In a message dated 1/26/03 7:42:02 AM, ascender at earthlink.net writes: << Question: How would the monitor unset itself? would this be something of a virus; or was there a key stroke that i did that would cause it? >> One situation that could cause this to occur is if your internal battery is beginning to fail. Many computers will reset to a default preference for monitor resolution when the battery fails. Another occurrence could be a software reset from a game program. Some games will reset the resolution in order to operate properly (for the game) and the monitor resolution must be reset after you quit the game. Hope this helps to explain part of the mystery.