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perfect4ever15

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    Problem after Rebooting my laptop - Dell XPS m1330
    « on: June 10, 2008, 02:48:42 AM »
     :'( Alright guys, i have a little problem that causes a HUGE effect.

    Well. there was alot of crap in my laptop so i decided to reboot it.
    (first time in my life  ;) )
    After rebooting it. I found that after i downloded vista, the screen looked kinda blury or "out of focus" So i looked it up in the manual...it told me to go on:
    Control Panel -----> Appearance and Personalisation ----> Display settings --->Reselution

    Well i tryed every single dumb "setting" and the screen is still blury.
    Before i rebooted my laptop. It was fine. i could see perfectly. Also i noticed when i click my computer, i can only see the hard drive. before i could see the hard drive and some back up thingy.

    I am geussing that i didnt reboot it properly?  :-[

    This is the the cd's i got:

    1) I already saved all files on a flash drive (just incase)

    I have 3 cd's:

    "Application" (for resinstalling Dell mediaDirect on dell xps computers)
    "DELL Drivers and Utilities" (for resinstalling DELL XPS m1330 computer software)
    "Operating system" (reinstalation DVD Wnidows Vista home permium 32 Bit)

    ok, so far your with me? right!!  ::) i hope

    Erm.....if you can solve the resulotion thing..id be happy
    Or....If you told me how to reboot properly... ;D..that wud make my day!!!

    Starting to get worried =( i need to get it fixed fast..please help out ;)

    thanks...oh yh...keep instructions (if given   :o simple and easy as im only 15 years old  :-\ thanks. "waiting desperatly for an answer"  :-*

    « Last Edit: June 10, 2008, 08:22:41 AM by patio »

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      Re: Problem after Rebooting my laptop - Dell XPS m1330
      « Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 08:21:20 AM »
      Your post is kind of jumbly. 

      "After rebooting it. I found that after i downloded vista."  What do you mean?  According to your software it originally came with Vista, right?  What was on it before?

      Have you tried a clean install of Vista (you said you saved your stuff to a flash drive)? 

      BTW - profanity isn't appreciated...even if you did spell it wrong.  Just a reminder  ;)

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      Re: Problem after Rebooting my laptop - Dell XPS m1330
      « Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 08:21:36 AM »
      Some terminology...

      Re-booting is simply restarting a machine
      Re-installing is when you are replacing your operating system as it sounds like you have done.
      When you do this it reverts the machine back to Day One status and all your data and programs are gone.

      If this is what you've done then to correct the resolution issue is you need to use the Driver CD and re-install all the drivers...motherboard/chipset drivers should go first....
      " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "