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- DOCUMENT:Q103615 19-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Recovering From an Incompatible Video Driver
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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- If you change your video driver to an incompatible driver and then log
- on at the Out Of Synchronization screen, the Last Known Good
- Configuration will not work.
-
- If you don't have the Emergency Repair disk available, you can still
- recover and get back to the Standard VGA driver by doing the
- following:
-
- 1. Restart the system and go through the logon routine.
-
- 2. When Program Manager appears, do the following:
-
- - Press ALT+F
- - Press R
- - Type "setup" (without the quotation marks)
- - Press ENTER and wait for setup to check the hardware
- - Press ALT+O
- - Press C
- - Press ALT+D
- - Press PAGE UP 10 times <Maximum of 20 times>
- - Press TAB 3 times <press enter>
- - Press ENTER again
- - Press ALT+F4
- - Press ENTER
- - Press CTRL+ALT+DEL
- - Press TAB 2 times
- - Press ENTER
- - Press TAB 2 times
- - Press SPACEBAR
- - Press ENTER
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- Additional reference words: 3.10 garbage refresh monitor blind
- keyboard correct fix steps scrambled
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- KBSubCategory: stp
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