Subj : Win2K & Monitor
To   : Alexey Gradovtsev
From : Charles Scaglione
Date : Fri Sep 29 2000 06:24 am

Alexey Gradovtsev wrote to Charles Scaglione

Hello Alexey:

AG>Dear Charles! Thank you very much for so detailed reply. I do
AG>appreciate your  help. This is a really useful and interesting
AG>information,  especially because that's a comparatively new field of 
AG>knowledge for me.
AG>But the thing is that I can't apply your advice in practice 
AG>because of the problem described below.

AG> CS> After you change the monitor.inf file, go into Control Panel,
AG> CS> System, Devices, and remove the monitor.  Now, restart Win98

AG>(You mean Win2000)

Sorry about that.  Yes, it should work the same for Win 2000.

AG> CS> and let it detect the monitor.  If the monitor is not "Plug N
AG> CS> Play" detectable, you'll have to add it yourself.  Win98 should
AG> CS> use the new monitor.inf file. You now should be able to setup
AG> CS> your video card to the resolution and scanning rates the monitor
AG> CS> is capable of.

AG>Actually I can't remove the monitor. To do so the row "Monitors"
AG>should be  shown in the list of installed devices but there isn't!
AG>The  "Dispatcher of Devices" (I translate correctly?) lists my 
AG>Videoadapter (Riva TNT2 M64), but doesn't list the monitor. 
AG>In the "Monitor Settings" window it is described as (word 
AG>by word) "(Standard Monitors) VGA" with no ability to 
AG>change its drivers.

AG>Neither I can't add another monitor because there's no 
AG>monitors at all in the list of devices can be installed.

That's strange.  You should be able to select which monitor you wish to 
install even if it's "generic".  But as I posted before, when you change 
the monitor.inf file you may be able to use your monitor's capabilities.

AG>The additional information that may be important (I don't know
AG>exactly) is: I have no ACPI BIOS so during the W2K installation
AG>process after the first  reboot I press F5 and choose the "Standard
AG>PC" option. May  be this leads to the fault? Or may be the reason is
AG>in fact  that W2K is installed in the same partition with Win98SE?

I never recommend installing W2K to the same partition as Win98SE as 
that can cause conflicts.  Common folder names such as "Program Files" 
and "My Documents" become snare traps for application errors.  If 
possible create a separate partition for W2K or Win98 and reinstall.

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