Guest Rachel Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the other day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC perameters are correct. I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions. I can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info. If I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the tower still does its thing. Rachel
Guest AlmostBob Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Re: Help !!!!! Video card settings have become corrupted answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the video mode to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 until boot is complete and then adjust for best view -- -- -- -- -- -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com... > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the other > day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says > "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC > perameters are correct. > > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions. I > can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info. If > I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the tower > still does its thing. > > Rachel
Guest Rachel Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 Re: Help !!!!! Thanks for responding. I would answer no but it won't even let me do that. I had tried pressing "Y" for yes and "N" for no -- also tried typing out the word -- but still nothing. Rachel "AlmostBob" wrote: > Video card settings have become corrupted > answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the video mode > to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 until boot is > complete and then adjust for best view > > -- > -- -- -- -- -- > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de > spybot http://www.safer-networking.org > AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx > Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com > Panda online AntiSpyware Scan > http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ > Catalog of removal tools (1) > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ > Catalog of removal tools (2) > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 > Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before > use > Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters > _ > "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com... > > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the > other > > day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says > > "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC > > perameters are correct. > > > > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions. > I > > can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info. > If > > I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the > tower > > still does its thing. > > > > Rachel > > >
Guest AlmostBob Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 Re: Help !!!!! Then boot onto safe mode, tap F5 during start up and windows should load with a vga 640*480 resolution and you can alter the settings from there. Least, I think its F5, might be F8, keyboard has 16 Fkeys and I forget which ones I reprogrammed to be different -- -- -- -- -- -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1FD84388-CE06-4C06-A4A9-E37A237EDC4E@microsoft.com... > Thanks for responding. I would answer no but it won't even let me do that. > I had tried pressing "Y" for yes and "N" for no -- also tried typing out the > word -- but still nothing. > Rachel > > "AlmostBob" wrote: > > > Video card settings have become corrupted > > answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the video mode > > to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 until boot is > > complete and then adjust for best view > > > > -- > > -- -- -- -- -- > > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de > > spybot http://www.safer-networking.org > > AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ > > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan > > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx > > Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ > > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com > > Panda online AntiSpyware Scan > > http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ > > Catalog of removal tools (1) > > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ > > Catalog of removal tools (2) > > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 > > Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ > > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file > > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before > > use > > Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters > > _ > > "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com... > > > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the > > other > > > day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says > > > "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC > > > perameters are correct. > > > > > > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions. > > I > > > can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info. > > If > > > I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the > > tower > > > still does its thing. > > > > > > Rachel > > > > > >
Guest Ben Myers Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 Re: Help !!!!! "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com... > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the other > day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says > "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC > perameters are correct. Start the computer, tap the F8 key repeatedly until the startup menu appears and select "Command Prompt Only". Then type "scanreg /restore" and restore a registry backup that predates the problem. Ben
Guest PCR Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Re: Help !!!!! AlmostBob wrote: | Then boot onto safe mode, tap F5 during start up and windows should | load with a vga 640*480 resolution and you can alter the settings | from there. | | Least, I think its F5, might be F8, keyboard has 16 Fkeys and I | forget which ones I reprogrammed to be different It is F5 to get directly to Safe Mode. Or, hold CTRL (or continually tap F8) during boot to get to the Windows Startup Menu, which hopefully will be able to display. If none of that will work, perhaps try a Startup Diskette, & do the Registry restore Myers suggested. Get a Startup Diskette from http://www.bootdisk.com/ , if you don't already have one from "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk tab". At the A:\Prompt, enter... SCANREG /Restore It will offer five, one for each of the last five separate days you booted successfully. Start with the one of the day the problem began, as these backups of the entire Registry (& System.ini & Win.ini) are done at boot, not at shut down. It may be wise to make a copy of the Registry backups first, because I do believe each /Restore will wipe out the oldest backup. SO, first... MD C:\RegBckUp COPY C:\Windows\SysBckUp\RB???.cab C:\RegBckUp That should copy the 5 Registry backups & perhaps an RBBAD.cab to the new folder RegBckUp. Here is what it looks like... C:\>COPY C:\Windows\SysBckUp\RB???.cab C:\RegBckUp C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rbbad.cab C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb005.cab C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb004.cab C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb003.cab C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb000.cab C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb001.cab | -- | -- -- -- -- -- | Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de | spybot http://www.safer-networking.org | AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ | Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan | http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx | Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ | Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com | Panda online AntiSpyware Scan | http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ | Catalog of removal tools (1) | http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ | Catalog of removal tools (2) | http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 | Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ | Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file | http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm | links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages | before use | Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters | _ | "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message | news:1FD84388-CE06-4C06-A4A9-E37A237EDC4E@microsoft.com... |> Thanks for responding. I would answer no but it won't even let me |> do that. I had tried pressing "Y" for yes and "N" for no -- also |> tried typing out the word -- but still nothing. |> Rachel |> |> "AlmostBob" wrote: |> |> > Video card settings have become corrupted |> > answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the |> > video mode to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 |> > until boot is complete and then adjust for best view |> > |> > -- |> > -- -- -- -- -- |> > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de |> > spybot http://www.safer-networking.org |> > AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ |> > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan |> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx |> > Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ |> > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com |> > Panda online AntiSpyware Scan |> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ |> > Catalog of removal tools (1) |> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ |> > Catalog of removal tools (2) |> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 |> > Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ |> > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file |> > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm |> > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages |> > before use |> > Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters |> > _ |> > "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message |> > news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com... |> > > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started |> > > it the other day and all we got on the monitor was a box right |> > > in the center that says "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: |> > > (numbers) and then it asks if the PC perameters are correct. |> > > |> > > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any |> > > suggestions. I can't get by this screen at all to even get into |> > > the hard drive for info. If I press the Escape key it puts the |> > > monitor in the standby mode but the tower still does its thing. |> > > |> > > Rachel -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
Guest PCR Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Re: Help !!!!! Rachel wrote: | My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the | other day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center | that says "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it | asks if the PC perameters are correct. | | I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any | suggestions. I can't get by this screen at all to even get into the | hard drive for info. If I press the Escape key it puts the monitor | in the standby mode but the tower still does its thing. Probably the first thing to do is to ensure all the wires between the computer & monitor are plugged in correctly. Un/re-plug them. After that, try the other suggestions in this thread. | Rachel -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
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