[AccessD] No display adapter

Ahh! - I think you hit it on the head here Bryan.

As I mentioned earlier, I had this happen to me within the last few weeks
and I couldn't recall how I recovered from it but I do believe this is it.

The key is that you have to reinstall the drivers for the _motherboard_ and
reboot. Then the "video adapter" will be recognized and the "VgaSave
service" will reliquish control.

I would add that you should just use the original drivers and when all is
well you can tinker with updating them (gives you something to "roll back"
to in case of problems.) They worked in the first place so there is no
reason to replace them unless you'd had problems with them or they offer
some benefit to your situation.

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:37 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] No display adapter

On 4/11/06, John Colby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> It is a laptop, and I have the install disk, although it is for 
> WindowsXP Home and I am using WindowsXP Pro.  That really does not matter
however.
> The display adapter software fails, claiming it can't find a display 
> adapter to install software for.  Neither can I for that matter.

John,

have a look at:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20815819.html
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292460

The Experts exchange link talks about a similar problem to yours. The
solution was to download the latest MoBo drivers and then trying to
reinstall video driver.

The MSKB link talks about how to troubleshoot Video Adapter Drivers in Safe
mode.

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