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882148	2010-05-04 00:25:00	I think its my fault. I used Windows to clean up my C drive and compress rarely used files. Something I have avoided in the past but yesterday I did it. I am using XP Today when I booted up I found myself stuck on 640 X 480 display. Miles too big and half my icons on the desktop are off screen etc. When I go to change back to a better presentation I can change the settings OK but the "OK" button to activate my new setting is off screen. And I cannot move the panel enough to show the button. When I used Windows I did have a warning pop up on screen but it went before I could read and note it!! I have done the usual things - tried restoring to an earlier date, used Registry Mechanic, etc. Nothing so far. Gosh I need help! Tom	Thomas01 (317)
882149	2010-05-04 00:28:00	Dont use registry cleaners. They can make things worse. Reinstall the video drivers	Speedy Gonzales (78)
882150	2010-05-04 00:37:00	If the OK button is off the screen just press enter on your keyboard instead. Although by default the Cancel button is probably selected first - just press Tab key once or twice to cycle through to the correct button and then press enter. I've had to do this many times.... sometimes it's a matter of trial and error, you'll get the correct button eventually!	Agent_24 (57)
882151	2010-05-04 00:39:00	Dont use registry cleaners. They can make things worse. Reinstall the video drivers Yes I have always felt a bit reluctant about registry cleaners but admit to using Registry Mechanic for quite some years now and it seemed to do a good job. But video drivers - oh dear. Dunno where mine are (really old computer) but I will endeavor to find them. I was hoping that there is some way of using the keyboard instead of hitting the OK button and have already found "ENTER" doesn't work.	Thomas01 (317)
882152	2010-05-04 00:42:00	Try it in safe mode.	Peter H (220)
882153	2010-05-04 02:05:00	How about a Temporary change on the DPI settings to say 80 or 70 dpi, so that you see the entire window. When your resolution is fixed go back to standard 96 dpi setting. Would this work Speedy ?.	Slim (4633)
882154	2010-05-04 02:23:00	Dunno where mine are (really old computer) but I will endeavor to find them. I was hoping that there is some way of using the keyboard instead of hitting the OK button and have already found "ENTER" doesn't work. Do you know what your video card is? Like I said, pressing enter will only work if OK is the default selected item (which it clearly isn't) You will need to use the Tab key to change buttons... You could try using Microsoft narrator to read out what is selected (start with Winkey+U)	Agent_24 (57)
882155	2010-05-04 02:31:00	Or as mentioned already safe mode will load default video drivers.	Sweep (90)
882156	2010-05-04 03:48:00	I think I am in more trouble than I first realized. Having found that the return and tab keys didn't work for me I went into safe mode. This should have solved the problem as it was now possible to see the OK button etc. It didn't work. Even in safe mode there was no change - it just would not accept any changed setting. So perhaps there are missing files etc. I did check all my old boxes, storage etc for video/monitor drivers but no joy although I did find a disk for Leadtek (DRONEZ) which I think was with a previous monitor. My computer is using the Default Monitor setting. I feel that when I used Windows to compress my old files etc it deleted something. I will try DRONEZ and see what happens if I can install it. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
882157	2010-05-04 03:58:00	I was wrong again. DRONEZ isn't some driver for video. Its a flaming game. Which I obviously never used anyway. Now I am going to try googling for default video drivers if there is such a thing.	Thomas01 (317)
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