I eluded to this problem in another post, but I wanted to make a dedicated thread to it. For the past three days, I have been trying to install Windows Vista Ultimate on to my system (specs are in my sig). During those different attempts, I have fixed most of the problems that I had in the first place. I now have only one big problem that I can't figure out... Frankly, it doesn't make any sense to me. The problem is this: If I power off my monitor while Vista is running, it will not come back on. I push the button to turn it back on and the monitor light goes orange, which means there is no detectable signal. I hit the power button on my PC and the computer shuts down. I start the PC back up and the monitor comes back on fine... If I let the computer sit for a while and the monitor shuts off due to power save features, it will not come back on until I restart the computer. I thought that I had fixed this problem earlier today, but it only made the problem slightly different. My earlier problem was this: I noticed that the monitor would not work was after Vista had installed "critical updates" and restarted. After doing a Windows Update restart, the monitor would no longer come on... even restarting the system didn't help. I had to go into safe mode and delete all of the Windows Updates and restart the system. This allowed my monitor to start working again. Now I just have the first problem... the one that is highlighted.
I appreciate any advice... I have been working on computers for about ten years now and I have never had this much trouble installing an OS. I had to install a PCI VGA card just to get completely through the OS installation... Why didn't Microsoft just use standard drivers throughout the initial installation? Mid-way through it loads hardware/model specific drivers. I don't understand it... Thanks for any help in advance!
I appreciate any advice... I have been working on computers for about ten years now and I have never had this much trouble installing an OS. I had to install a PCI VGA card just to get completely through the OS installation... Why didn't Microsoft just use standard drivers throughout the initial installation? Mid-way through it loads hardware/model specific drivers. I don't understand it... Thanks for any help in advance!
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