When you reset the resolution, what settings did you try? I'd go with 800X
600 with a screen refresh rate of about 75 hertz and see if those settings
will stick.

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Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> So, that helped for what I asked about, but it didn't help the
> problem....I
> reset to a different resolution, but the setting doesn't stick. And then,
> I'm still booting and getting that message.
> The screen goes to black with the message below:
>
> Cannot display this video mode. Optimum Resolution 1440 x 900 60hz
>
> Do you have any idea what's happening here?
> I'm running a virus scan to see if something hopped on today.
> I uninstalled the program for the game she tried to install.
> Is there a way to go back to yesterday's settings........when everything
> was
> fine?
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> news:61720CD4-D415-4739-AD7F-22EB187DD33A@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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 60hz"
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > I need to restart the computer in safe mode and then reset the screen
>> > res.....and I don't know how to do that.
>> >
>> > Thanks for help.
>> > Bruce
>> >