Help !!!!!

[Rachel]

My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the other
day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says
"Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC
perameters are correct.

I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions. I
can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info. If
I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the tower
still does its thing.

Rachel

 

[AlmostBob]

Video card settings have become corrupted
answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the video mode
to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 until boot is
complete and then adjust for best view

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Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
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"Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com...
> My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the
other
> day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says
> "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC
> perameters are correct.
>
> I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions.
I
> can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info.
If
> I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the
tower
> still does its thing.
>
> Rachel

 

[Rachel]

Thanks for responding. I would answer no but it won't even let me do that.
I had tried pressing "Y" for yes and "N" for no -- also tried typing out the
word -- but still nothing.
Rachel

"AlmostBob" wrote:

> Video card settings have become corrupted
> answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the video mode
> to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 until boot is
> complete and then adjust for best view
>
> --
> -- -- -- -- --
> Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
> spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
> AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
> Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
> Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
> Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
> Catalog of removal tools (1)
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> Catalog of removal tools (2)
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
> Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
> use
> Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
> _
> "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com...
> > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the
> other
> > day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says
> > "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC
> > perameters are correct.
> >
> > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any suggestions.
> I
> > can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for info.
> If
> > I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the
> tower
> > still does its thing.
> >
> > Rachel
>
>
>

 

[AlmostBob]

Then boot onto safe mode, tap F5 during start up and windows should load
with a vga 640*480 resolution and you can alter the settings from there.

Least, I think its F5, might be F8, keyboard has 16 Fkeys and I forget which
ones I reprogrammed to be different

--
-- -- -- -- --
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_
"Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1FD84388-CE06-4C06-A4A9-E37A237EDC4E@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for responding. I would answer no but it won't even let me do
that.
> I had tried pressing "Y" for yes and "N" for no -- also tried typing out
the
> word -- but still nothing.
> Rachel
>
> "AlmostBob" wrote:
>
> > Video card settings have become corrupted
> > answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the video
mode
> > to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762 until boot is
> > complete and then adjust for best view
> >
> > --
> > -- -- -- -- --
> > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
> > spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
> > AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
> > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> > Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
> > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
> > Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
> > Catalog of removal tools (1)
> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> > Catalog of removal tools (2)
> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
> > Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
> > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
> > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
before
> > use
> > Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
> > _
> > "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com...
> > > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the
> > other
> > > day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that
says
> > > "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the
PC
> > > perameters are correct.
> > >
> > > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any
suggestions.
> > I
> > > can't get by this screen at all to even get into the hard drive for
info.
> > If
> > > I press the Escape key it puts the monitor in the standby mode but the
> > tower
> > > still does its thing.
> > >
> > > Rachel
> >
> >
> >

 

[Ben Myers]

"Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com...
> My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the other
> day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center that says
> "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it asks if the PC
> perameters are correct.

Start the computer, tap the F8 key repeatedly until the startup menu
appears and select "Command Prompt Only". Then type
"scanreg /restore" and restore a registry backup that predates the
problem.

Ben

 

[PCR]

AlmostBob wrote:
| Then boot onto safe mode, tap F5 during start up and windows should
| load with a vga 640*480 resolution and you can alter the settings
| from there.
|
| Least, I think its F5, might be F8, keyboard has 16 Fkeys and I
| forget which ones I reprogrammed to be different

It is F5 to get directly to Safe Mode. Or, hold CTRL (or continually tap
F8) during boot to get to the Windows Startup Menu, which hopefully will
be able to display.

If none of that will work, perhaps try a Startup Diskette, & do the
Registry restore Myers suggested.

Get a Startup Diskette from
http://www.bootdisk.com/
, if you don't already have one from "Control Panel, Add/Remove
Programs, Startup Disk tab". At the A:\Prompt, enter...

SCANREG /Restore

It will offer five, one for each of the last five separate days you
booted successfully. Start with the one of the day the problem began, as
these backups of the entire Registry (& System.ini & Win.ini) are done
at boot, not at shut down.

It may be wise to make a copy of the Registry backups first, because I
do believe each /Restore will wipe out the oldest backup. SO, first...

MD C:\RegBckUp
COPY C:\Windows\SysBckUp\RB???.cab C:\RegBckUp

That should copy the 5 Registry backups & perhaps an RBBAD.cab to the
new folder RegBckUp. Here is what it looks like...

C:\>COPY C:\Windows\SysBckUp\RB???.cab C:\RegBckUp
C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rbbad.cab
C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb005.cab
C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb004.cab
C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb003.cab
C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb000.cab
C:\Windows\SysBckUp\rb001.cab



| --
| -- -- -- -- --
| Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
| spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
| AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
| Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
| http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
| Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
| Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
| Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
| http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
| Catalog of removal tools (1)
| http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
| Catalog of removal tools (2)
| http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
| Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
| Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
| http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
| links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
| before use
| Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
| _
| "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:1FD84388-CE06-4C06-A4A9-E37A237EDC4E@microsoft.com...
|> Thanks for responding. I would answer no but it won't even let me
|> do that. I had tried pressing "Y" for yes and "N" for no -- also
|> tried typing out the word -- but still nothing.
|> Rachel
|>
|> "AlmostBob" wrote:
|>
|> > Video card settings have become corrupted
|> > answer NO to the question instead of escaping out and reset the
|> > video mode to something your monitor can support, 800*600 1024*762
|> > until boot is complete and then adjust for best view
|> >
|> > --
|> > -- -- -- -- --
|> > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
|> > spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
|> > AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
|> > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
|> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
|> > Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
|> > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
|> > Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
|> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
|> > Catalog of removal tools (1)
|> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
|> > Catalog of removal tools (2)
|> >
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
|> > Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
|> > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
|> > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
|> > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
|> > before use
|> > Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
|> > _
|> > "Rachel" <Rachel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
|> > news:8C094FAF-23EA-4DA8-A593-9235DC4DB0DD@microsoft.com...
|> > > My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started
|> > > it the other day and all we got on the monitor was a box right
|> > > in the center that says "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H:
|> > > (numbers) and then it asks if the PC perameters are correct.
|> > >
|> > > I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any
|> > > suggestions. I can't get by this screen at all to even get into
|> > > the hard drive for info. If I press the Escape key it puts the
|> > > monitor in the standby mode but the tower still does its thing.
|> > >
|> > > Rachel

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
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[PCR]

Rachel wrote:
| My daughter has a computer that runs Windows 98SE. We started it the
| other day and all we got on the monitor was a box right in the center
| that says "Out of Range" V: (numbers) and H: (numbers) and then it
| asks if the PC perameters are correct.
|
| I think it is trying to tell me that it is done for but any
| suggestions. I can't get by this screen at all to even get into the
| hard drive for info. If I press the Escape key it puts the monitor
| in the standby mode but the tower still does its thing.

Probably the first thing to do is to ensure all the wires between the
computer & monitor are plugged in correctly. Un/re-plug them. After
that, try the other suggestions in this thread.

| Rachel

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net