HELP ME!!!
This is a discussion about HELP ME!!! in the Slack Space category; My computer was freezing so I set the video acceleration slider in the advanced section of the display properties to the very lowest. After doing this I realized Direct x was disabled so I decided to rise it up somewhere in the middle.
                                        
          My computer was freezing so I set the video acceleration slider in the advanced section of the display properties to the very lowest. After doing this I realized Direct x was disabled so I decided to rise it up somewhere in the middle. I went back to the control panel to change it but now when I click "advanced..." under settings of the Display Properties is get the following error:
"An error occurred while Windows was working with the Control Panel file C:\WINNT\System32\desk.cpl"
 
Now I can no longer use directx or change my graphics properties, refresh rate, etc. I tried using safe mode but it still wont work. Is there some file with this information that I could modify? Can anyone HELP ME?
 
any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
 
thanks in advance,
 
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Arjun Lall
http://www.arjunlall.com
arjun@arjunlall.com
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                                "An error occurred while Windows was working with the Control Panel file C:\WINNT\System32\desk.cpl"
Now I can no longer use directx or change my graphics properties, refresh rate, etc. I tried using safe mode but it still wont work. Is there some file with this information that I could modify? Can anyone HELP ME?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance,
_________________________________
Arjun Lall
http://www.arjunlall.com
arjun@arjunlall.com
_________________________________
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                                                    I had the same problem once before. It turned out to be a bad stick of ram.
                                                
                                            
                                                    This happened to me too when i forst upgraded to windows 2000. I am sure that it was cured by re-installing the graphics card rivers.
                                                
                                            
                                                    i fixed my problems by uninstalling all the 3dfx software and making some changes in the registry. My comp is working fine now 
                                                
                                            