turned it on and when it got to the
>> desktop everything was huge. WHen I right clicked to
>> change the resolution that part was off the screen and
I
>> couldn't move the box or scroll down to see it to
change
>> those options. SO I thought if I pulled out the
graphics
>> card and put it back in the slot( while the computer
was
>> off) and then restart the computer it may have reset
the
>> resolution but it didn't. and instead nothing came up
on
>> the moniter. I tried two different moniters and nothing
>> came on the screens. I also tried putting another
>> graphics card from another computer and switching them
>> that still did not work. I made sure they were in tight
>> and screwed them in. Why wont anything show up on the
>> monitor. The moniter turns green and then shuts off
when
>> the computer turns on.Help what do I do I cant afford
to
>> get another computer?
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