Troubleshooting your windows XP operating system in times of problems can be a nightmare if one is not aware of different boot options that exist. Starting your computer in safe mode is one of the best known modes for troubleshooting video card problems ranging from corrupted drivers to incompatible drivers. For the above scenario the best boot option is safe mode. To access safe mode what one is required to do is to press F8 key on the keyboard just before the Windows XP splash screen appears, this will enable you to access the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Once you have booted the PC into safe mode you can now be able to access the Display Settings in the control panel and lower the number of pixels e.g. 800 by 600.
If this doesnt work right click on My Computer, Properties, Click on the Hardware tab then Device Manager. The device manager will help us to access all the devices within the PC particularly the Display Adapters. Right click the Display Adapter and select properties and choose the Driver tab.
This driver tab have four options namely Driver details which gives the driver details within the system, update Driver which helps you to update the already existing drivers, Roll Back Driver which helps you to revert to a previous driver that had already been installed and finally Uninstall option which can be vital especially when one wants to uninstall a particular driver for a hardware. For the above case we can uninstall the drivers that the windows installed automatically and install an updated version of the same.
If this doesnt work right click on My Computer, Properties, Click on the Hardware tab then Device Manager. The device manager will help us to access all the devices within the PC particularly the Display Adapters. Right click the Display Adapter and select properties and choose the Driver tab.
This driver tab have four options namely Driver details which gives the driver details within the system, update Driver which helps you to update the already existing drivers, Roll Back Driver which helps you to revert to a previous driver that had already been installed and finally Uninstall option which can be vital especially when one wants to uninstall a particular driver for a hardware. For the above case we can uninstall the drivers that the windows installed automatically and install an updated version of the same.
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