In a message dated 3/19/2003 12:08:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> I sometimes have a very similar problem as yourself, which I find can be
> cured by just restarting the system.
> It doesn't happen to my computer very often, and to tell you the truth I'm
> not sure why it happens, I'm just assuming that the drivers are not loading
> properly first time every time.
> In fact, it happened to my computer earlier this morning.
> I just usually let it start up as normal (I can tell straight away when
> it's
> going to happen), and then, if I can't see the start button(as sometimes
> happens), I'll just press Ctrl,Alt & Del to restart.
> So far this has worked every time.
> Like I said, I'm not sure, but I would assume it's a driver issue. As in
> your case, it happens even though no settings have been altered.
> Hope that makes you feel better.(At least you're not on your own)
> Michele Sayer
>
Hi,
I've also had that problem on occasion. In my case, I traced it down to not
having the monitor powered on while windows booted up. Most new monitors have
two way communications with the video card, so when windoes boots up, it
checks to see if the same monitor is still connected to the video card. If it
gets no response from the monitor (because it's not powered up), then it
assumes it's been changed, and loads settings for a default monitor, which
can have a different refresh rate at your selected resolution. Many monitors
will have a different display width at the "new" refresh rate, which is what
I think you may be experiencing. The same thing could happen if the monitor
was powered on, but for some reason did not reply back to windows when
queried.
A quick way to check is to see what the monitor type is set to when the
display changes width (Display Properties>Settings Tab>Advanced Button>
Monitor Tab).
HTH,
Peter Hogan
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