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  • April 17, 2003 at 5:23 am #2304611

    graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

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    by europanorama · about 19 years, 10 months ago

    i cannot change graphics-cards settings(set higher resolution). ok button is hidden below-outside screen. i tried with safe mode without success.

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    • April 17, 2003 at 6:51 am #3537369

      graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

      by kahless1972 · about 19 years, 10 months ago

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      i ran into this problem myself.I resolved the issue by hitting the enter key after resetting my resolution.Apparently when you make a change the “apply” button is highlighted automatically.Let me know if this works for you/

    • April 17, 2003 at 3:50 pm #3534093

      graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

      by cg it · about 19 years, 10 months ago

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      Michael, just as a thought, check the graphics card in device manager and see if there’s any issues [yellow exclamation marks indicating a problem]. Also, just try reinstalling the graphics card drivers. Whenever I can’t change the default resolution, it’s usually because the drivers aren’t loaded or incompatible drivers are loaded [which Windows will ignor or not use].

    • April 17, 2003 at 5:58 pm #3534077

      graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

      by europanorama · about 19 years, 10 months ago

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      i have spent so much time setting up two identical pentium 60. now on one resolution jumped down. customer only used picture-viewing program. when i tried to run the second one it stopped at start up. both windows 98A. i think i will say goodbye to p60 and any other compaq-crap, only setup new pentium4/athlon xp with high quality power-supplies.

    • April 21, 2003 at 3:36 am #3537965

      graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

      by chaz_norcross · about 19 years, 9 months ago

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      I had a similiar problem where I changed the settings and wanted to change back but was unable to see the ‘screen area’ or ‘Ok’ button to make effective. I was able to change the resolution by using the ‘tab’ and ‘arrow’ key to alter the setting’s. Hope this helps.

    • April 25, 2003 at 10:12 am #3455946

      graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

      by pesk, mbcs, mcse, mcitp, sts · about 19 years, 9 months ago

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      The OS automatically disables refresh and resolution rates that it believes (rightly so at the time of writing the OS) the graphics card cannot support. This will in most cases (95%) be solved by downloading the latest service packs (from Windows Update or Download) and/or drivers from the device manufacturer.

    • April 25, 2003 at 3:14 pm #3455906

      graphics-card-changings impossible-ok-bu

      by europanorama · about 19 years, 9 months ago

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      i have now one more problem: the screen is blue. i mean it has a bluish cast. and its a compaq-crap-pc with integrated card….with compaq-bios(another crap). hope hp did not take over this stupid “we can built our own world”-behaviour!

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