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To: thecow who wrote (30467)	11/15/2002 1:48:07 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

except he has a black screen

To: thecow who wrote (30467)	11/15/2002 2:40:23 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

tc ... I think what you have given me will work, and I'm on my way back downstairs to try it .... When I left earlier this morning with the black screen showing ... I really thought it was "working on re-doing the system settings" and would be on screensaver when I got back ... well, as you know .... it was black when I returned ... after trying a few things on my own AND calming down from SHEER PANIC MODE to STARK TERROR, I posted here and decided to go to my noontime Rotary meeting ... I've read all the comments and I do appreciate them ... I did a poor job of explaining in my first post (as my life passed before my eyes) .... I can get the dang box to come on in Safe Mode ok ... it will even operate when I pick VGA mode as the selection in SAFE .... I find the driver (BUT I'm not sure it is THE driver which I loaded from the update this morning) and I know how to delete it .... I feel as if this were happening under any earlier WinXX I could go either of several ways ... device manager ==== delete the display adapter.... crank the box back up and install the original driver and be back working or display properties === settings ..advanced ... adapter ... change .... and install the original driver and be back working my current difficulty *(as I won't go into my stupidity in loading the update ...ggggg) is that I have three areas here about which I'm in highly unfamiliar territory .... a flatscreen monitor WinXP NVidia card/driver luckily I have four working boxes upstairs where I can have access to the web ... so, at least I am not blind I'm going to try the outline that you have given me .... and I'll get back to the thread with a report ... if someone else has any other ideas, feel free to post .... sincerely, deadmanwalkingnemer

To: thecow who wrote (30467)	11/15/2002 3:08:45 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 110653

tc is *MY MAN* I'm typing this post on the "her Gateway" .... key phrase is ROLL BACK DRIVER works GREAT .... thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou and a magnificent thanks to all who have responded and helped .... I'm going back upstairs and I might NEVER NEVER EVER use this machine again .... hehehehehehehe btw ... I did find one discussion on a black screen on a website I'd previously not been aware .... it looked promising, and I'll go find it on whichever box I was using upstairs and post it .... I'd joined an IT group out of Dallas at a seminar at which I met one of their members .... I have NO talent of the level that those folks possess, but from time to time I have found their discussions interesting ... anyway, I'll post it in a jiff ..... thanks again and IF you have a Gateway box running an NVidia card driving a Gateway FPD1500 flatscreen monitor ... I can highly recco that you do NOT install the WindowsXP update from 9/27/02 ..... hehehehehehehe