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- 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>
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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
-
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- | Tom Carter | carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu |
- | Michigan State University | carter@msucem.bitnet |
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