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Article #2235Re: Windows problem ...
From: Kev
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00
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> > I Have an annoying problem. It strikes > > any time, but not all the time, and doesn't > > go away till I shut down - and it results > > in my text looking like it does in the picture. > > (I know it looks like a badly encoded .jpg, but > > that's what my text will look like! I captured it > > with PaintShop Pro, which I had to navigate in > > the dark.) > > Suddenly my computer will forget to repaint > > all the text it writes to the screen. > > > > I've scanned with Norton AntiVirus with the > > September 7th definitions and scanned > > for windows errors with Norton WinDoctor, > > but found nothing. > > > > Does any one know what's wrong? > > Sounds like you're using Win95 Display drivers on a Win98 machine, you MIGHT be using a wrong driver for a generic family chipset of specific vendor components (Diamond Stealth 3D2000 instead of 3D2000XL, etc...) or you might have a slight bug with DirectX drivers...Switch Drvs and see...
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