NikonShooter
Junior Member
To make a long story short, a friend of mines owns a Dell Dimension 2350 which was a total wreck.... Viruses, spyware, etc, etc.
After numerous problems trying to get it all cleaned up, I decided to just reboot WinXP. Reinstalled all software, etc, and everything seemed to be fine with the only exception being the screen size was way too big.
I went to display properties, settings, and could not change the screen resolution.... Called my buddy to make sure he sent all the software/driver disks (said he had) so I began poking around..... Now I am in no way a computer expert, but I knew there had to be a video driver missing somewhere (finally found it later) but not before I somehow completely turned the video card off in the advanced settings.
So, now when I start the computer, it goes through the WINXP home edition startup screen, then goes completely black.... For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get the display back (turn the card back on)..... PLEASE help!
Thanks SO MUCH!
After numerous problems trying to get it all cleaned up, I decided to just reboot WinXP. Reinstalled all software, etc, and everything seemed to be fine with the only exception being the screen size was way too big.
I went to display properties, settings, and could not change the screen resolution.... Called my buddy to make sure he sent all the software/driver disks (said he had) so I began poking around..... Now I am in no way a computer expert, but I knew there had to be a video driver missing somewhere (finally found it later) but not before I somehow completely turned the video card off in the advanced settings.
So, now when I start the computer, it goes through the WINXP home edition startup screen, then goes completely black.... For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get the display back (turn the card back on)..... PLEASE help!
Thanks SO MUCH!
