Recently I decided to upgrade the video drivers on my Radeon 9500.
Windows XP added a brown circle with a yellow "X" in my system tray near the clock, and when I clicked on it the text said something like "Your monitor is not set to the ideal resolution, shoud I do it for you?" I said No, and don't ask me again (so I could set it myself). I think I made a mistake on my answer when it was in 640 x 480 resolution (32 bit color). Now every time I reboot the computer, the login screen and desktop defaults to 640 x 480, 32 bit color even though I've been setting it to 1024 x 768, 75Hz after every boot. In effect, my resolution settings do not save.
It does not appear to be the Radeon drivers; I completely removed them, rebooted, and still get the 640 x 480 login screen. But at least it's in 32 bit color!
Does anyone know how I can re-enable the computer to ask me the question again so I can answer "yes", or edit the registry setting to yes? If I just install the Radeon drivers and don't touch a thing I'll boot up in 1024 x 768, but as soon as I change one thing and reboot, back to the gigantic icons. Arrgh.
Thanks.
Windows XP added a brown circle with a yellow "X" in my system tray near the clock, and when I clicked on it the text said something like "Your monitor is not set to the ideal resolution, shoud I do it for you?" I said No, and don't ask me again (so I could set it myself). I think I made a mistake on my answer when it was in 640 x 480 resolution (32 bit color). Now every time I reboot the computer, the login screen and desktop defaults to 640 x 480, 32 bit color even though I've been setting it to 1024 x 768, 75Hz after every boot. In effect, my resolution settings do not save.
It does not appear to be the Radeon drivers; I completely removed them, rebooted, and still get the 640 x 480 login screen. But at least it's in 32 bit color!
Does anyone know how I can re-enable the computer to ask me the question again so I can answer "yes", or edit the registry setting to yes? If I just install the Radeon drivers and don't touch a thing I'll boot up in 1024 x 768, but as soon as I change one thing and reboot, back to the gigantic icons. Arrgh.
Thanks.
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