graphic card problem...

[longhorn88]

i recently reinstalled hl2 on my computer and when i tried to play it, i get this message:

"Failed to set video mode - resetting to defaults.
Game will now start with the new video setting."

when i click OK, the game reloads in different video mode then the same message appears again. when the game has tried every video modes this message comes up:

"Failed to set video mode.
This game has a requirement of DirectX 7.0 compatible hardware."

after this, the game quits to the desktop

about a month ago, ive swapped and swapped back the graphic card for some really stupid reason. before the swapping, the game ran perfectly

i dunno what i did but the only thing i know is that something has gone wrong when i swapped and swapped back the graphics card

can some intelligent people tell me how i can fix this problem?

thanks in advance

ps. my graphics card is geforce 4 ti 4200 with apg 8x (i know, its crap. but it is not crap enough to not run half life 2)

 

[lister]

Ok, u have 2 options, either uninstall the GFX card drivers completely, then reboot ur machine and install these ones..http://www.omegadrivers.net/nvidia/win2k_xp.php

Or do this...

Either get a profile editor (nHancer, YAPE, etc), or manually delete the settings associted with hl2.exe in your registry. Go into your registry under this key:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{F5857C38-087A-4CD1-98DD-D4DF85D1A681}\0000


The GUID on yours will be different, but generally it's the furthest one down the list. The 0000 is likely the same (first adapter under that id).

Now delete any entries starting with:

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_hl2.exe:


Even though entries will appear in your NVIDIA panel, the values associated with them are gone and you can either forget about it or set defaults or redo your profile.

That's it! HL2/CSS works again!

 

[longhorn88]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
it worked!!

 

[lister]

np, n e time