On one of our machine [Win XP, AMD 64, 512 RAM, NVIDEA Gforce 6100]
when I press 'Shift+Del' or sometimes just 'del' the screen will blank
for a second.
Does anyone have any ideas?

Buttnuts wrote:

> On one of our machine [Win XP, AMD 64, 512 RAM, NVIDEA Gforce 6100]
> when I press 'Shift+Del' or sometimes just 'del' the screen will blank
> for a second.
> Does anyone have any ideas?

1. Make sure you don't have any extraneous Nvidia programs running at
startup. After installing Nvidia drivers, you will get a desktop
control app in the taskbar that can cause problems. Use msconfig to
disable them. If you see NvCplDaemon, NvMcTray and Nwiz on the Startup
tab, uncheck the boxes since none of those are required.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

2. If that doesn't help, then try a different keyboard.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I've previousouly deleted them. but will check again.
Thanks.
Also I haven't used MSconfig in a long while since I found this tool
from this guy way back when he was in college. check it out.
http://mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Malke wrote:
> Buttnuts wrote:
>
> > On one of our machine [Win XP, AMD 64, 512 RAM, NVIDEA Gforce 6100]
> > when I press 'Shift+Del' or sometimes just 'del' the screen will blank
> > for a second.
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> 1. Make sure you don't have any extraneous Nvidia programs running at
> startup. After installing Nvidia drivers, you will get a desktop
> control app in the taskbar that can cause problems. Use msconfig to
> disable them. If you see NvCplDaemon, NvMcTray and Nwiz on the Startup
> tab, uncheck the boxes since none of those are required.
>
> How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
>
> 2. If that doesn't help, then try a different keyboard.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Buttnuts wrote:

> I've previousouly deleted them. but will check again.
> Thanks.
> Also I haven't used MSconfig in a long while since I found this tool
> from this guy way back when he was in college. check it out.
> http://mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Mike Lin has been around for a long time and his Startup Control Panel
is still useful, particularly with Win2k boxen.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User