http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: (Solved) - Bright screen in vista? en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:30:41 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-30007 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:02:13 +0000 ScottW 30007@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ThankYouVeryMuch! [bows]</p> <p>burnsie, glad it's all fixed now. Cheers! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-30006 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:30:15 +0000 burnsie 30006@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Take a bow ScottW!!!</p> <p>It was my ATi Catalyst control centre exe that was the issue, went to the website, downloaded the new one, fine now!!</p> <p>Many thanks!!</p> <p><img src='http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/burnsie_1969/CCC.jpg' /> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29870 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:55:09 +0000 ScottW 29870@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>burnsie, that proves that something running at startup time is causing the bright screen. Next, you could run selective startup, disabling half the items and then the other half. Keep narrowing down until you find the one that does it. That's a bit brute-force but it's almost certain to work. The more elegant way would be to make educated guesses about which task is the culprit, or post your startup list here and let us have a look. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29785 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:46:33 +0000 burnsie 29785@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@Scott I tried that and it is ok in that mode, but switch back to normal, does it!</p> <p>@Lighthouse, yes it is! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29784 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:33:53 +0000 Lighthouse 29784@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>This is a desktop machine, yes? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29778 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:55:04 +0000 LukeTurnbull 29778@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I was thinking it could be a high contrast option maybey.<br /> but who knows it's much harder not being able to see problems. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29723 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:31:32 +0000 ScottW 29723@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well, here's an idea to see if it can be narrowed down to a startup item. Run msconfig and choose Diagnostic Startup. Restart and see if you still get the bright screen. Don't forget to put back Normal Startup when you are done. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29678 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:56:22 +0000 burnsie 29678@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>BPS spyware remover, NOD32, skype, Daemon tools, Quicktime, thats about it! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29662 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:36:12 +0000 Lighthouse 29662@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What programs are loading at startup? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29661 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:27:29 +0000 burnsie 29661@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>It was one of my kids that installed it so wouldnt know the difference!<br /> Tried changing using the monitor but nothing, as i say its ok on boot up, get the desktop, everything loads then goes bright! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29658 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:26:47 +0000 LukeTurnbull 29658@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i would try using the auto config button located on your monitor if it's new.<br /> your graphics card seems new too so i dont think there will be a hardware issue.<br /> also it seems strange to install printers with an XP disc.<br /> anyway i would reccomend changing your monitors phisical settings.<br /> and by bright do you mean high contrast or just a high brightness setting ? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29655 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:46:46 +0000 burnsie 29655@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29653 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:30:22 +0000 GaardCeteru 29653@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Dunno what caused it, but I think it may be fixed by "tuning" the monitor's gamma... eh.. what model is it? </p> <p>Start&gt; Control Panel&gt; Hardware and Sound&gt; nVidia Control Panel... or perhaps any other option that my help you tune monitor color in case you don't have an nVidia card ... still if it doesnt work you should try uninstalling the printer (if it installed) o removin any leftover files... To me it has a lot to do with the software that handles monitor color (since it doen't affect the startup or closing) so perhaps you should try tuning it first before doing anything else.. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/bright-screen-in-vista#post-29652 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:08:33 +0000 burnsie 29652@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yesterday one of my kids tried to install a printer with i believe an xp disk.<br /> When they tried this during the installation a message appeared with a text along the lines of 'unable to read file, read file anyway?'<br /> They did this a the screen went blank, showed file, then they cancelled, screen went blank, returned but with the screen really bright.<br /> I have tried everything! It almost appears that it is running in anything but Vista?</p> <p>When it boots up all is fine until all things are loaded then goes bright, ok when closing too.</p> <p>Help!!</p> <p>Many thanks in advance </p>