On Mnemosyne's memorable day known as 1 Aug 2004 13:18:58 -0700 Calliope   
   probably had an epic bad hair day to prompt her sister Thalia in mockingly   
   inspiring x_b_y@my-deja.com (xby) to write in his/her epistle   
   <7d9d52e1.0408011218.7d8431af@posting.google.com> thus:   
      
      
      
   > To make sure that the problem is not with the monitor, I   
   > connected it to my laptop, and it works beautifully at 1024 by 768   
   > even without its specialized driver.   
   >   
   > Therefore, I suspect that the problem is with the operating system,   
   > not the monitor or its driver. Is there any parameter in Windows-98-SE   
   > which I can modify to solve this problem?   
      
   If you think your suspicion to be correct, why not apply the same method -   
   that obviously worked on your laptop - on your desktop computer?   
   Ergo: make sure that your monitor type (monitor type setting) is set to   
   something like 'Standard Monitor' and the model to 'Super VGA 1024x768'. See   
   Change Display Type on the Settings tab of the Display option in Control   
   Panel. You can safely select any other driver in the Show Compatible Devices   
   list in the Select Driver dialog box. Of course, you can also select the   
   'Show All Devices' option only if you know that you need to select a   
   specific driver from the Models list that also supports your monitor type   
   and model. Beware: you must be careful to select a driver that you know to   
   be compatible with your display adapter.   
      
   Additionally, you can try to temporarily disable the 'Hardware acceleration'   
   option. Windows 95 Resource Kit says about this [Performance Tuning |   
   Setting Graphics Compatibility Options]:   
      
   "In Windows 95, graphics hardware acceleration features can be turned off   
   when system performance indicates incompatibility problems. Specifically,   
   problems can occur when Windows 95 assumes a display adapter can support   
   certain functionality that it cannot. In such cases, the side effects might   
   be anything from small irregularities on the screen to system failure. You   
   can disable hardware acceleration features of the display adapter so that   
   the computer can still be used if there is a problem with the display   
   adapter. If changing these settings fixes otherwise unexplained system   
   crashes or performance problems, then the source of the problem is probably   
   the computer’s display adapter.   
      
    To change graphics performance settings   
      
   1.	In the System option in Control Panel, click the Performance tab,   
   and then click the Graphics button.   
   2.	Drag the slider to change the hardware acceleration setting, as   
   summarized in the following list. Then click OK."   
      
   However, if your display device (video card) is a Plug and Play-compliant   
   device, it is much easier to let Windows recognize and install correctly   
   your hardware display (driver) at boot-up for you. To do so, delete the   
   current Display adapter(s) first from Device Manager (in the System option   
   in Control Panel) and reboot.   
      
   User...   
      
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