Upgraded from Win ME to Win2K pro...2 problems though!!
15 March 2005, 03:30 PM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15,623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Upgraded from Win ME to Win2K pro...2 problems though!!
**********NOW RESOLVED**********
Hi
1.I can only get resolution 640X480 not the normal 1024X768?
2.The right hand numerical part of my keyboard doesnt work?
Okay,here's what i did.I have a genuine restore version of WIN ME,installed it on a clean install,then upgraded to win 2k using an upgrade disc.I did it this way cos the original win ME has lots of extra's whereas the win2k has only the bare system.This way i get the best of both worlds.
....except for the above issues,both were fine on the ME version.
Where should i look,any advice?
Cheers
Paul.
Hi
1.I can only get resolution 640X480 not the normal 1024X768?
2.The right hand numerical part of my keyboard doesnt work?
Okay,here's what i did.I have a genuine restore version of WIN ME,installed it on a clean install,then upgraded to win 2k using an upgrade disc.I did it this way cos the original win ME has lots of extra's whereas the win2k has only the bare system.This way i get the best of both worlds.
....except for the above issues,both were fine on the ME version.
Where should i look,any advice?
Cheers
Paul.
Last edited by paulr; 15 March 2005 at 05:45 PM.
15 March 2005, 03:41 PM
#3
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15,623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by **************
1) you need to install the video drivers for your video card.
2) check the num lock light is on for the number pad to work.
2) check the num lock light is on for the number pad to work.
Number 2 sorted.......silly me.Thanks Bravo.
Number 1,where should i look for the video drivers,whats weird is that i could get 1024X768 under win ME,i upgrade and cant?
15 March 2005, 04:06 PM
#4
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15,623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
When i look in device manager it says video controller (VGA compatible) drivers (code28) not installed.
I've searched the original WIN ME restore disc,nothing?
Where do i find it?
I've searched the original WIN ME restore disc,nothing?
Where do i find it?
Last edited by paulr; 15 March 2005 at 04:08 PM.
15 March 2005, 04:16 PM
#5
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 25,080
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Paul,
What graphics card does your machine have? If you right click on the desktop and select 'properties' then click the 'settings' tab. under the montior graphic there should be a 'display' item, which should tell you what monitor you're using and the display card in the machine. For example mine says "Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU"
This tells me it's an NVIDIA card, so I would pop over to NVIDIA.com and search their driver database for a W2K compatible driver.
My guess is that when you updated from ME to W2K it 'lost' the driver you had for ME and it's using the built in driver from W2K, which does not support your monitors complete resolutions.
What graphics card does your machine have? If you right click on the desktop and select 'properties' then click the 'settings' tab. under the montior graphic there should be a 'display' item, which should tell you what monitor you're using and the display card in the machine. For example mine says "Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU"
This tells me it's an NVIDIA card, so I would pop over to NVIDIA.com and search their driver database for a W2K compatible driver.
My guess is that when you updated from ME to W2K it 'lost' the driver you had for ME and it's using the built in driver from W2K, which does not support your monitors complete resolutions.
15 March 2005, 04:45 PM
#6
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15,623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It says....
Display
(Default monitor) on VGA
then underneath the only option i have is 16 colours.
(I'm downloading all the windows updates at the moments as well.)
Display
(Default monitor) on VGA
then underneath the only option i have is 16 colours.
(I'm downloading all the windows updates at the moments as well.)
15 March 2005, 04:48 PM
#7
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire Xbox Gamertag: Gutgouger
Posts: 6,956
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If win2k doesn't recognise the graphics hardware, it will just use it's own default vga driver (16 colours at 640x480 I think), and so looking at the display properties won't help (it'll likely just display the default driver text). The only way I've ever found of reliably determining what graphics chip you've got is by opening up the case and having a look...
p.s. Have you dual booted the system, keeping the old WinME install available. If so, you could look at the display properties in there. Win2k did not come with many drivers ootb...
p.s. Have you dual booted the system, keeping the old WinME install available. If so, you could look at the display properties in there. Win2k did not come with many drivers ootb...
Trending Topics
15 March 2005, 05:03 PM
#8
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15,623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Iain Young
If win2k doesn't recognise the graphics hardware, it will just use it's own default vga driver (16 colours at 640x480 I think), and so looking at the display properties won't help (it'll likely just display the default driver text). The only way I've ever found of reliably determining what graphics chip you've got is by opening up the case and having a look...
p.s. Have you dual booted the system, keeping the old WinME install available. If so, you could look at the display properties in there. Win2k did not come with many drivers ootb...
p.s. Have you dual booted the system, keeping the old WinME install available. If so, you could look at the display properties in there. Win2k did not come with many drivers ootb...
You are right about a lack of drivers though,i thought upgrading from the original factory ME disc would get round that,ie keep the original drivers.
Last edited by paulr; 15 March 2005 at 05:06 PM.
15 March 2005, 05:07 PM
#9
Moderator
Join Date: Dec 1998
Location: Staffs
Posts: 23,573
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
So you'll need to work out the make and model of your video card. Either take the lid off or look through any documentation you had with the PC.
Alternatively, try some of the tools available on the 'Net. For instance, ATI provide a small utility you can download which will tell you details of their video cards (if it's one in your PC):
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27
Alternatively, try some of the tools available on the 'Net. For instance, ATI provide a small utility you can download which will tell you details of their video cards (if it's one in your PC):
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27
15 March 2005, 05:14 PM
#10
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire Xbox Gamertag: Gutgouger
Posts: 6,956
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Sorry mate. No winme drivers will work in win2k. It's a completely different operating system, and as such requires completely different drivers. WinMe was based on the old 16bit Win95 / MSDOS, and Win2k was based on Windows NT.
Completely different animals...
Out of interest, why did you choose win2k and not xp?
Completely different animals...
Out of interest, why did you choose win2k and not xp?
15 March 2005, 05:40 PM
#11
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15,623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ian,i only have 256 RAM and its more suited to win2K (so i've been told).
Also pc at work and my laptop are all win2k so i'm familiar with it.
I'm checking the compaq presario driver download section for the 5004uk model,hopefully that should help.Nice to see they still support 4 year old models still.
cheers chris,will use it if need be.
*********NOW RESOLVED**********
thanks guys,it needed a win 2k compatible savage S3 graphics "thingy".
Also pc at work and my laptop are all win2k so i'm familiar with it.
I'm checking the compaq presario driver download section for the 5004uk model,hopefully that should help.Nice to see they still support 4 year old models still.
cheers chris,will use it if need be.
*********NOW RESOLVED**********
thanks guys,it needed a win 2k compatible savage S3 graphics "thingy".
Last edited by paulr; 15 March 2005 at 05:47 PM.
15 March 2005, 06:00 PM
#12
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire Xbox Gamertag: Gutgouger
Posts: 6,956
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Glad to hear you got it sorted.
Btw, I'm sure xp home would run fine though. I've run it on machines here in the office with only 128Mb of ram (the home edition, not pro), and it ran just fine. In fact, I ran it on my old laptop (a P3 Toshiba with 192Mb ram), and that ran perfectly ok as well. Was doing java c++ and development on it for over a year before I got a quicker one...
Btw, I'm sure xp home would run fine though. I've run it on machines here in the office with only 128Mb of ram (the home edition, not pro), and it ran just fine. In fact, I ran it on my old laptop (a P3 Toshiba with 192Mb ram), and that ran perfectly ok as well. Was doing java c++ and development on it for over a year before I got a quicker one...
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Brzoza
Engine Management and ECU Remapping
1
02 October 2015 05:26 PM