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If Your Display is Blurred or Unreadable

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Windows 3.11 Windows 95 5 Troubleshooting Your PC If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem If Your Display is Blurred or Unreadable If you select the wrong display in the HP User Tools menu, the display screen may become blurred or unreadable. To correct this problem: 1 Restart the PC - either switch the PC off then on, or press and Delete . The PC will perform its Power-On-Self-Test (POST). 2 When the POST is finished, press to bypass the startup files and display the MS-DOS prompt (C:\). 3 Type CD C:\WINDOWS . 4 Type SETUP . 5 Press the up-arrow key to select the Display line, and press . 6 Select the VGA line, and press . 7 Press again to accept the configuration. 8 Press and Delete to restart the PC. 9 If necessary, type WIN to restart Windows. 10 When Windows starts, select the correct display with HP User Tools. When you change the display type when using Windows 95, a confirmation box is displayed prompting you to confirm the selection. However, if you have selected the wrong display type and cannot read the screen message because the screen is blurred, the display type will automatically return to the previous selection after approximately 15 seconds. 82 English

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5
Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem
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English
If Your Display is Blurred or Unreadable
If you select the wrong display in the HP User Tools menu, the display
screen may become blurred or unreadable. To correct this problem:
Windows 3.11
1
Restart the PC — either switch the PC off then on, or press
and
. The PC will perform its Power-On-Self-Test
(POST).
2
When the POST is finished, press
to bypass the startup files and
display the MS-DOS prompt (
C:\
).
3
Type
CD C:\WINDOWS
.
4
Type
SETUP
.
5
Press the up-arrow key to select the
Display
line, and press
.
6
Select the
VGA
line, and press
.
7
Press
again to accept the configuration.
8
Press
and
to restart the PC.
9
If necessary, type
WIN
to restart Windows.
10
When Windows starts, select the correct display with HP User Tools.
Windows 95
When you change the display type when using Windows 95, a
confirmation box is displayed prompting you to confirm the selection.
However, if you have selected the wrong display type and cannot read
the screen message because the screen is blurred, the display type will
automatically return to the previous selection after approximately 15
seconds.
Delete
Delete