On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:16:09 -0600, cjt wrote:

On 12/15/2011 03:43 PM, wrote:
On Dec 15, 12:33 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:27:33 -0800 (PST),
wrote:





On Dec 14, 5:26 pm, kwamena wrote:
Hi
my PC which was working alright was tampered by my kids and it only
shows "OUT OF RANGE" on the monitor. How do I solve this problem? I'm
using windows 7 and an LCD monitor. I've tried changing the resolution
in SAFE MODE but to know avail(it works in safe mode). I've removed
the CMOS battery and the RAM in case it will help but the problem is
still there.

Try what Michael said and change the video mode while in safe mode.

If it doesn't help: From the same menu where you select "Safe Mode",
select "Enable VGA Mode" instead. The system will boot normally, but
with the resolution set to 640x480.

Once at the desktop, change the video mode to something like 1024x768,
then reboot normally.

I suggest following the above steps, but, while it is running in VGA
mode go online and determine the native resolution of the monitor and
set the resolution to that.

After that, go to Control Panel / User Accounts and Family Safety and
make a few changes.

1. Create a standard user account for the kids; no need to password
protect it. Also set appropriate Parental Controls.

2. Pasword protect your user account to avoid this happening again.

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I would add to give the kids a gold-talking-to, and maybe no allowance
or take away some privileges so they learn a lesson.

Better still, call up Bill Gates and give HIM a talking-to. There's no
excuse for supposedly mature software to misbehave so badly.
Granted, Windows 7 still has plenty of flaws, but this particular
incident is not the software's fault. It is possible to set a display
resolution a monitor does not support. Contrary to popular opinion,
many monitors do NOT correctly report their capabilities.

Whe a user changes the display resolution, they are forced to approve
the change. If they somehow accept an unsupported resolution, Win7
has the feature in the boot menu that permits dropping to a low
resolution. And it is quite likely that many users don't know how to
get to the boot menu, so I can't criticize the OP for know knowing how
to recover. I DO blame one of the early responders for saying the
monitor or video card was defective.

PlainBill