I have Windows XP (home version) operating system. Everytime my
computer reboots it takes me to my choice of user screen (which looks
fine). Then when I choose my name (home screen icon option), my
display resolution defaults to the lowest possible setting. I have to
then open the control panel, select display option, and change the
resolution back to a higher option. Yet it does this everytime I
reboot - How do I prevent this and have it boot-up with a high display
setting?

There is proboly some fault with your driver. What I would try is to
go ahead and find your disk with the driver on it or locate it via the
web. That way you have it before you try anything. Then I would go
ahead and uninstall the current video driver and install the new one.

Make sure you're connected to the internet and/or have your driver
software on hand.

Browse in the following order from the start menu; - Control panel -
Display - Settings - Advanced - Adapter - Properties - Driver - and
click on "update driver"

Choose to use the software provided with your system or browse the
internet for a newer driver version

Hope this helps

DGM
http://www.internet-reach.com

Those two have it sort of right ---

What driver are you using? Alot of nvidia and ati drivers have a
ultity for resetting resolution and crap that like on startup,
regardless of what the setting was on shutdown. You may want to try
and find a clean driver without the controll panel software just to
see. Also, go to START ---> RUN  ---> type in MSCONFIG and press
enter. Click on the startup tab... identify each item in there (google
is very useful for validating startup exe's, usualy the first result
is a website called Li Utilities, they have a "Windows Process
Library".) Also, try going directly into regedit (open the same way
you opened MSCONFIG). then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ---> Software --->
Microsoft ---> Windows ---> Currect Version ---> look for Run and
RunOnce, identify the items listed in there too. Once you've
identified all the items on startup, use MSCONFIG to disable them (you
can delete them with regedit, but you wont be able to get them back as
easilly and just disabling them from startup via MSCONFIG). I'd
recommend disabling EVERYTHING from startup just to see what happens
first. then move to trying different drivers.


Have fun,
Charlie