Not necessarily shaxhome, some monitors can get stuck in displaying that mode and not display the video like the desktop. Dell has a history of that and so does LG. Your best option as has been said is to try another monitor first. If changing the monitor does not produce results, then it's time to look at the video card driver or on board video driver. The VGA connector on the back of the computer is usually the blue connector 15 pins, the DVI cable is usually a white connector on the back of the computer. This post was edited by zep516 on Fri, Jan 4, 13 at 8:35

Reset your user preferences to the default values by using Firefox Safe Mode. This will rebuild the prefs.js file from program defaults, the same as if you manually deleted the file. It will not reset any preferences stored in the user.js file, if one exists. Exit Firefox completely Start Firefox in Safe Mode. The "Firefox Safe Mode" window will appear with some troubleshooting options, Select the option, Reset all user preferences to Firefox defaults. Click the button, Make Changes and Restart. FF - prefs.js: browser.startup.homepage - hxxp://z1.invisionfree.com/IBBS_ComputerHelp/index.php? Not what that is above! Are you. FF - prefs.js: keyword.URL - hxxp://yandex.ru/yandsearch?stype=first&clid=1855511&text= Start firefox in safe mode ---->http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode

I tried Ctrl + Alt + Delete before I posted > no go. I had to force a shut down on my laptop. I went back in and click the safe mode option. Got to what I wanted to preform and things don't seem right. Should I be doing a disk error checking on xp before a defrag? Cause I did. It's setting at phase 4 with boxes appearing in the scan line that are grayed out. Win 98 was so easy I feel like a newbie with XP. Very frustrated at this point.

Configuring Power Settings or Managing Power Options on that page in the above mentioned area you do not see the same thing they show in the picture? If you do not show any of those then you need to go to kellys corner and do a reg edit, very easy to do and the directions are right up at the top of page. You need to go to this link I give then scroll down to #204 look on the RIGHT side column there you will see Restore Power Schemes/Configurations, that is the one you want to click. Follow the directions given for how to import it into your registry. "To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by right clicking on the file and selecting Edit" when the page opens after you click on that item copy the entire page from top to bottom to save. Restore Power Schemes/Configurations Kelly's Korner