Net Llama wrote: > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Net Llama wrote: >><snip> >> >>>Windoze will let you completely fubar the video settings to >>> >>something >> >>>above what the monitor will handle. Good luck getting that fixed >>>without reinstalling the OS, when you have no video, no telnet, no >>> >>ssh. >> >>You boot into safe mode and run 640x480 and fix it. Not ALL Windows >>problems require re-installing the O/S. In fact, Windows users >>re-install the O/S far more frequently than is required. >> > > Last I checked NT4 didn't have a safe mode. If some luser > unintentionally (or otherwise) screwed the video settings, it was time > to see how the blind use windoze.
Maybe not... No NT4 experience here. I've only used/supported Win 9x and Win2K. Win2K has a safe mode, of sorts (I forget the exact terminology it uses). Tim _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
