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Excavating Occaneechi Town
Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century Indian Village in
North Carolina
Edited by R. P. Stephen Davis Jr., Patrick C. Livingood, H. Trawick Ward, and Vincas P. Steponaitis
Copyright © 1998 by the University of North Carolina Press. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-8078-6503-6 (cd-rom & booklet).
README.TXT from the
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Section 3: Changing Windows
Graphics Modes 3. Changing Windows Graphics
Modes 3.1 Changing Graphics Modes under Windows
3.1 3.2 Changing Graphics Modes under Windows
95
3. Changing Windows Graphics
Modes
We wish that these instructions and
guidelines could be simpler, but unfortunately the variety of graphics
cards and drivers that exist make this process rather vague for most
users. If you are running Windows 95, the process has been
standardized. If you are running Windows 3.1, we can only give you
some suggestions on what to
check.
For both
Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, we highly recommend writing down exactly
what you are changing. Write down the original settings and the new
settings in case you must backtrack.
3.1 Changing Graphics Modes under Windows
3.1
There are several places where it may be
possible for you to change your graphics mode. First, minimize all
windows including Program Manager to see if a graphics utility program
is running. Examples of this would be a Matrox or Diamond graphics
utility. If you have one, you can probably click on its icon and follow
the instructions in your software manual to make the changes you
need.
If you
don't have that kind of utility running (most people don't), you may
have a similar utility located somewhere else. First you need to open
up your Control Panel. This can be found by looking in the Main folder
of your Program Manager, or it can be run by clicking on File | Run in
Program Manager and typing c:\windows\control.exe if
your hard disk with Windows is drive C. Once the Control Panel window
is open, check to see if there are any graphics utilities, such as XGA
Setup.
If you
haven't found anything yet (again, most people fall into this category),
you need to run Windows Setup. This can be found in your Main folder
in Program Manager or it can be launched by typing
c:\windows\setup.exe if Windows is located in
c:\windows. Choose Options | Change System Settings... Now you should
write down the entry in the Display category. Then click on the box
that lists your driver and try to select a driver that fits your
graphics card, video mode, and color mode. If none seem to fit, try
running the VGA driver that comes with Windows, which will work suitably
with this application. You may need to access drivers on a disk that
came with your graphics card or are located somewhere else on the hard
disk by selecting "Other Display" at the bottom of the list. Consult
your video card company and documentation to help you with this step.
Once you have selected a mode, hit the OK button, select Options | Exit,
and reboot your
computer.
Hopefully,
the graphics will work great and it will be exactly what you want.
Sometimes, it may take a few tries to get the correct option. At worst,
you may select a mode that your card cannot support or a graphics
driver that is incompatible with your card. This may cause Windows to
crash or make the display unreadable. Since you can't really "see"
anything it becomes difficult to change the resolution back. So here is
how to recover. First, you need to exit to DOS. One way to do this is
to reboot and interrupt the boot process by holding down F5, both shift
keys, or Control-C (depending on your computer). Once you are in DOS,
go to the Windows directory by typing cd c:\windows and
Enter. Once you are in the Windows directory, type
setup and Enter. Now you should be in a DOS version of
Windows Setup, and you can select your old graphics mode or the generic
VGA mode, save, and reboot again. This time you should be able to get
back into Windows without any trouble. Consult your graphics card
documentation or manufacturer for more help on this
subject.
3.2 Changing Graphics
Modes under Windows 95
From the Start button
select Settings | Control Panel. Then double click on the icon labeled
Display. Now click on the tab labeled Settings. You can then adjust
the information under Display Area and Color Palette to change the
screen resolution and color depth. If the screen resolution or color
depth that you want is not available from this menu then either your
graphics card is not capable of this or your video driver is incorrect.
Contact your video card manufacturer to get the most up-to-date video
driver for Windows 95.
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