Windows Reinstall problem !

sunny2004

Ok, here is the thing, I re-installed windows Xp home onto my dell inspiron 9300

the reason.. well I upgraded the Hard Drive..

Dell supplied the Xp home disk but no drivers, so off i went to find them...
All is good except when I right click on the open desktop and select properities or go into control panal and select display neither work !
they simply do nothing when selected ?

I have the correct driver and the screen is now high res and looks good but I am unable to change the screen !

And ideas?
I hope this is enough info but if you require more info

The display adapter is ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300

ethernet

Did you install all the latest drivers for your machine? Did you install SP2 and other updates as well?

Capt'n Midnight

yeah there's about 82 patches to go on after SP2 , and perhaps some microsoft drivers , do http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com first and after they are all on then choose the option for microsoft update and round the houses again

on the ATI web site there are other drivers, but can't recomend which to use, and before you go trying make a system restore snapshot AND make an alternative hardware profile in control-panel system so you can still boot up if alternative drivers stop windows booting

sunny2004

Cheers Folks,
Firstly I have everything from windows update ! except the net framework stuff..

And I downloaded the drivers from the Dell site.. will take your advice and keep going

Saruman

Drivers should not prevent a part of windows from opening though. Regardless of the driver, the display properties window should open... Though it is possible if its a corrupt driver i suppose.

BKtje

Most drivers these days change the number of tabs etc on system properties so it indeed just sounds like dodgy drivers. Try different ones as suggested.

If the drivers you already installed create their own system properties on the task bar/ in control panel you could try opening it that way and seeing if these allow you to change what you want.

Saruman

When you boot up, press F8 and pick VGA mode. This will not load your graphics driver but will load everything else. If display properties open for you then its definatly a corrupt driver.

sunny2004

Ok I tried the VGA boot up, its still not showing the properties option..

So it would seem it was a problem with the windows installation ?

Tks for everyones time on this !