Okay Cristy -- let me know when you are doing your project and I'll see if I can help out. Oh and, you're looking for drivers not for your monitor but for your graphics card! ~Lacey~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: keyboards & grainy screen > Thanks Lacey, I appreciate that. I will try doing that. This keyboard is > "bugging me". This monitor is old but may see if drivers can be updated. > > Was wondering also if you have worked with creating "program"s like I have > to do them for school and would like to try this year using tables in my > programs rather than typing out all my student's names in columns. I tried > that last year but something was messing me up. When I attempt one in about > Novemeber I will ask you about it. There was some quirk about it I could > not get I know you can do them in "Word". It may have been difficult when > Ive had to proofread the names and go back in to edit them and it realigned > or threw things off. > > christy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "~Lacey~" <stormy1@xxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 2:19 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: keyboards & grainy screen > > > > Cristy, > > > > With keyboards, its usually required to shut down, before you unplug the > old > > one then plug in the new one -- if you don't it might not work, or at > least > > would require a reboot so you might as well shut down anyway before you > > switch them.. > > > > As for your grainy screen follow these steps to change the resolution: > > > > 1. RIGHT anywhere on your desktop (not on an icon) and choose "properties" > > from the popup menu that appears (sometimes it takes a few seconds to come > > up) > > 2. Click on the "settings" tab > > 3. At the bottom you will see a rainbow colored bar -- if it is only on 16 > > colors then try changing it -- I usually have mine at the highest setting > > available (32 bit). > > 4. Click on "apply" and "ok" > > > > If it already was on the highest setting (i.e., 32 bit) then thats not the > > problem. > > > > If there are no options other than 16 color available then you need to > find > > an updated driver for your graphics adapter and install it, then follow > the > > above steps. > > > > Hope that helps! > > ~Lacey~ > > > > 3. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> > > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 10:57 AM > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: keyboards > > > > > > > Hi, I want to change keyboards for awhile since this one is getting hard > > to > > > type on, I have a cordless one. And a cordless mouse. Do I need to do > > > anything different other than just plugging in my other keyboard (which > is > > > not a cordless one). > > > > > > christy > > > > > > > > > To unsub 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/ > > > > > > For more info: > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > > To unsub 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/ > > > > For more info: > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > To unsub 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/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub 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/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk