Fuzzy

[Peter1]

Alright,

Whenever I watch movies on TV via the PC I have to turn down the resolution on my pc from 1280 x 1024 and go down to 1024 x 768...+ slowdown my hardware acceleration, and everything works fine. After I'm done watching, I just switch it back to the default.

The problem: I did this last night, and after I was done watching, I switched back, but noticed a couple weird things. First off certain icons from my desktop were missing : such as ( mp3's, outlook, programs, etc) But I somehow got them back on. However each time I load up mozilla now, the ICON looks fuzzy and weird.. i provided a picture below..





Why is this happening? I'm on true colour 32 bit, and everything else seems to be fine. Maybe I'm missing something..Also in addition to all this, the desktop wallpaper has shrunk so it seems..very weird. And I just realized that the other icons are missing full colour..another example is below

[Peter1]

Wow, no idea ? anyone?  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':mellow:\' />

I guess i'll try reinstalling my ATI drivers.. that usually does the trick... http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sleep.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'-_-\' />

[guestolo]

I guess i'll try reinstalling my ATI drivers.. that usually does the trick

Sure, why not give that a try, sounds like it might cure the issue

[Peter1]

Alright I uninstalled the ATI software, and drivers, and then did a fresh reinstall... however.. the  wallpaper is still shrunken and icons are fuzzy. But something interesting popped up... in my properties my monitor isn't listed properly and in addition to that, its asking me to stick in the CD installation disk for my monitor. Each time i put that CD into the drive, my monitor goes black and shuts off basically.. VERY STRANGE.

I will now attempt to install the monitor drivers via the internet, instead of directly from the CD, since it seems that the PC doesn't like the disk.  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh:\' />

This is so annoying... ugh

[guestolo]

Are you running Windows XP?

What screen resolution are you set at?
Right click an empty spot on the desktop and select Properties
Select the Settings tab

Are there any problems found in Device Manager?

What monitor do you have, make and model
Info is usually found on the back of the monitor

[Peter1]

Hey Olo,

OS is Windows 2000.

I always run at 1280 x 1024, however when watching movies on the TV from my computer I take it down too 1024 x 768.


According to device manager "this device is working properly" Same goes for the graphics card.

I'm using a Dell 19007FP 19" monitor. Set to True Colour 32 bit.

I downloaded the drivers from the Dell site, and installed them, everything went smoothly. But still didn't fix these issues with icons lacking colour and looking like they're in some sort of 16 bit mode... http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'<_<\' /> when it fully states that its in 32bit mode..

[guestolo]

Can you right click an empty spot on desktop
Select Properties

Select the Effects tab, I'm not on my 2000 computer right now
Can you tell me what selections you have checked there
I can compare to my 2000 machine when I have access to it

I remember there should be a setting there that if unchecked, will make icons look a bit pixelized
It's not smooth fonts, but another setting

Edit:
Just remembered>>"Show Icons using all possible colors"
I can check later, but I'm almost positive I only have 2 options checked in the Effects tab

[Peter1]

I checked all my settings.

The all colours thing was checked. So I UNCHECKED IT then pressed "APPLY" and all my desktop icons went crappy colour. I then RECHECKED IT, and pressed "APPLY" and they didn't change back. Which is quite strange..

Before I tried that little experiment, all my icons on my desktop were fine and only the mozilla icon was pixelized, now all of them are http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

I'll try restarting my computer and seeing if my icons are still pixelized or if they went back to all possible colour.

[Peter1]

Restarted computer and unchecked/ applied again, then checked and applied, and it fixed it!  Hopefully I won't have to go through that again..it was super annoying. I'll post here again, if anything goes wrong.

Thanks again http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

[guestolo]

The next step was going to repair the Icon cache, but you seem to have it sorted
Good work  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

[guestolo]

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