Monitor resolution

derrick

Tiexen wrote: »

Have a look at the Control panel - Hardware - Devices - Device manager - Display drivers and see what's listed

Running XP, can't see "Hardware" in CP, but clicked on Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Device manager, showing lots of stuff but can't see "Display drivers".

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derrick

AndyPix wrote: »

Ok, your graphics drivers are borked for whatever reason.

What is the operating system, and what is the make and model of the laptop ?
I will talk you through repairing them

Andy

Oh, and when you say you have run checkdisk, can I just confirm that you ran CMD as administrator, then typed CHKDSK /R
and then proceeded with a reboot ?

OS is xp Home edition, desktop not laptop, 10-12 years old no model, (supplied by a local, now defunct, dealer).

Re checkdisk, don't know, did the following:

My computer > right click on Local disc C > Properties > Tools > check now > automatic fix system errors > Start > "unable to run, do you wish to run next start up? > Yes > reboot.

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NiftyDigits

Look here or here

Maelwys

derrick wrote: »

The following appeared on start up this morning:

“The ATI control panel failed to initialise because no ATI driver is installed, or driver is not working properly. The ATI control panel will now exit.”

OS is xp Home edition, desktop not laptop, 10-12 years old no model, (supplied by a local, now defunct, dealer).

Sounds like your driver install has been borked.

We need to know what model of laptop you have. Even if you bought it from a dealer, it should still have a manufacturer and a model number. Chances are that this model number is on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop, or perhaps underneath the battery.

If you still can't find the make + model number, try downloading and running CPU-Z. This is a free utility that will tell you what model of hardware is in your laptop, and will hopefully point us in the right direction of getting the proper drivers for you.

"The file or directory C:\……………………IE5 is corrupt and unreadable. Please run chkdsk utility."

Sounds like a temporary internet file glitch. Annoying but shouldn't do any harm.
You can always navigate to the folder in question and see if it lets you rename or delete it. Worst-case, there are unlocker utilities that will completely nuke the directory for you.

derrick

Maelwys wrote: »

Sounds like your driver install has been borked.

We need to know what model of laptop you have. Even if you bought it from a dealer, it should still have a manufacturer and a model number. Chances are that this model number is on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop, or perhaps underneath the battery.

If you still can't find the make + model number, try downloading and running CPU-Z. This is a free utility that will tell you what model of hardware is in your laptop, and will hopefully point us in the right direction of getting the proper drivers for you.



Sounds like a temporary internet file glitch. Annoying but shouldn't do any harm.
You can always navigate to the folder in question and see if it lets you rename or delete it. Worst-case, there are unlocker utilities that will completely nuke the directory for you.

It is not a laptop, it is a desktop.

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AndyPix

derrick wrote: »

It is not a laptop, it is a desktop.

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It doesn't matter - same advice applies

We are telling you the problem - You need drivers for your display adapter.

So help us determine the actual make/model of the hardware inside your COMPUTER ..

And re checkdisk , that is normal behaviour, it cant scan the system files because they are in use - so it schedules the scan/repair for next reboot .
Did you see that happening when you next rebooted ?

Andy

derrick

AndyPix wrote: »

It doesn't matter - same advice applies

We are telling you the problem - You need drivers for your display adapter.

So help us determine the actual make/model of the hardware inside your COMPUTER ..

And re checkdisk , that is normal behaviour, it cant scan the system files because they are in use - so it schedules the scan/repair for next reboot .
Did you see that happening when you next rebooted ?

Andy

Can't remember what happened, I don't think anything different.

Not sure if it helps but below is what I have, (via Belarc Adviser):-


Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 01/08/2005 20:13:58
Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported) ECS M848A 1.0
Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.50 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: ECS M848A 1.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01 Drives Memory Modules c,d 82.34 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
47.58 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SONY DVD RW DW-U18A [Optical drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1613 [Optical drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ExcelStor Technology J680 [Hard drive] (82.35 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNR21EG20PAZFA, rev V32OA60A, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 512 MB
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Slot '3' is Empty Local Drive Volumes




c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 37.56 GB 6.36 GB free

d: (NTFS on drive 0) 44.79 GB 41.22 GB free


* Operating System is installed on c:



RADEON 7000 SERIES [Display adapter]

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NiftyDigits

derrick wrote: »

Can't remember what happened, I don't think anything different.

Not sure if it helps but below is what I have, (via Belarc Adviser):-


Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 01/08/2005 20:13:58
Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported) ECS M848A 1.0
Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.50 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: ECS M848A 1.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01 Drives Memory Modules c,d 82.34 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
47.58 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SONY DVD RW DW-U18A [Optical drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1613 [Optical drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ExcelStor Technology J680 [Hard drive] (82.35 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNR21EG20PAZFA, rev V32OA60A, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 512 MB
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Slot '3' is Empty Local Drive Volumes




c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 37.56 GB 6.36 GB free

d: (NTFS on drive 0) 44.79 GB 41.22 GB free


* Operating System is installed on c:



RADEON 7000 SERIES [Display adapter]

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I already supplied the link to the Driver...

derrick

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I already supplied the link to the Driver...

There are that many I don't know which to use, and what do I do when/if I get the right one?


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macman

1GB of RAM to run an OS. Those were the days...