Recovering display settings in safe mode

[jon stallard]

I need some advice regarding changing display settings from safe mode please. I can start my MCE2005 machine in safe mode OK but owing to safe mode resolution settings, cannot access the bottom three buttons (OK/CANCEL/APPLY. I've tried using the tab button/return and taking a stab at it highlighting the right button but it wont do a thing (I guess because the buttons are not in view?) There's no scroll down available either. Which is a shame as I can select the correct resolutions for my LCD screen in this dialogue box, I just can't apply them.

So..... unless anyone can offer some advice on accessing the display box (don't some people use remote access from another XP machine?) then it's a fresh install by the looks of things, which might not be a bad idea actually.

Any advice greatfully received.

Ta,
Jon.

[OneEleven]

If you adjust the slider with the mouse then the OK button should be highlighted anyway, so hitting just hitting 'enter' should do the trick

[jon stallard]

Thanks for the quick reply oneEleven, sometimes it's the simple things that fly out of your head when faced with something like this. I can't say for certain that I did try that, I'll certainly try it when I get in tonight though.

It just seemed to me that if the buttons where not displayed, they didn't work using the hit and miss tab/return method. Is that a win 98 thing parhaps though. I'm using nvidia's display setting dialogue box for a 6600GT card BTW and there is no onboard graphics to fall back on either, unfortunately.

Ta,
Jon.