Is this a drivers or Win 98 updates problem? Thanks.

November 23, 2007

I re-installed Windows 98 on a Packard Bell machine recently but it's

not running as modern-looking as it was. I'm a bit naive about this

subject - the fresh install has got rid of other problems, e.g.

windows Protection Errors, but do I now need to find drivers (and if

so, for what - monitor, grapohics card?) or updates? Are Windows 98

updates archived anywhere? The picture is very low res looking. Can

someone point me in the right direction to get this otherwise good

machine going well.

Thanks for all efforts.

November 23, 2007

Re: Is this a drivers or Win 98 updates problem? Thanks.

Go to http://support.packardbell.com/uk/ and download graphics drivers

"kplumm" <kplumm@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>I re-installed Windows 98 on a Packard Bell machine recently but it's

> not running as modern-looking as it was. I'm a bit naive about this

> subject - the fresh install has got rid of other problems, e.g.

> windows Protection Errors, but do I now need to find drivers (and if

> so, for what - monitor, grapohics card?) or updates? Are Windows 98

> updates archived anywhere? The picture is very low res looking. Can

> someone point me in the right direction to get this otherwise good

> machine going well.

>

> Thanks for all efforts.

November 23, 2007

Re: Is this a drivers or Win 98 updates problem? Thanks.

You need to install the correct drivers for your graphics card. Windows has

installed default drivers, perhaps because it did not recognise the card in

your PC. The correct graphic card drivers would be included in the software

that was provided with the PC, or would be available from the manufacturer's

www site. Otherwise, if you can identify the brand and model of graphics

card installed in the machine then you could get the correct drivers from

one of the many driver download sites.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)