Now you know to stay away from that Windows Update driver... hehe! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ SirTroth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ICQ: 1717439 ~ YAHOO: SirTroth ~ SKYPE: SirTroth ~ XFIRE: SirTroth ~ AIM/AOL: SirTrothX ~ http://ut2004.sirtroth.com ~ MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx (For MSN Chat) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =A0 -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don101 Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 6:18 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Monitor Thats exactly what happened and exactly what I did to fix it. Though I = just installed the downloaded driver without uninstalling what WinUpDate=20 installed. Working fine now. Don ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:13 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Monitor > Don... on a side note... EVERY TIME I DO A FRESH INSTALL ON A DELL =3D > SYSTEM... > after installing the OS and doing all the updates, many times Windows = =3D > Update > will find an updated driver for the video card. > > 99.9% of the time, if I accidentally download and install that update, = =3D > the > video driver gets all screwed up in a manner you just explained. I = then =3D > have > to either use the original driver disk or download the latest driver = =3D > from > whoever the manufacturer is. That then fixes the issue. This only =3D > happens on > Dell systems, for some reason. So, you may want to download the latest > drivers from the manufacturer's website, then uninstall and reinstall = =3D > the > new drivers. > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and = everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3074 (20080505) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3077 (20080506) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------