why are my icons on my monitor black?
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you may have changed it from white or what ever color you had it before to black.
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It could be your video card has died.  Or try a new monitor cable.
935773
Try reinstalling the driver for your graphics card. It sounds like none of your hardware has ffailed but you might have a sector corrupt on your hardrive causing the driver not to work and produce black and white images. The driver should be on the CD your computer was shipped with.
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so the power sign is green, but when you turn it on its just black? well all your screen is is a monitor connected to the cpu, so you might have power failure to the monitor, but not the cpu. its the same as when your tower is on but the screen is off with a desktop.
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Try right clicking on ur desktop, \n\nselect:\n\ndisplay modes \n\ntrue colour \n\n1024X768\n\nIt depends on ur PC. This applies to a 15inch monitor. It will be different on other monitors.\n\nIf thats not the case, then your laptop is in safemode, which you can easily convert back into normal mode, by restarting and select F8 or F10.
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right click teh desktop and go to arrange icons and press lock web items to desktop and if that was already checked uncheck it and right click and press refresh and try to change your wallpaper again it might even be because your screen resolution or settings . right clcik the desktop go to properties and go to settings tab make sure your color setting is at 16bits or higher
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Just press any of the keys on the keyboard. Even then if ur monitor is not on , then check the power button of monitor.\nHope it will solve the problem
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u must have spyware or virus on your computer=]\ninstall and antivirus or antispyware\n\nor\n\nyou might have a problem with your monitor..=p
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Hi,\n\nIf you don't see 32bit nor 16bit color.\nThan I recommend you to reinstall your video card driver, this will fix your problem.
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Call dell direct.\nThey should be able to help you.\nNormally what you did should lead you to the properties.\nWhen Display property comes up.\nAll you have to do is go to desktop tab.\nYou should be able to change to anything you want.\nIf it doesn't work .CALL TECHNICAL DEPT.
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hi\nreboot in safe mode\nriht click on empty area of the desktop \nand click the option of display desktop icons\notherwise u may contact me \n\nthanks\nregards\nislaminamdar@yahoo.com\njoin my randomizer www.allyours.info\ninamdarinfotech.com\nps. dont 4get to vote for best answer
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One reason is that windows may think you have monitor that cannot handel higher resoputions.  You nee to be more specific about ur prob to detemine how u try and change the display and what happens when u try it.
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maybe you changed the the color\njust go to tool>internet option\nin general tab \nchoose colors\ncheck the colors\nif Use windows color is uncheked\nchoose it
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Is your start button gone or there but not functional? If it's gone your task bar may have just been dragged down hidding it...try click and holding down the left mouse button at the very bottom of the screen and drag it back up...To re-enable your desktop icons just click the right mouse button anywhere on your desktop background and go to "Properties" then click (with the left mouse button) the "Desktop" tab and then click the "Customize Desktop" button, there under the "General" tab you will see "Desktop icons" just place a check by the icons you want to appear...
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Your resolution has been changed.\n\nGo to Control Panel, Display, Settings and set it for 1280 X 1024 and 32 bit color.\n\nGood Luck
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Windows XP hides inactive icons from systray after some time. And thats what I think happening to you. If you want it remain visible always do this :\nStart > Control Panel \nDouble click on Taskbar and Start Menu icon in Control Panel\nUnder the Hide inactive icons frame, click on Customize. \nFind Volume control's entry in Current items and select Always Show as its behaviour.\n:P
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Here is a idea.\nHow to reappear the icons?\nStep 1-Right Click on your desktop.\nStep 2-Select "Properties"\nStep 3-Go to the "Desktop" tab.\nStep 4-Click on the "Customize Desktop..." Button.\nStep 5-You should be on the "General" Tab. Go and click the "Restore Default" button.\nStep 6-Click Ok\nHopefully that will work. :)