Video problem (?)

Hey, "UN", I went further than that. I went to msconfig and
changed to Diagnostic Startup--System Services Only. I rebooted,
waited forever (it seemed) but it booted up and I tried the
resolution change. Sure enough, it's doing the half-second
video blanking in that mode. I'm trying to get ATI to work
on this, but it's a forever job to post messages on their
Customer Help facility on their website. Next time I succeed
in messaging them, I'll ask about Catalyst 7.7...but remember,
I removed ATI Control Panel and still have the blanking.


Unknown wrote:
> You say you have many programs loaded. Why not go to msconfig and remove all
> x's from the start up list. Then reboot and immediately try the video test.
> "William B. Lurie" <billurie.RemoveThis@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:%23HAvgpP3HHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for stepping in. I have many programs loaded. This problem
>> of video blanking when clicking from place to place in
>> Display>>Settings>>Apply occurs with nothing running.
>> Like 99&, only the Task Manager itself, Performance..0% CPU usage.
>>
>> It can happen when online or offline, and is entirely repeatable.
>> Somebody suggested inadequate resources but I can't believe
>> that HP shipped the machine with inadequate Video (it is 256 Meg),
>> and I have 1.5 GB of RAM.
>>
>> Unknown wrote:
>>> What else do you have in the startup menu. The symptoms indicate
>>> something is interrupting the data transfer to the monitor. Something
>>> running in the background. Have you displayed task manager--processes?
>>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie.RemoveThis@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23LeOGuH3HHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Malke wrote:
>>>>> William B. Lurie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay, I found Program Files>>ATI>> ATI Control Panel. I didn't see
>>>>>> a Catalyst Control Panel. Maybe it's the same thing, but could you
>>>>>> be more specific as to what to do there? And is there no risk of
>>>>>> disabling my video with no safety belt?
>>>>> The ATI Control Panel is the same thing. ATI calls their drivers
>>>>> "Catalyst" and sometimes the Control Panel is called that. Uninstall
>>>>> just the Control Panel. When you uninstall mftr. video drivers (ATI,
>>>>> Nvidia), the system will revert to basic VGA drivers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Malke
>>>> Hello, Malke.
>>>> To be safe, I operated on my clone, off line. Had to go to Safe Mode
>>>> in order to beat the "denied Access" warning. Deleted ATI Control panel,
>>>> rebooted with Normal Startup. Video performance unchanged from before.
>>>> Deleted three suspects from Startup Menu (Norton Ghost Tray, HPBootOp,
>>>> nad HPWuSchd2) and tried again. Still the same. What next?
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