Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:24:21 +0930 From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jdunham@m3designinc.com Subject: Re: [OT] WinNT monitor change problem Message-ID: <200207312348.g6VNm6L85335@tierzero.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <3D4828C8.3800.7311C574@localhost> References: <200207310855.g6V8tEL67067@tierzero.apana.org.au> <3D4828C8.3800.7311C574@localhost>
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:43, Jerry Dunham wrote: > On 31 Jul 2002, at 18:53, Andrew Gosling wrote: > > F8 on startup, select safe mode, change settings and restart. > > > > I think XP has 800x600 as it's lowest res, so if your monitor can't > > handle that, your screwed. > > The easiest way is just to put the larger monitor back on long enough > to get the settings the way you want them. If that monitor isn't > available, surely there's one SOMEwhere handy that you can use. Yes, > it's a kluge, but this is Windows, remember? Next time, remember to > set the display setting to the lowest settings before attempting to > move to a lesser monitor. Unfortunately - you horrible nasty person :-) - you are probably right! I CAN do this, but what a messy solution. BTW it is my fault for giving the wrong impression, but I am actually using WinNT4-SP6a, not XP. Whatever ... sadly, I think your advice is the only one that will work <sob>. -- Regards, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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