Wolfy, do what Uncle Esq says and uninstall and reinstall your video drivers, Esq he might have his monitor resolution and refresh rate set wrong and if the monitor doesnt support the resolutionhes set to the card will knock it down to something it can support. Accept the fact that Wolfy's trashed his PC. Lack of patience. i bet his dad's fed up to the back teeth, my daughters the same, forever demanding solutions to problems she's caused (the computers not working
funny how mine never breaks its not my fault
yes it is )
there should be a driving licence for PCs and everyone should be on limted accounts and administrated by a neighbourhood server admin

using the Tawakalnic code of never letting anyone do anything ever.