Re: IE 6 Reinstall Causes Desktop Display Chaos
From: Bill in Co (none_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 08/01/03
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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:40:06 -0600
We don't know for a fact that GoBack was entirely successful, do we? So you
may be jumping to conclusions, PCR.
PCR wrote:
> 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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