Starup flashes screen

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:58:58 -0400, Rick Merrill wrote:

> After turning on the screen there is a 'fuel rod' (press f8 ...)
> then the screen flashes 3 or 4 times before the wallpaper comes up.
> Is it possible to avoid those flashes?

The video switch is occurring at that point. For some reason your display
drivers reset (flash) a few times before they finally "hook" and take
control. There's a chance that updated display drivers might help. However,
it this is a quirk particular to your hardware, you won't see any change
even with new drivers.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User