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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:16:48 +0930
From:      Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>
To:        "Jerry Dunham" <jdunham@m3designinc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Gosling <gos@atdotcom.com.au>
Subject:   Re: [OT] WinNT monitor change problem
Message-ID:  <200208010040.g710eWL86277@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.

Sorry I gave the impression that I was using XP.
I am actually using WinNT4 (SP6a).  VGA mode will NOT allow me to change the 
refresh rate  - "hardware default refresh" is all I can have.  Today, I let 
WinBlows use "standard VGA adaptor" and this has given me a readable screen - 
640x480 16 colours is the best I am allowed regardless of the driver I 
install from the CD (sigh).
I guess it is a registry problem?  Maybe?  Or just Win rubbish behaviour?
In this situation I am not confident that even putting the 17" monitor back 
would help.   Oh dear!

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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