Thats exactly what happened and exactly what I did to fix it. Though I just installed the downloaded driver without uninstalling what WinUpDate installed. Working fine now. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:13 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor > Don... on a side note... EVERY TIME I DO A FRESH INSTALL ON A DELL = > SYSTEM... > after installing the OS and doing all the updates, many times Windows = > Update > will find an updated driver for the video card. > > 99.9% of the time, if I accidentally download and install that update, = > the > video driver gets all screwed up in a manner you just explained. I then = > have > to either use the original driver disk or download the latest driver = > from > whoever the manufacturer is. That then fixes the issue. This only = > 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 = > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------