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WIN 98 Video Drivers?

by hinesjrh Dec 15, 2003 11:23PM PST

I have recently reformatted my hard drive and re-installed WIN 98 (due to a virus). Since the reload, I can not adjust my display properties. Currently the display / font is so large, I can't even see the whole windows backgroud on my display. If I attempt to adjust the display properties, there is nothing I can change (either no options or items are greyed out). I am thinking that some video drivers did not get loaded when re-loading WIN 98, but I don't know if this is correct. Any ideas?

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Re:WIN 98 Video Drivers? Yes. You get to find and install them

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 15, 2003 11:38PM PST

Microsoft only installs a small portion of the drivers you may need on any machine.

Find the video drivers for your video card for the OS in question and install them. Identifying your video card after such a format is easy. Just look at the video card and enter identying marks into http://www.google.com

You may also need drivers for motherboard, audio and modems.

Bob