Guest MSNewsGroup Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 I have a user who somehow set his resolution to beyond the range of the monitor. How do I reset that users display settings under safemode. Thanks CF
Guest Newbie Coder Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: reset display for user Hi, If its on the network you can do it by using remote desktop, vnc... -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "MSNewsGroup" <Cal@obded.org> wrote in message news:%238WxcXH1HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I have a user who somehow set his resolution to beyond the range of the > monitor. How do I reset that users display settings under safemode. > > Thanks > > CF > >
Guest Dave Patrick Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: reset display for user Resolution settings are machine specific. Try creating a boot disk using /BASEVIDEO switch. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy Windows 2000 versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot. Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on. [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT /BASEVIDEO [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT /BASEVIDEO="Windows 2000 0,1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT /BASEVIDEO="Windows 2000 0,2" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT /BASEVIDEO="Windows 2000 1,1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT /BASEVIDEO="Windows 2000 1,2" -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "MSNewsGroup" wrote: >I have a user who somehow set his resolution to beyond the range of the >monitor. How do I reset that users display settings under safemode. > > Thanks > > CF >
Guest Steve Parry [MVP] Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: reset display for user In news:%238WxcXH1HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, MSNewsGroup <Cal@obded.org> wibbled > I have a user who somehow set his resolution to beyond the range of > the monitor. How do I reset that users display settings under > safemode. > Thanks > > CF A quick fix for this that I've used in the past has been to wander to the users desk with one of the CAD departments TFT screens, connect it ... reduce the resolution .... then "accidentally" whack the user with the TFT screen as I walk away ;) -- Steve Parry MCP MVP http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
Guest 3c273 Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: reset display for user See this post for instructions for doing this blindly. You may need to modify them for WinXP. I wrote it for Win2k. http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win2000.general/browse_thread/thread/6f3fcb6caca1a6a9/e238713ca64a6298?lnk=st&q=&rnum=3#e238713ca64a6298 Watch out for wordwrap. Louis "MSNewsGroup" <Cal@obded.org> wrote in message news:%238WxcXH1HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I have a user who somehow set his resolution to beyond the range of the > monitor. How do I reset that users display settings under safemode. > > Thanks > > CF > >
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