Have you run a virus scan on it? The OS may also be corrupted now. To access Safe mode you press F8.
Try this only for your graphic problem and if you have your graphics driver on cd..glomedia said:I turned on my laptop this morning (a Dell Latitude running Windows 98) and some things seemed to have suddenly changed overnight.
My display changed to 16-color, my display resolution changed to 400x600 (icons & text really big), and I lost all touch pad capability (no mouse pointers anymore -- have to navigate by keyboard only). I changed everything back to what it was via the Control Panel settings; but when I restart the laptop it reverts to these odd settings.
I don't know where to begin to troubleshoot this. Does anyone have any ideas?
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P.S. For those interested in some extra info: I hadn't installed any new hardware or software lately, and despite the above, my programs seem to be working fine.
A couple strange things happened though (occurring this morning, at the same time as the monitor/touchpad issues): (1) when I first turned on my laptop, it asked if I wanted to assign a password (even though I've been signing in with one for a LONG time - does it think I'm an additional user, but with the same name, who has different display settings?). (2) I can't seem to start up in safe mode (by holding CTRL while restarting). (3) The Windows 98 Troubleshooters don't work (the ones that ask a bunch of questions and then give options based on your answer -- the screen of questions appears but not the subsequent screens).