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Erika - 23 Dec 2005 15:00 GMT

First, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!!

Then a kvetch: Oy. If it's not one thing it's another.

The problem: I'm using ME with a pentium4. The whole windows screen
moved up during the night. The taskbar is about one inch above the
bottom of the monitor. I tried to restart about 5 times already and it's
still in the wrong place.

This happened a few days ago but after I restarted a few times it reset
itself.

I googled and can't find any info. This is very annoying and I'd
appreciate some help, if possible. Thanks!

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Noel Paton - 23 Dec 2005 15:11 GMT

Try this first....
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem.

If that doesn't work, then it's quite possibly a hardware problem :(
What about the DOS POST screen? it that shifted up as well??

Do you have a spare monitor you can swap?

Do you have a spare graphics card you can swap in?

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> First, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!!
>
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> I googled and can't find any info. This is very annoying and I'd
> appreciate some help, if possible. Thanks!

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Erika - 23 Dec 2005 15:37 GMT

> Try this first....
> Reboot to Safe Mode
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> Do you have a spare graphics card you can swap in?

Well - hopefully this is good news for me - the Windows ME screen and
all the DOS stuff that runs on startup is in the right place.

NO spare hardware!

I'll try what you say but it's gonna take a while - I'd better do some
data backups first. Hmm - have I updated my drivers? Who knows!

Thanks, Noel. Happy Noel!

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Noel Paton - 23 Dec 2005 16:16 GMT

>> Try this first....
>> Reboot to Safe Mode
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> Thanks, Noel. Happy Noel!

It does sound like it's a misconfiguration problem - possibly the refresh
rate - see if the problem sticks after my procedure (it's quite safe - you
should NOT lose any data!).
If it does, first check the refresh rate in Display Properties (set it to
around 70-75) and see if that makes a difference - if not, then reduce the
Acceleration by a notch and see if that makes a difference.

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