Lesson 1: Cleaning up f*cked up text
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how does dev c++ crash my video driver i mean okm this is what i did
i was making a dll file and i wanted to continue on it later so i just clicked close all and then my screen just went blank no blue screen no beep no nothing so it stayed that way for about 2 minutes then i forced my pc off then i started my pc my boot.ini also somehow got messed up everytime it would change the time left number the characters wiulkd change to random characters like instead of windows it would say mdgiejrfg it was wierd so then the timeou went off and it loaded windows xp then before i logged in it was all fine then when i got loged in my display settings changed to 640x480x256 and changed my driver to my old graphics card driver(intel 82815) but one problem my old card wasn't plugged into a monitor or anything just the driver was installed and it said my old nevidia driver wasn't there like it was neevr installed so i restarted once again and this timne it siad it reversed all the changes including the theme change that happened and it said the driver was installed but it never said that it reinstalled any drivers and now i am writing this
so have any reason this happend or any comments post them here
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How did dev c++ crash my video driver? I mean okm, this is what i did:
I was making a dll file and I wanted to continue on it later, so i just clicked close all and then my screen just went blank. No blue screen, no beep, no nothing so it stayed that way for about 2 minutes then I forced my pc off.
When I started my pc my boot.ini also somehow got messed up. Everytime it would change the time left, the characters would change to random characters. Instead of "windows" it said something like: "mdgiejr". It was wierd.
When it finished loading everything looked fine. But when I logged in it was all fine. When I logged in my display settings changed to 640x480x256 and changed my driver to my old graphics card driver(intel 82815) but my monitor isn't connected to the old card.
I also noticed my old NVIDIA driver wasn't avaible/installed anymore.
So I rebooted once again and this time Windows told me it reversed all the changes, including a theme change I did. The NVIDIA driver was avaible/installed now but Windows never told me it reinstalled the driver.
And so... my quest for the ultimate answer begins...
(C)2004 Martijn van Sliedregt
First of all. If it seriously crashed, dev-c++ isn't the one to blame. It's your fault if you write a terrible dll
Second, the Intel driver get's replaced by the old backup (NVIDIA driver). That's why it didn't told you that. It already gave you a "reversed settings" message.
If a full disk scan doesn't fix it, backup your stuff and reinstall. That's the only way to be sure Windows works 100% again.
