You seem to be confusing drivers with display adapters. Whichever display
adapter you use, you need to ensure that you have the latest driver software
for it from the adapter / motherboard manufacturer.

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Dwayne Dusky wrote:
Thank you, I tried all of that, could it be that my driver is too
old? I have a newer one on my motherboard, but it just makes my
monitor flash and is unreadable. I can open the same documents fine
on my laptop, but on this desktop certain types of images just don't
appear in documents, specifically photos and some others.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

A few things to try:
1. In Word, if you're working in Normal view, then switch to
Print Layout view (View | Print Layout), because objects that are
formatted as "float over text" (Word 97) or as something other
than "inline with text" (Word 2000, 2002, and 2003) are not
visible in Normal view.
2. In Word, click on Tools | Options | View tab | check the
"Drawings" box and uncheck the "Picture placeholders" box | Print
tab | check the "Drawing objects" box | OK.
3. If neither of the previous suggestions fixes the problem,
then try reducing the hardware acceleration setting in Start |
Control Panel | Display | Settings | Advanced | Troubleshooting.
If this fixes the problem, then you might want to check the
website of the manufacturer of your video card/graphics adapter
to see if there is an updated driver available.

Dwayne Dusky wrote:

I have the same problem, but the picture placeholder button does
not help, any other ideas?