Ok windows xp sp2 latest hotfixes etc.
I turn on the pc tonight and find that the monitor is really dull did not display any message at all could not see usual bios flash that comes with asus k8n board through to getting to windows desktop.
Did not install any software to my knowledge since last shutdown and restart. Yesterday I did install latest winzip but apart from that nothing been installed other than iso buster for last month easily and both pieces of software got from respective websites.
I have shutdown and restarted several times though after software installed with no issues.
Now here is where it gets weird, monitor display is displaying error about frequency and log on part is bearly visable so I figure it must just be refresh rates etc so try dropping it made no difference screen goes black and then get frequency error from monitor. So couple of shutdowns and restarts later I try for latest graphic card drivers for ati radeon 9550 and this cures it in terms of being able to now see monitor however now I am looking down on my quick launch bar and all the icons have been changed completly. I got the windows help icon question mark for yahoo messenger and i have windows explorer type page for desktop icon and the browse icon for windows explorer etc.
I have symantec anti virus and it was set to enabled and I run adaware and spybot regular and nothing found.
Anyone got any ideas as to what has happened here?
One thing that I have noticed of late is the board comes with firewall and something else i forget and i have that option and windows firewall turned on but keep getting which option do i want the boards firewall alone or windows firewall alone or both happening at least 3 or 4 times a week. Could be something could be nothing.
I wondered if you guys / gals new of anything going about that may have done this ? Or maybe you have seeen this happen in past?
Thanks in advance.
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