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bellinghman) wrote2005-02-24 03:08 pm
bellinghman) wrote2005-02-24 03:08 pm
Oops
I've managed to disable the VGA device under Windows XP, with somewhat problematic results - in other words, XP is stuffed.
(Symptomology - at the end of Windows start-up, at the point when the screen should go from the initial splash screen to showing the desktop, the screen goes black and never comes back. In Safe Mode/Command Prompt Only, the list of loaded drivers just sits there.)
Anybody got any idea of a way on re-enabling it? Without reinstalling XP?
(I can dual-boot the system into W2K instead, which is fine. It's also on a LAN, so if there's any way of doing remote admin, I could do that.)
Yes, I do feel stupid.
(I'm also wondering whether changing the graphics card to something totally different would persuade XP to re-enable it.)
(Symptomology - at the end of Windows start-up, at the point when the screen should go from the initial splash screen to showing the desktop, the screen goes black and never comes back. In Safe Mode/Command Prompt Only, the list of loaded drivers just sits there.)
Anybody got any idea of a way on re-enabling it? Without reinstalling XP?
(I can dual-boot the system into W2K instead, which is fine. It's also on a LAN, so if there's any way of doing remote admin, I could do that.)
Yes, I do feel stupid.
(I'm also wondering whether changing the graphics card to something totally different would persuade XP to re-enable it.)