Microsoft KB Archive/233380

Links: How to Determine if Your Video Adapter Is VESA Compliant

PSS ID Number: Q233380 Article last modified on 07-22-1999

MS-DOS:1.0; WINDOWS:1.0

MS-DOS WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Links 386 CD, version 1.0 Links Pro CD, version 1.0 Links LS MS-DOS (1997 Edition), version 1.0 == Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon, version 1.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

The products listed at the beginning of this article contain high-resolution graphics that require the video driver installed on your computer to be VESA-compliant.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To determine if the video driver installed on your computer is VESA-compliant, use the appropriate method for your operating system.

MS-DOS
To determine if the video driver installed on your computer is VESA-compliant:


 * 1) At the command prompt, type “msd” (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
 * 2) When the Microsoft Diagnostics screen appears, press V.
 * 3) In the Video list, verify that the VESA Support Installed line is set to Yes.

Microsoft Windows 95/98
To determine if the video driver installed on your computer is VESA-compliant:


 * 1) Insert the Windows 95 or Windows 98 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
 * 2) Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
 * 3) In the Named box, type “msd.exe” (without the quotation marks).
 * 4) In the Look In box, click My Computer, and then click Find Now.
 * 5) In the list of found files, right-click Msd or Msd.exe, and then click Copy.
 * 6) Close the Find: Files Named Msd.exe window.
 * 7) Double-click My Computer.
 * 8) Right-click the hard disk on which Windows is installed, and then click Paste.
 * 9) Click Start, click Restart In MS-DOS Mode, and then click OK.
 * 10) At the command prompt, type “cd/” (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
 * 11) At the command prompt, type “msd” (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
 * 12) When the Microsoft Diagnostics screen appears, press V.
 * 13) In the Video list, verify that the VESA Support Installed line is set to Yes.

= REFERENCES =

If the video driver installed on your computer is not VESA-compliant, download the Vesalib.exe file from the following Access Software Technical Support Web site:

http://www.accesssoftware.com/ctg/support/files/

The Vesalib.exe file contains a comprehensive library of VESA-compliant video drivers.

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========================================================= Keywords : kbdisplay kbenv kbimu Version : MS-DOS:1.0; WINDOWS:1.0 Platform : MS-DOS WINDOWS Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.