Restart, and during the black screen just after the BIOS screen, press F8
many times.

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"Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> One of my kids tried putting in an old game, which tried to reset the
> screen
> resolution. Now all we get is a message that says..... " Cannot display
> this
> video mode. Optimum Resolution 1440 x 900 68v"
> Now we cannot get past this black screen message. ESC won't work. Ctrl-
> Alt- DEL won't work. I tried turning off the computer and turning it
> back
> on, to no avail.
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> I need to restart the computer in safe mode and then reset the screen
> res.....and I don't know how to do that.
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> Thanks for help.
> Bruce
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