litlchi Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hi, I'm having trouble on my laptop getting into Control Panel -> Display. I'm running Windows XP SP2, on a Dell D400. Whenever I right click and go to properties or go to control panel -> display, my computer will think for a bit, but do nothing. I can't get into the screen to change my screensaver or power save mode. Does anybody know what is going on or how to fix it, preferably without reformating. If there is no other way, is there a way to change the screensaver/power save mode, without going into this screen, like maybe in regedit or editing some other files. I've tried running virus scans and spybot but neither of them have detected anything wrong. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hello, and welcome to the Windows Forum!The first thing I would try in your situation is to run the system file checker. Start -> Run, and typesfc /scannowThis will check for, and replace any missing or damaged system files. You will need your XP CD-ROM to run the system file checker.Let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rktech Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 SFC sounds like a good first step.If it doesn't work, you could always try using System Restore (you probably already know this).System Restore has been invaluable for me in the past, and I hope it is for you in this scenario.Boot into Safe Mode before performing the restore just to be safe...Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I got a question What diffrentce does it make if u do system restore in safemode...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Beware, if you use system restore in safe mode and it does not fix the problem you cannot undo that restoration as you can in a normal mode restoration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek-Squad Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 So what would you guys reccomend IF we had to do systemr restore? Should we do it in safemode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litlchi Posted March 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Thanks for the help Pat. I will try the fix later and see if it works. Sorry I didn't respond earlier...didn't realize that the email notification was off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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