How do you get Windows 7 Pro out of Vgasave Mode ?

[nguyen.m.michael]

Hi,

I have Windows 7 (Pro version) running on a Toshiba S70 laptop with an Intel graphics card. It had been running fine for 3 years. After Windows 7 upgraded to its various recommended patches, it is now stuck in vgasave mode where

- It does not allow the laptop to hibernate or sleep

- It does out recognize the external monitor that is connected to HDMI.

I booted into Windows into safe node and tried different things such as

- uninstalled the graphic driver and not install any driver

- re-installed the graphic driver version from Toshiba for its S70 laptop.

- checking for hidden graphic devices but there was none.

And none of them fixed this issue. I then used Windows System Restore but even that failed. How do you get out of vgasave mode and get Windows working again with the graphic driver ?

Thanks.

Michael,

 

[zer0c007]

I would back up files and reformat and install the windows copy that came with your laptop on either an actual disk or it can be on a small 8gb+- partition created by toshiba on the hard drive to be a recovery sector. Install windows 7 this way, then once everything is working like normal then google for windows update downloader and download manually the updates. Before installing the updates see via google research which updates are best avoided and which are recommended and see if any are specifically recommended by toshiba and install one update at a time and reboot, test the laptop and continue install one by one followed by a reboot after each install. Do not bulk install updates you will be asking for trouble, since i suspect windows normal shutdown timeout conflicts with the time required for windows to install. Best to do one at time and test.