SP2 caused low-res, then no-res

I installed XP Pro on a Compaq evo, then let it update one item at a time,
but the SP2 upgrade left me with a really low-resolution screen, and all the
"adjust your resolution" options were either grayed or gone. The first time
this happened, I rebooted in hopes the situation was only momentary, but got
a black screen after the logo screen. The second rebuild, I did System
Restore and now won't allow SP2. But several of my apps won't install into a
non-SP2 environment.

have you tried calling compaq/hp?

"dmlewis3" wrote:

> I installed XP Pro on a Compaq evo, then let it update one item at a time,
> but the SP2 upgrade left me with a really low-resolution screen, and all the
> "adjust your resolution" options were either grayed or gone. The first time
> this happened, I rebooted in hopes the situation was only momentary, but got
> a black screen after the logo screen. The second rebuild, I did System
> Restore and now won't allow SP2. But several of my apps won't install into a
> non-SP2 environment.

dmlewis3 wrote:
> I installed XP Pro on a Compaq evo, then let it update one item at
> a time, but the SP2 upgrade left me with a really low-resolution
> screen, and all the "adjust your resolution" options were either
> grayed or gone. The first time this happened, I rebooted in hopes
> the situation was only momentary, but got a black screen after the
> logo screen. The second rebuild, I did System Restore and now won't
> allow SP2. But several of my apps won't install into a non-SP2
> environment.

SP2 is old - but...

Tried updating the actual hardware drivers? Those yyou would get from the
manufacturer of each piece of hardware - given what you have - Compaq.

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Visit HP/Compaq site and install driver & other updates for your sys. Do NOT
use winupdate for drivers.
Then try again.
"dmlewis3" <dmlewis3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I installed XP Pro on a Compaq evo, then let it update one item at a time,
> but the SP2 upgrade left me with a really low-resolution screen, and all
> the
> "adjust your resolution" options were either grayed or gone. The first
> time
> this happened, I rebooted in hopes the situation was only momentary, but
> got
> a black screen after the logo screen. The second rebuild, I did System
> Restore and now won't allow SP2. But several of my apps won't install into
> a
> non-SP2 environment.