Safe Mode: Control Panel Freezes!

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Ken1943

Ken1943 has written on 6/30/2013 7:05 PM:


I uninstalled the driver and it went immediately to native resolution
(1600x1200, not what I had posted earlier).

I went to the Intel site and used their Driver Update Utility. Then
downloaded and installed a new driver than what I had before.

I restarted into normal mode and got the resolution that I had used
previously.

Restarted in Safe Mode and got exactly the same behavior: 1600x1200, no
desktop icons, and freezing when Itry to change the resolution.
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Can you look up the specs of your monitor and see what resolutions it
supports. My only other thought is a conflict between monitor and video
"card" or the desktop is very small and off the screen somewhere and I
don't know what to do about that.
I have Intel graphics on this net book. when I right click on my desktop
and select screen resolution, I can go to 800x600. This is not in safe
mode.


KenW
 
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Ken1943

My monitors have a menu. Maybe reset it to default.
At this point another guess.


KenW
 
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Juan Wei

Ken1943 has written on 6/30/2013 8:25 PM:
Can you look up the specs of your monitor and see what resolutions it
supports. My only other thought is a conflict between monitor and video
"card" or the desktop is very small and off the screen somewhere and I
don't know what to do about that.
I have Intel graphics on this net book. when I right click on my desktop
and select screen resolution, I can go to 800x600. This is not in safe
mode.
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"Not in safe mode" works perfectly for me, too.

I see a sliding scale of resolutions from 800x600 to 1920x1280 by steps.
I tried a few steps in between and they all work.

I cannot get to that sliding scale in Safe Mode.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Ken1943 has written on 6/30/2013 8:25 PM:

"Not in safe mode" works perfectly for me, too.

I see a sliding scale of resolutions from 800x600 to 1920x1280 by steps.
I tried a few steps in between and they all work.

I cannot get to that sliding scale in Safe Mode.
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Because that is in the driver, which is not loaded in Safe Mode.

Actually, it may be that the driver is loaded in safe mode, but in a
safe mode of its own. In Windows, all video drivers are required to have
such a fall-back mode that amounts to the VGA mode or similar.
 
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Juan Wei

Gene E. Bloch has written on 7/1/2013 6:41 PM:
Because that is in the driver, which is not loaded in Safe Mode.

Actually, it may be that the driver is loaded in safe mode, but in a
safe mode of its own. In Windows, all video drivers are required to have
such a fall-back mode that amounts to the VGA mode or similar.
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Well, you had better tell Intel that their driver violates that requirement!
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Gene E. Bloch has written on 7/1/2013 6:41 PM:

Well, you had better tell Intel that their driver violates that requirement!
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They don't listen to me either :)
 
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Juan Wei

Ken1943 has written on 7/2/2013 12:28 PM:
But it should have been installed when he updated the video drivers.
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Are you saying that the Intel HD Graphics drivers include one for VGA,
one that loads when in Safe Mode?
 
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Gene E. Bloch

But it should have been installed when he updated the video drivers.

KenW
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Seems so, but clearly something is amiss :-(

Video card? Drivers? Monitor? Revenge of the gods?
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Ken1943 has written on 7/2/2013 12:28 PM:

Are you saying that the Intel HD Graphics drivers include one for VGA,
one that loads when in Safe Mode?
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Indeed we are.
 
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Ken1943

Ken1943 has written on 7/2/2013 12:28 PM:

Are you saying that the Intel HD Graphics drivers include one for VGA,
one that loads when in Safe Mode?
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Yes. What is make and model of your monitor ?


KenW
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Gene E. Bloch has written on 7/2/2013 2:11 PM:

And you think that somehow I downloaded a corrupt one?
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Corruption happens.

A bit on your hard drive can change. A transistor or memory cell in your
motherboard's BIOS or your video card's BIOS can get messed up.

Or none of the above, and we just don't understand what is wrong.
 
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Juan Wei

Gene E. Bloch has written on 7/2/2013 5:28 PM:
Corruption happens.

A bit on your hard drive can change. A transistor or memory cell in your
motherboard's BIOS or your video card's BIOS can get messed up.
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It's too consistent across reboots to be a random bit.
 
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