freddy

Hiren,

I don't believe that you can supersede a graphics card driver with registry
entries. Are you certain you can do this. Who told you that? I might learn
something.

One thing I don't understand in your post is the comment that the Intel
drivers for WinXP worked well in the Vista beta version using compatibility
mode. If that's the case, why not install the Intel drivers and run them in
compatibility mode? That makes more sense than trying to replace the drivers
with a registry hack.

If you can't get the graphics running properly, consider installing a
separate graphics card that is supported by Vista. You can disable the
on-board Intel graphics chip and go with the new graphics card.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Freddy


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freddy


"Hiren Mehta" wrote:

> How to change the display settings(namely,the screen area/resolution (in
> pixels) and the color depth(in bits) by using the registry) in Vista Ultimate?
> I have the Intel 82810 chipset graphics controller in my motherboard.Yeah,I
> know as per Vista's HCL(the last time I checked,about 2 weeks ago),it has an
> `unconfirmed` status of support under Vista.I can make use of the Windows XP
> drivers available at Intel's website under compatibility mode but if I use
> the display settings applet available in Vista to change the display settings
> then after a while(usually 4 to 5 seconds) after I change either the screen
> resolution or the color depth,I get a `bad pool state` blue screen and the
> system restarts after performing a crash dump.I do not want to delve into the
> error message or the means of resolving it AT PRESENT.More on that later.I am
> absolutely ready to experiment with my PC and know how to edit the registry.I
> also know my monitor's refresh/horizontal/vertical synchronisation
> frequencies accurately.Please tell me the location of the keys in which the
> above-mentioned display settings may be found in Vista Ultimate,both for the
> current user as well as for system-wide defaults.
> It may be noted that both my graphics controller and monitor are not
> recognised by Vista Ultimate,owing to which my system cannot go beyond a
> desktop resolution of 640*480 pixels using 8-bit color even when I am
> perfectly sure both my graphics controller as well as my monitor can go well
> beyond that.This resolution is too unusable in the sense that some windows
> won't just fit within that area(and some examples of them are a few control
> panel applets which cannot be resized/maximised as well......in fact,programs
> like Windows DVD Maker simply refuse to run at all complaining of the poor
> resolution)My monitor is a Viewsonic E40-3 14"(viewable:13.2") CRT monitor
> supporting a maximum resolution of 1024*768 at 60-Hertz redraw rate.
> So please tell me where those settings are stored in the registry.I repeat,I
> am ready to directly deal with registry settings and understand the risks of
> doing the same.The HDD on which Vista is installed is not a production
> hard-disk and the installation is in it's grace period before the activation
> limit,i.e....should I need to reinstall,I am ready to to so.
> It may also be noted that exactly these same set of drivers available from
> Intel's website built for Windows XP when installed in Vista Beta 1 under
> compatibility mode worked flawlessly well.I didn't have the opportunity to
> test Vista beta 2/Vista RC1 and therefore do not have an idea about them.
> Please do help.It will be highly appreciated and I will be obliged to you
> for doing so.