Hi japanjon,
Have you been able to investigate the other questions that I posted above?
We need the answers and if we proceed without them, we may be overlooking the problem.
Especially answers to
#1 (with the computer and monitor turned off and power cords unplugged) Physically examine the Video Controller cord (to be sure it is not damaged) and connector to be sure it is fully and securely seated in the plug and the little hex head screws are tightened to keep the video controller cable in place attached to the the VGA connector on your tower.
and
#3 - are there any yellow or red warnings in Device Manager? (if so what and where)
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When you state:
Also, about 3 weeks ago about half of the icons on my desktop turned completely red
Please describe the actual appearance of the altered Icons.
For instance, do they appear as:
a little red box with a white x within in the lower left side.
if so this is an MS Windows bug that can be easily fixed with a few steps.
If different, we need to know "different in what way, specifically?"
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In addition to answering the above, please do the following, and report your results:
Download and Run ATF-Cleaner by Attribune
Download here:
or
Direct download of ATF-Cleaner is here: Copy paste the web address below into your browser Address Bar and click Go or press Enter
http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1
Open ATF-Cleaner
In the list of
Main - "
Select files to be deleted" place a
checkmark/tick in front of all items "except" leave "Prefetch" un-marked
If you also use
Firefox or
Opera Browsers select them from the top menu and checkmark/tick -
Select All
Next:
Close all other windows and browsers except ATF-Cleaner
Click on
Empty Selected
After the notification that AFT-Cleaner has complete its work of removing files, Click - EXIT to close ATF-Cleaner
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Next:
Click on
START - Run- (type)
cmd - Enter
This will open a black DOS Box with a blinking cursor
At the blinking cursor (Type)
cd\ (then press -
Enter)
you will now be at C:\ with a blinking cursor
(type)
cd\documents and settings\username\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5 (press -
Enter)
***Note: in place of "username" type in your own computer username (for instance if your machine's username account is "japanjon" type in "japanjon" in place of "username".
Next:
at the blinking cursor (type)
del index.dat and then press ENTER
(type)
Exit - press
Enter – to Close the command prompt, and then restart the computer.
No need to worry about the deleted file. – The Index.dat file is recreated the next time that you log on to the computer.
Reboot your Machine.
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Next:
Go to
Control Panel - Internet Options
On the
General (tab) Panel, under
Browsing History - click
Settings
In the white box with numbers (probably set at 50 presently)
Change the number to
90
Click OK and OK to exit Internet Options
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Reboot and post back here with your progress.
(we haven't specifically worked on the "red" icons yet so they will probably still appear red)
We have just corrected the Browser Cache Overflow above, and this may not have done anything to improve your Monitor performance, but was nevertheless important to do.
Tell us how your machine is running. And complete your answer to #1 and #3 above
Best Regards
