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[li]Right-Click your desktop and select properties.[/li][li] Then click on the Settings tab.[/li][li] See if you can change the Colors setting from 256 to anything higher. NOTE: if the option is not there, (like 16bit, 24bit) then it’s not possible to make icons pretty.[/li][li] See if you can change the Screen Area setting. Slide the bar one or two ‘clicks’. (again, if it won’t let ya, then it’s broken)[/li][/ol]
If you cannot actually change a setting, then it has to be your graphics/video driver. (okay, so it might be the hardware video card, but that’s the last resort)
Try to reinstall your “video adapter” from the Device Manager window. I believe you arrive at this window by right-clicking on “My Computer” (or another name if you changed it)
Hey, this is another way to check if somethings wrong, BTW.
If you see a yellow triangle, it means the O.S. can’t install a device that it knows exists in your box.
See if Display Adapters has a yellow triangle. If it does, then we know FOR SURE the problem is in the driver or card.
If it’s missing an entry, then you haffta re-install it.
The troubleshooting gets a fork in the road from here, so i’ll just stop and wait for an update.
BAHHHH! I’m so tired of computer crap. I tried changing the graphics setting but it tells me to insert the CD and I can’t find it. I went through all this hoo-hah when I added more memory about a year ago or so. The computer cowboy who helped me then did a great job of dealing with a true illiterate of these wonky doohickie thingamabobs. I hate everything I don’t understand!! ARRRGH!
Here’s NVIDIA’s latest Detonator drivers: Click here
Save the file to your desktop or someplace else where you won’t forget it. Close all Internet Explorer windows and other programs, find and double-click 53.04_win9x_english.exe and follow the instructions (sorry, can’t get past this stage as I don’t have an NVIDIA card myself).
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Damn thing doesn’t work. I regularly get error messages, I’ve run countless virus checks and de-frag a load of times. Still doesn’t work. Oh and half my games won’t install, the internet is tempermental and it won’t shut down properly, and…
I have a problem with my (company-owned) laptop - I stupidly installed the WeatherBug and and now receive pop-ups about securing my computer constantly. How the hell do I remove the evil WeatherBug program? I’ve searched my C drive - but I can’t find the program. Should I just take a sledgehammer to it, and report it stolen?? I think I’m running on Windows 2000 something, not XP.
Blonde: I googled on “Weatherbug removal” and got as the first hit this site which says you should just use the normal Windows ‘remove programs’ feature. Can’t vouch for its accuracy, though.
BLARGH!! It didn’t work, Horseflesh!! Same ol’ crappy graphics… making my eyes water and my head pound. CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP!!!
I burning my computer!!!