Any ideas???

Mimikyu

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Oriel

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00642.htm

Looks like it's an install issue.

Mimikyu

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Ciaran500

Change the resolution. Right click on desktop>properties>setting. 1024x768 would be the min but it could be 1280x1024 depending on the laptop.


Use the ethernet, much more reliable and easier to setup.

Mimikyu

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Ciaran500

Sounds like its running on the default XP graphics card drivers. Find out what graphics card it has and get the latest ones.

EDIT: Use this if you can't find the details. http://lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en

Mimikyu

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Ciaran500

Just missed the edit ^^^

http://lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en

Mimikyu

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Ciaran500

Middle clicking (click on the mouse wheel) on them by any chance, this caught me out when I first started using it.

g5hn710m4xpdwy

maybe for the hell of it you could do an ad-ware search and virus scan

Mimikyu

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Mimikyu

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Ciaran500

What did you do?

Did you get the right drivers?

Mimikyu

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Ciaran500

Find out what graphics card it has. The program above will tell you what it is. Then go to the Nvidia/ATI/Intel site and get the drivers. Or post the details up here and someone will point you in the right direction.

Mimikyu

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Vikings

What make and model is the laptop?

Mimikyu

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Vikings

Not sure if you've checked this yet but: try here
Specifically down the very bottom and the video drivers section.

Orion

Here's the link to the correct gfx driver: Dell link

As for the original error message - it looks like something is running in the background. In the task manager under processes look for an entry called NTVDM - there should be something indented underneath it. Let us know what that is. It's possible that something is loading on startup which runs as a 16-bit app.

Mimikyu

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Orion

try right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting task manager. Minimise any other app in case it's hiding behind them. This sounds strange tho cos default option is always on top. I think I'd recommend doing a Spybot scan and maybe a HiJack this one as well.

Mimikyu

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Mac daddy

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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here :rolleyes:

Mimikyu

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Orion

Not sure what the story is there - I'll have a look around.

Can I ask you where you got that calendar on your desktop - I've been looking for something like that.

Mimikyu

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stevenmu

Re the task manager, double-click the icon to restore it then in the options see if 'minimize on use' and 'hide when minimised' are checked.

Mimikyu

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NotMe

How about running a different process viewer like say HiJack This and you can try killing Task Manager and see if it Ctrl-Alt-Del will work after that.