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XP just lost my video card driver??

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stang8118

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May 28, 2004
Well today i get home from work, boot up my computer and am staring a screen at 800x600 resolution. So i say to myself "hmm guess i changed it by mistake". Well i right click my desktop, hit properties and notice that instead of saying "Geforce 6800" it says "default monitor" (or something to that effect).

Now before i went to work my computer was perfectly fine, i didn't change any settings nor did anyone else use it (have my own place). I scanned for a virus and found nothing, i scanned for spyware and found like 3-4 tracking cookies (no biggies). Even used a few online virus scans and found nothing. So pretty much i just reinstalled a new driver. Works great, and i am still posting the same benchmark scores so i am not losing any performance in my computer like i would if i had a virus...

Anyone know how this could of happened? I mean i am the ONLY person that uses this computer. It was really no big deal, but was just very strange... :confused:
 
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