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Old August 8th 04, 12:36 AM
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Default Desktop Icons

My Icons also other color graphics etc. appear like I am
looking through a screen (as in window screen) at them. Not
clear and sharp.
This is a Pentium 3 running windows 98 se. Have reinstalled
windows, run Norton Works 2004, run the driver disk that
came with the Mother Board, tried adusting system settings
no help.
Not sure when it happened but it originaly was working
fine. This is my back up computer that keeps me from
withdrawal symptoms when main computer is down.
Anyone have any help.
thanks
bob e
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Old August 8th 04, 09:30 PM
Bert Kinney
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Default Desktop Icons

Hi,

This usually indicates that there is an incorrect video driver installed.
Here's some information on replacing the video driver.

Tip: Go to Start - Run and type Msconfig and press enter. On the
General Tab click advanced, and make sure "VGA 640x480x16 is
NOT checked before continuing.

To correct this you will first have to identify the video card installed.
That may include checking documentation, contacting the system
manufacturer, or opening the box and looking for identifying marks
on a video card or video chip on the mother board. Some systems
will display the Video Adapter information on the top of the screen
when the system first boots up. Some manufacturers displays a logo
screen that may cover this information. It may be able to be removed
temporarily by pressing the ESC key when the logo first appears. Once
the Video card has been identified, go to the manufactures web site,
download and install the latest video driver and install it as per there
instructions. Or the system may have shipped with a video card driver it can
also be used.

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Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
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You wrote
My Icons also other color graphics etc. appear like I am
looking through a screen (as in window screen) at them. Not
clear and sharp.
This is a Pentium 3 running windows 98 se. Have reinstalled
windows, run Norton Works 2004, run the driver disk that
came with the Mother Board, tried adusting system settings
no help.
Not sure when it happened but it originaly was working
fine. This is my back up computer that keeps me from
withdrawal symptoms when main computer is down.
Anyone have any help.
thanks
bob e



 




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