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Is changing your resolution, as well as other display settings, possible

through safe mode, in Vista?



Long story short, my monitor died a few hours ago. Being the resourceful

person I try to be, I went and hooked up my computer to the television, so

that I could finish what I was doing. While Safe Mode is activated and

running at 800x600x32, my television can display it just fine. However, when

I launch Vista in normal mode, I'm assuming it's displaying at a resolution

that my television can't display, 1600x1200x32. Sure, it shows pretty colors

across the screen, but not in any readable fashion.



So I'm curious, as stated above, if I can change NORMAL MODE's resolution

somehow through an option in Safe Mode? I can't do much in Safe Mode, and

certainly not what I need to finish.


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Start the computer in VGA mode, there is an option above the one that says

safe mode...



that way everything will work ok, only that you will have a low resolution

that you can adjust though as you like









"UltimateZero" <UltimateZero@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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I don't seem to see this "VGA mode" option anywhere above the Safe Mode

option. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place? I see:



Safe Mode

Safe Mode with Networking

Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Normal Mode



This is on the DOS screen.







"On the Bridge" wrote:

UltimateZero wrote:



I don't have the Vista machine on right now to check for sure, but the

option is in msconfig in XP, so see if it is the same in Vista:



Start Orb>Search box>type: msconfig

Click on msconfig when it appears above. On the Boot.ini tab under Boot

Options, check "/BASEVIDEO" and OK. Reboot.



Malke

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MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers

www.elephantboycomputers.com

Don't Panic!

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Well thank you, that gets the screen to come up! But now I've noticed a

little oddity. In Safe Mode, it runs at 800x600x32 with no problems. However,

when I attempt to run NormalMode/BaseVideo at 800x600x32, it gives me the

same no-display screen that I was getting before. Went back to Safe Mode, and

it's running 800x600x32 no problem still. I figure that's more of a video

problem, but any ideas on that?



Also, for some strange reason, Safe mode displays the resolution correctly,

whereas Normal Mode seems to place the Start Menu and the very top of the

screen outside where the TV displays. That seems a bit strange to me, seeing

as, like I said, Safe Mode displays it correctly. I swear, this is going to

drive me insane :P



"Malke" wrote:

Replying to myself here really quick...



Apparently when I went into the nVidia Control Panel, an messed with the

Output Settings, I apparently managed to increase my resolution by changing

the output from 430i, or something like that. It's now at 1080p... XD It's

funny, I didn't even know my TV supported that. Of course, now I can't see

any text on the screen, so I turned on the Magnifier, and I'm going to try

using the increased text size from the Ease of Use options, to see if that

fixes anything.



Thank you very much for your help! And, being curious, I'd still love to

hear any bright ideas about why Safe Mode displays 800x600x32, but Normal

Mode doesn't :P

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Hello I dont know what you are looking at but vista certainly DOES have a

low res (VGA) boot option

when you press f8 and its below the SAFE MODE option



see this screenshot for proof!



img337.imageshack.us/img337/9571/lowresie0.jpg" >img337.imageshack.us/img337/9571/lowresie0.jpg















"UltimateZero" <UltimateZero@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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UltimateZero wrote:



I'm sorry but I know nothing about sending video to a TV. Hopefully someone

else will come along.



Malke

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MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers

www.elephantboycomputers.com

Don't Panic!

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Hello,

Probably a little late on the reply, but I just saw this.

In Safe Mode you load the vga driver

In the basevideo mode you load the installed Video driver only at the lower

resolutions and lower sync rates.

So the difference is in which video driver you are loading and whether that

video driver is properly handling that resolution.

In your case the installed Video Driver is not handling that resolution

where-as the VGA driver is.

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]



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|>Replying to myself here really quick...

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|>Apparently when I went into the nVidia Control Panel, an messed with the

|>Output Settings, I apparently managed to increase my resolution by

changing

|>the output from 430i, or something like that. It's now at 1080p... XD

It's

|>funny, I didn't even know my TV supported that. Of course, now I can't

see

|>any text on the screen, so I turned on the Magnifier, and I'm going to

try

|>using the increased text size from the Ease of Use options, to see if

that

|>fixes anything.

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|>Thank you very much for your help! And, being curious, I'd still love to

|>hear any bright ideas about why Safe Mode displays 800x600x32, but

Normal

|>Mode doesn't :P

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