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SubjectRe: Re: New Idea? Capture video settings details in Win98/etc. forXFree86 config
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Jens Benecke wrote:

> How does windows find these infos? Normally it doesn't even look for it. I
> have yet to see a Windows fresh install that does _not_ come up in
> 640x480x16.

For the most part Windows gets driver config data from .inf files supplied
as part of the driver installation.

It is not unknown for these settings to completely bollocks up a PC as
they rarely consider that the PC will already have other hardware and
Windows is none too good at handling conflicts.

Jason Clifford http://www.dlsl.demon.co.uk/
** Specialist Linux Consultancy and Support Services **
**** Linux Workstation and Server Systems ****


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