Hey. I'm not really sure what to make of this problem, maybe you people can give me some advice. A little while ago there was a power surge, and when I restarted my computer I got an ATI error message saying that I didn't have permission to change settings and that I should contact my administrator. It looks like my videocard software can't run. I can't access the control panel for it or restart the runtime. I thought about it for a while and it occurred to me that it might have been the first time since I installed that infamous Microsoft patch (the one that causes some permission problems or something, I remember seeing a thread about it here but I can't find it now) that the computer was restarted.

Do you guys have any idea what the problem might be? Is this the kind of problem you would expect if the videocard itself got damaged? Could it be related to the patch, and if so, how would I go about correcting the problem? It would be nice if Microsoft could have, you know, fixed it themselves.

Thanks in advance.