Monitor contrast keeps changing

OFFWHEELER · 06-17-2005, 09:37 AM

Running both HDDs
New HDD- Maxtor 200GB Diamond Plus 9
Old HDD seagate ultra 30GB

Computer- Dell 2350, P4-2.1GHZ , 768mb of memory, a cd rw drive, floppy drive, DVD-rw drive, windowsXP.

I recently changed my hard drive. When I rebooted a window popped up asking "Would you like windows to optimize your(monitor) settings?" I clicked yes.

After that my monitor wallpaper was washed out and faded. At first I tried adjusting the physical monitor controls using the monitor buttons with no result. I tried reverting to factory defaults with no results.
I removed the last monitor driver and the color readjusted but everything was twice as big and I couldn't change it. I restored the driver with my old HDD.

Now I change the settings in monitor settings in the control panel. I get the monitor to appear the way I want it to but when I restart, the monitor settings revert to the washed out and faded appearance. Yes, I click apply and ok.

What should I do so the settings remain??

ebackhus · 06-17-2005, 09:47 AM

Give this a try.

06-17-2005, 09:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
OFFWHEELER Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Monitor contrast keeps changing Running both HDDs New HDD- Maxtor 200GB Diamond Plus 9 Old HDD seagate ultra 30GB Computer- Dell 2350, P4-2.1GHZ , 768mb of memory, a cd rw drive, floppy drive, DVD-rw drive, windowsXP. I recently changed my hard drive. When I rebooted a window popped up asking "Would you like windows to optimize your(monitor) settings?" I clicked yes. After that my monitor wallpaper was washed out and faded. At first I tried adjusting the physical monitor controls using the monitor buttons with no result. I tried reverting to factory defaults with no results. I removed the last monitor driver and the color readjusted but everything was twice as big and I couldn't change it. I restored the driver with my old HDD. Now I change the settings in monitor settings in the control panel. I get the monitor to appear the way I want it to but when I restart, the monitor settings revert to the washed out and faded appearance. Yes, I click apply and ok. What should I do so the settings remain??

06-17-2005, 09:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
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