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Question

Custom DTD being overwritten since last Windows XP patch

Jun 8, 2012 8:43AM PDT

I've never had a problem until my Asus EEEpc auto-updated windows xp two days ago. I had a custom DTD written to the registry for my custom monitor and now the DTD reverts to the default DTDs for the EEE after every restart/sleep mode/suspension.

Is there any way I can fix this?

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Looks like no.
Jun 8, 2012 8:45AM PDT
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Not the same thing.
Jun 8, 2012 8:49AM PDT

That's not the right kind of DTD. My monitor uses a non-standard resolution and I wrote a DTD to the registry for it. Now Windows XP is automatically resetting the registry to its original value.

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Hard to have guessed this.
Jun 8, 2012 8:54AM PDT

Now that you have given a few more details, let's research this one.

But something's not quite kosher about XP Monitor and DTD. Is there a more common term for this?
Can you reveal that registry setting?

And it sounds like you accepted a driver from Microsoft. I can't help but wonder why folk do that.
Bob

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(NT) PS. Fastest fix? System Restore to when it worked.
Jun 8, 2012 9:08AM PDT
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Re: DTD
Jun 9, 2012 7:32AM PDT

- What's a custom DTD for a monitor?
- Where in the registry is it stored?

Of course, you can easily undo a Windows update by clicking on the ununstall in the $ntuninstall folder (they show up in blue, because they are compressed) in c:\windows. Then hide that update in Windows update to prevent an automatic reinstall.


Kees