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by pagogrp

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A windows 2003 server that has been demoted from pdc, has video issues on restart. prior to the demotion, the server has many problems with services, so was repaired using the Windows server installation Cd. The services mainly restarted. The server was scanned for viruses - non -detected & then demoted. Since the demotion, the video display shows mainly black on black - a few icons are visible & sometimes the writing beside an icon is visible.

I have tried repairing the installation again but the problem continues. I have tried working through a reinstallation of the driver by using the keyboard keys after ascertaining the keys requried from another server but this does not seem to work.

I have tried VGA mode - some problem

Is there anything else I can try other than installing a new video card??

Thanks in advance

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by hal 9000

The first thing to do is scan the hardware for problems. You can play with the software till the cows come home without success if you have a Hardware problem at the beginning of the exercises.

To start off use a Live Linux CD and boot from that and see if you get the correct Screen Display, it's not a great test but it's quick. If you have no luck there you'll need to start running some Heavy Duty Diagnostic Utilities and find out what is actually wrong. I don't know if this will help in this occasion but there are a full range of Hardware tests and Windows File tests available on the Ultimate Boot CD available from

http://tinyurl.com/3jnpy

While I use Knoppix to do any Testing on Windows Platforms with mainly because it can read NTFS Partitions/Drives you can use any Live Linux to do the initial testing with. You can find a list of Live Linux's here

http://tinyurl.com/23nmq

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by pagogrp

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The problem was driver - in the end I reinstalled Windows Server 2003 & the video was working

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