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277258 2004-09-30 23:02:00 I have been reinstalling windows on an old laptop i have and as a result the machine only starts in safe mode. I have an inkling that it may be the video driver that is the problem yet when i go to the display option in settings, click on advanced to change the driver the button marked "change" is not highlighted.

Is there an alternative way of installing my new driver ?
jon71 (6024)
277259 2004-10-01 00:10:00 Download the driver and then run the executable file and let it install itself. Odin (227)
277260 2004-10-01 01:07:00 You say it's in "safe mode", but is it?

"Safe mode" has that written in each corner of the display. If it does not say "safe mode" in each corner, then it's not safe mode but just needing the drivers loaded.

If it really is safe mode, other problems may exist.
godfather (25)
277261 2004-10-01 01:50:00 yeah it does have safe mode in each corner. I tried to find out where the start up process was going wrong by starting it in the boot log mode but that wasn't playing.

I guess this means that it could be a multitude of problems. Several months ago the screen started flickering uncontrolby and that was the graphics driver. Maybe 2 and 2 equeals 5 in my world ?
jon71 (6024)
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