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Article #1096re: I did a silly thing...Made a little boo boo..
From: Tom Carter
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:17
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:17
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In article <BxM03I.EBA@cen.ex.ac.uk> PVossler@cen.ex.ac.uk (P.J.Vossler) writes: > >I tried to setup windows for a different video card, Hee hee, I made a boo >boo. The driver I chose doesn't work and now I can't get windows to work at >all. > >Can anyone tell me which parameters specify the video driver in the *.ini >files ? I wish to return to using the standard vga driver but I refuse to >reinstall windows (which is what setup seems to insist that I do). There >must be a parameter that has changed that I can edit back using a text editor. > >Any help much appreciated... >-- > > >=============================================================================== >P.J.Vossler, Dept of Physics, | Email:p.j.vossler@ex.ac.uk >University of Exeter | Tel : +44-392-264100 >Exeter, Devon, England EX4 4QL | Fax : +44-392-264111 >=============================================================================== At the DOS prompt: Navigate to the WINDOWS directory type SETUP choose a VGA video driver Follow the setup program's prompts for the Windows disks EXIT setup type WIN All done! HTH =========================================================================== | Tom Carter | carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu | | Michigan State University | carter@msucem.bitnet | | Chemistry Department | | ==========================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!news From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup Subject: re: I did a silly thing...Made a little boo boo.. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.181727.16744@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 17 Nov 92 18:17:27 GMT References: <BxM03I.EBA@cen.ex.ac.uk> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI Lines: 38