Re: IE 6 Reinstall Causes Desktop Display Chaos

From: PCR (pcrrcp_at_netzero.net)
Date: 08/01/03 

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:06:27 -0400

If GoBack went back to when all was well with the software, then you
must have a hardware problem. I guess try swapping the monitor first.
After that, the physical video card might need swapping. I think it is
easier to do RAM modules. So, perhaps try that first.

Anyway...

Here is the correct procedure to update/reinstall the Display Adapter.
Note, in Starbuck's instructions below, to "change the adapter to
'Standard Display Adapter (VGA)'", click "Change, Next, bolt 'Display a
List...', Next, bolt 'Show all hardware', scroll left pane to top,
select '(Standard display types)', select 'Standard Display Adapter
(VGA)' in right pane, click 'Next'".

......Start..........
The first thing to do is to remove the video adapter you have
installed. Right-click on the desktop; choose "Properties" from the
drop-down menu; select "Settings;" click on the "Advanced" button; and
click on "Adapter". An adapter is a program that tells Windows how to
deal with a specific video card. Make note of the adapter that is
currently installed. Then, change the adapter to "Standard Display
Adapter (VGA)" and restart the system. This will remove the current
adapter and replace it with a generic VGA adapter that works with all
video cards. You will not like VGA because it supports only 16 colors,
but the purpose of installing it is to get rid of whatever was there
before.

Next, return to the adapter screen and install an adapter that matches
your video card. This may or may not be the adapter that you are
using now. Examine the materials you received with your computer to
see if they include a CD-ROM or floppy disk that contains the correct
video adapter. Or go to the Gateway website and see if they have an
adapter for you to download. Or check the website of the company that
made your video card.

Bill Starbuck (MVP)
......End........... 

-- 
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Chris" <chris_02468@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7ec9549f.0307311100.302cdff5@posting.google.com...
| Hi,
| I have 2 hard drives in my PC and the master began to fail. I copied
| all the contents to the slave and made the slave the only HD.
| I got an error that my Norton AntiVirus wasn't working correctly and
| that I would have to uninstall & reinstall it. Since I have NIS 2003,
| I had to uninstall and reinstall that too. The NAV appeared to work
| but I ended up with 2 problems: the NIS main page constantly showed
| "refreshing" beside the modules and their placement on the page were
| out of line; and the javascript in IE wasn't working. I uninstalled
| and reinstalled the NAV and the NIS (and used the exe files with
| Symantec recommends to do this) but no change. (as an aside, I also
| have NSW 2002).
| So I tried to "repair" the IE in the Add/Remove Programs but I got an
| error message that the IE couldn't be repaired. And when I went to
| look at the version of the IE in the Help section, the details on IE
| weren't even displaying.
| I then downloaded the IE 6 sp 1 from Microsoft and installed it again.
| Everything went well, the PC rebooted and the NIS was working
| correctly (no "refreshing" and the lines were aligned properly); and
| the IE pages were displaying and acting correctly.
| However, my PC froze about 3 hours later (not unusual since I have
| W98SE) and when I rebooted, something happened to my desktop. At the
| beginning of the Setup, right when the programs began to load in
| (after I see my desktop), the Desktop display became all messed up. I
| can see faintly parts of the original desktop. But on top on it are 2
| small pictures of my destop in the top 1/2 of the screen (top center
| and right); there are 3 minature pictures of one the screens in the
| top 1/2 of the screen(top left, center, right); there are other things
| here and there and there were mutli-colored lines at the bottom so I
| can't see anything there. It is so bad that I really couldn't see
| anything or get anything to work. I have GoBack and reverted my
| system. I thought that the IE reinstall somehow corrupted my video
| drivers so I reinstalled the IE 6 sp 1 again and then installed the
| video drivers again and then rebooted and ... same problem.
| I think this is an IE 6 sp1 problem but I could be wrong. Any
| suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
| Thank you.

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