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Which was what I was planning on writing.
Since I've succeeded in putting the parent's PC into a coma, if not killing it, I feel far too guilty to do such a thing.
We decided that they needed a new monitor, as the old one was getting rather temperamental and so we bought one today. It worked absolutely fine, but since it was widescreen the computer wasn't running at the right resolution. After a significant battle with trying to download the right driver from the LG website, I hit on the bright idea of disabling the graphics adapter, which only specified certain, non widescreen, resolutions. But then the PC would only run at 640x480 and I went a little nuts. I jumped to the peculiar conclusion that disabling the default set-up would bring the graphics adapter back, forgetting all about system restore points. In fact, all it did was prevent Windows from displaying anything at all.
This is no doubt a clever way of disabling a PC owned by someone you don't like, but in my case is distinctly irritating. The monitor is still working, as evidenced by the fact that the Windows loading screens work fine, but then no desktop appears. :-( So, of course, I can't run a system restore to get everything back. I don't have a restore disc, as this is an old PC that originally ran Windows ME, and we can't find the Windows XP disc anywhere. All indications are that everything else is fine, but of course with no display, it's a little difficult to do anything.
I'm feeling very stupid. Obviously this is one of those setting they don't expect people to fiddle with, and I know just enough to be dangerous.
Since I've succeeded in putting the parent's PC into a coma, if not killing it, I feel far too guilty to do such a thing.
We decided that they needed a new monitor, as the old one was getting rather temperamental and so we bought one today. It worked absolutely fine, but since it was widescreen the computer wasn't running at the right resolution. After a significant battle with trying to download the right driver from the LG website, I hit on the bright idea of disabling the graphics adapter, which only specified certain, non widescreen, resolutions. But then the PC would only run at 640x480 and I went a little nuts. I jumped to the peculiar conclusion that disabling the default set-up would bring the graphics adapter back, forgetting all about system restore points. In fact, all it did was prevent Windows from displaying anything at all.
This is no doubt a clever way of disabling a PC owned by someone you don't like, but in my case is distinctly irritating. The monitor is still working, as evidenced by the fact that the Windows loading screens work fine, but then no desktop appears. :-( So, of course, I can't run a system restore to get everything back. I don't have a restore disc, as this is an old PC that originally ran Windows ME, and we can't find the Windows XP disc anywhere. All indications are that everything else is fine, but of course with no display, it's a little difficult to do anything.
I'm feeling very stupid. Obviously this is one of those setting they don't expect people to fiddle with, and I know just enough to be dangerous.
