multiple desktops showing up on ONE monitor

[corsAIRRRR]

i recently built a computer, and everythign was working fine. then today i turn it on, and i have a collection of 4 desktops. the mouse only moves around in one of them, but you can see it moving in the others as well. anything i open in the one usable desktop opens in the others also. it's not just while i'm on the desktop, it's like this when i first turn it on all the way through start up, minus the windows xp loading screen. did i screw somehting up with the monitor settings? defective monitor? i have no idea. any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[kiwiguy]

Either a defective monitor or you are operating it way above its rated refresh and scan settings. That can cause multiple displays for a while before the monitor gets damaged.....

 

[qldit]

G'day that problem sounds like fun, just imagine one beautiful girls image etc..
You might try hitting F8 during boot that may allow you to navigate to safe mode, actually at that point you should have a standard inmage, find your control panel, find your display settings, and set the thing to some basic scheme.
Cheers, qldit.

 

[mshabsovich]

do u have the newest drivers for ur videocard?

 

[corsAIRRRR]

yeah i have all the drivers updated. i need to correct myself.. earlier i said it doens't do it on the xp startup screen. well i realize now that it does. i have already reset all the defaults and i still have the same thing. refresh rate has only one option, 60hz.

 

[kiwiguy]

Try safe mode. If it still does it then, its not a driver issue.

Try another monitor (or that one on another PC) and if the problem follows the monitor, get it replaced.

 

[qldit]

Good morning gentlemen, yes if you can't enter a normal safe mode, the monitor sounds a bit "sus".
Does it have a horizontal control on it?
Cheers, qldit.