Don't overlook the repair feature from the XP install disk.
Sometimes things get fixed by booting up in safe mode.

John Ferrell    W8CCW
"My Competition is not my enemy"
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Couture" <bcouture@gmail.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 3:03 PM
Subject: [OT]: XP video problem


> Well, I seem to have hosed a registry entry.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\control\virtualdevicedrivers
>
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314452/en-us).
>
> I've updated the registery as indicated, and the error has gone away, but
> things still aren't right.
>
> As a result, my "16-bit subsystem" (i.e. COMMAND prompt, which I use
> a lot for various development tools for work) is quite hosed.  Screen I/O
> seems to be about 110 baud, and many things do not work (if the program
> tries to do graphics, for example).
>
> To make things more irritating, thing work properly *ONCE* when the
> system is first booted up.  After that, it's back to broken.
>
> This is an IBM Thinkpad, T42p, with an ATI Mobility Fire GL T2.
>
> I've nuked the ATI drivers and re-installed fresh, no luck.
>
> So,
>   1) Does anyone have any clues?  Or do I have to nuke the OS and
>       try again?
>
>   2) Could people tell me what the values are for the above registry key
>       on their system?  It might help me track things down.
>
> Thanks,
>   Bill
>
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