I recently bought a retail ATI Radeon 32MB DDR for my Samsung 950p 19" monitor. After I installed the card, my machine booted up in 640X480 16 (not 16-bit) color mode. Yuck!!! I quickly installed the drivers from the CD and rebooted. It doesn't work! Whenever I try to change my resolution and color depth, I'm prompted with a dialog box that asks me to restart my machine so it can make the "necessary" changes. I told my computer to change display settings on the fly, so this puzzles me. Anyway, after I restart I get a blue screen error message that reads "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer. System halted." I reboot and get the stardard Windows Me Startup Menu due to an improper shutdown. I continue booting in normal mode, and while Windows is loading I get a display error that says my driver aren't working. I end up back in low res/color, and everything I do to fix the problem fails. I've reinstalled both my adapter and monitor drivers from their CDs and the web. Nothing! I'm not a windows expert. I've used Macs most of my life (they don't pull this kind of crap :| ), so I need some help. 
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