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Title: Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: KevSteele on August 19, 2003, 08:31:53 pm

I've decided to try using Windows XP in my next cab, but I've run into one minor annoyance I can't work around.

I'm running in 640x480 because I've got a WG D9200 arcade monitor, but XP insists on warning me at every boot that my screen is set to a low resolution.

Anyone know of a way to disable this warning?

Kevin

Title: Re:Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: helios on August 19, 2003, 08:48:58 pm

Here is something I found that should disable that popup from coming up:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.

2. Navigate to the following subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Right-click the right pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.

4. Double-click this new entry, and then give it a hexadecimal value of 0.

5. Quit regedit. Log off Windows, and then log back on.

These steps disable all Notification Area balloon tips for this user. Hope that works!

Title: Re:Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: TalkingOctopus on August 19, 2003, 09:43:26 pm

I'm running 640x480 on a TV w/ XP Prof and I have yet to see this warning...crazy!  It must be the ATI drivers that disable it.

I hope you can solve your problem.  XP may be a fickle beast at times, but once you get it running on your cab, you won't be sorry.

Title: Re:Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: KevSteele on August 19, 2003, 10:43:54 pm

Helios:

Thanks -- I'll give that a try (I'm not certain I want to give up all notifications, but I think perhaps it might be wise to do it anyway on a cab.)

Octopus:

I'm running ATI drivers as well (the ArcadeVGA is a modified Raedon 7000), but still get the notification.

Perhaps it's because your TV is going through a TV-out port that XP is smart enough (barely) to realize that you need a 640x480 display!


I'll test things out and let you know how it goes.

Kevin

Title: Re:Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: Minwah on August 20, 2003, 05:43:51 am

FWIW I don't get this warning either (using AVGA or 'normal' Radeon)...not sure why  ???

Title: Re:Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: Lilwolf on August 20, 2003, 08:29:54 am

Funny... I COULDNT get it to go into 640x480 at ALL!

I ended up having to tell XP that my monitor ONLY supported 640x480 (I switched between two monitors... very very annoying)...

I ended up scrapping it for 98SE.  I'm really not to sad about it.  The overhead doesn't seem to be all that useful.

Title: Re:Disable 640x480 warning in XP?
Post by: KevSteele on August 20, 2003, 09:58:56 am

Lilwolf:

If you click on the "Advanced" button in the Adapter tab, you can make it switch to 640x480. I actually use MultiRes, which makes things easier when switching between resolutions.

UPDATE:

I tried the registry hack, and it worked fine -- no more pop up warning. I do get a little red icon with an X in it that shows up in the system tray, but it vanishes after about 10 seconds.

Kevin