reset display for user

[Guest MSNewsGroup]

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]

Re: reset display for user

 

Hi,

 

If its on the network you can do it by using remote desktop, vnc...

 

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(It's just a name)

 

 

"MSNewsGroup" <Cal@obded.org> wrote in message

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> 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]

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"

 

 

 

 

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Regards,

 

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]

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"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]]

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 ;)

 

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Steve Parry MCP MVP

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

[Guest 3c273]

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

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> 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

>

>