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"Alignment" notice at startup??? In Red, in a grey box
Recently, the word "ALIGNMENT" appears in red in a grey
box as the computer is booting; right after the desktop first appears. any ideas? |
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"Alignment" notice at startup??? In Red, in a grey box
I've no idea as to what might be causing this box to pop up and can find no
similar reports of such a box popping up when the system boots when searching the various Microsoft newsgroups for all technologies using Google Groups search. What changes did you make to your system immediately prior to this problems starting, such as hardware or software installation or upgrade? Have you checked your system using your preferred antivirus application equipped with current updated antiviral reference signatures? If this is only a recent problem have you considered using system restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before this problems started, provided, of course, that this was not more than a few days ago? -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP John wrote: Recently, the word "ALIGNMENT" appears in red in a grey box as the computer is booting; right after the desktop first appears. any ideas? |
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"Alignment" notice at startup??? In Red, in a grey box
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:30:47 -0700, "John"
wrote: Recently, the word "ALIGNMENT" appears in red in a grey box as the computer is booting; right after the desktop first appears. any ideas? Are you sure that box comes from a program? I would say it is a message from your monitor, which is autoadjusting when the screen mode switches from the BIOS text mode to full graphical mode for windows. Consult the manual that came with your monitor. HTH, regards, -- ) Kees Nuyt ( c[_] |
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"Alignment" notice at startup??? In Red, in a grey box
John wrote:
Recently, the word "ALIGNMENT" appears in red in a grey box as the computer is booting; right after the desktop first appears. any ideas? Only thing I can think of is your Hard Drive is realigning the read-write heads. Maybe you could run the manufacturer's non-destructive diagnostic and see if it says anything. Rick |
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