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Remove Video Crd from Registry.


  • Use this fix if you install the latest video driver and it still comes back with vga or 640x480 or won't let you change the colors correctly or etc.

    1.  LOAD VGA DRIVER
    2.  RELOAD SP
    3.  DELETE ANY APPROPRIATE DLLS, INFS, ETC FROM EXPLORER
    4.  REGEDIT  
         A.  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\VIDEO
         B.   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\RESOURCEMAP\VIDEO 
         C.   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
         D.   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D................
    E. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles                   
           \Current\System\  CurrentControlSet\Services
    5.  REGEDT32
         A.   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_
    6.  REINSTALL VIDEO DRIVER 
    7.  REPAIR/RELOAD
    
    

    PLEASE READ THE BELOW EXPLANATIONS COMPLETELY!!!!!

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\VIDEO
         LOOK FOR ANY SUBFOLDERS AND LOOK TO THE DATA FOR ANY REFERENCE TO NON- VGA DRIVERS.
         YOU WILL ALMOST ALWAYS FIND NO SUBFOLDERS OR INCORRECT DATA FOR THIS KEY
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\RESOURCEMAP\VIDEO 
        LOOK FOR ANY SUBFOLDERS AND REMOVE ANY THAT DON'T REFERENCE VGA, VGASAVE, VGASTART 
        OR ETC.
        YOU WILL ALMOST ALWAYS REMOVE ATLEAST ONE SUBFOLDER HERE.  
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
        SEARCH FOR A FOLDER REFERRING TO THE PARTICULAR VIDEO CARD AND REMOVE IT.
        BE AWARE THAT IF YOU HAVE A TV TUNER CARD AND/OR OTHER VID CRDS THAT ARE INSTALLED AND
        OF THE SAME MAKE THEY WILL BE DISABLED AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REINSTALL THESE DRIVERS
        ALSO.
        A GOOD EXAMPLE IS IF YOU HAVE A STB BROOKTREE CARD ACCOMPANIED BY A STB VIDEO CARD.
        WHEN YOU REMOVE THE "STB SYSTEMS" SUBFOLDER  THE BROOKTREE CARD WILL BE DISABLED ALSO.
        IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO OPEN THE SUBFOLDERS AND LOOK AT THE DATA TO SEE JUST WHAT YOU
        ARE REMOVING.   
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-
    08002BE10318}
         DOUBLE CLICK ON THE CLASS KEY THAT HAS DATA THAT REFERENCES DISPLAY ADAPTER.
         DELETE ALL SUBFOLDERS. 
         THIS KEY IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST 
         PLACES THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW MANY DRIVERS THE CLIENT HAS TRIED TO
         LOAD.
         IF, FOR EXAMPLE THERE'S 5 SUBFOLDERS 0000,0001,0002,0003,0004
         DOUBLE CLICK ON EACH OF THEM AND SEE WHAT DEVICES IT REFERENCES.
         GUESS WHAT, IF YOU SEE SUBFOLDERS REFERRENCING STB, ATI, CIRRUS ETC --THOSE DRIVERS
         HAVE BEEN LOADED.
         THIS KEY GIVES YOU GREAT HISTORY TO WHAT HAS BEEN LOADED AND YOU SHOULD DOCUMENT WHICH
         DRIVERS YOU FOUND.  
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\
    CurrentControlSet\Services
        DELETE ANY SUBFOLDERS.
        LOOK FOR ANY DIFFERENT DEVICES THAN WHAT WAS BELOW THE ABOVE CLASS KEY AND DOCUMENT IT. 
    
         (USE REGEDT32 FOR THIS KEY)
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_
        THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT KEY TO MANIPULATE SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH DATA TO PICK
        THROUGH.
        HERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK FOR LEGACY_ KEYS THAT REFERENCE THE SUBFOLDERS IN THE ABOVE
        2 KEYS.
        SET PERMISSIONS ON THEM AND REMOVE THEM.
        FOR THE ABOVE EXAMPLE YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR LEGACY_STB, LEBACY_ATI, LEGACY_CIRRUS AND ETC.
        SET PERMISSIONS AND REMOVE. 
    
    

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