Might try to make sure your video drivers are current. Also, you might want to start Fractint with the "textsafe=save" option (sorry, I probably have it messed up, been a long time since I ran Fractint under Windows and I don't have to screw around with that kind of stuff to have it run flawlessly under OS/2). Don't know if there are any compatibility settings under WXP that you might want to look into. Part of the problem may be that WNT/2K/XP maintain tight control over the actual hardware, while Fractint expects to get direct access. That's probably what's limiting your selection of usable video modes. Outside of that, sounds like you have the same problem that I had with Fractint and Windows9x - they fight over the video hardware. On my old W9x system, the whole thing would freeze. David gnome@hawaii.rr.com On 5 Jul 03, at 21:14, Kevin Sexton wrote:
Anybody been able to get fractint to work on a newer xp laptop? I could try disk video, but haven't worked that out. Trying some of the basic modes the fractal is drawn, but then when I go back to the text screen I get scrambling, when I force fractint to close, explorer is scrambled. I was going to keep trying modes until something worked, but on one, the fractal never went away, and forced a power reset to get out. I'm trying manpwin, and this computer is pretty fast to the limits of the program, but I'd like to get to locations others have found with fractint, and fractal types in fractint.