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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 26 Apr 2004 03:01 GMT

I have installed 98 SE and I now do not have my 256 color.
Please how can I get my color.

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Mangyrat - 26 Apr 2004 03:15 GMT

install the drivers for your video card.

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> I have installed 98 SE and I now do not have my 256 color.
> Please how can I get my color.

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aynothea - 18 May 2004 15:33 GMT

That is not going to help. I have win98SE and this is a
problem typical to this version of windows. Yes we receive
a hardware cd with drivers on it but you can try and
install everyone of them (I know) and windows claims this
is not the correct driver. Plus you need to have the right
combination, the right monitor driver and the right
adapter driver, working together. I just reinstalled my
win98SE and lost my settings because I was too stupid to
remember to write down what I installed correctly the last
time this happened! so I am now going through the same
trial and error process of finding the right combination
to get a 800x600 with 256 color setting. There must be an
easier way! Honestly, I tried loading all the adapters on
the hardware cd and none did the trick and this is the
computers own drivers. ready to rip my hair out in tiny,
painful, clumps!

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>install the drivers for your video card.
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Jeff Richards - 18 May 2004 23:50 GMT

You should not be loading adapter drivers to test. Identify the hardware
installed in the machine and find and load the drivers that are correct for
that specific hardware. Be sure to follow the correct installation procedure
for the drivers - some of them require special procedures. For the monitor,
choose either the exact driver for the hardware, or the generic monitor
driver. The monitor driver does not affect the number of colours or screen
area that can be used - that's all in the adapter driver.

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> That is not going to help. I have win98SE and this is a
> problem typical to this version of windows. Yes we receive
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> computers own drivers. ready to rip my hair out in tiny,
> painful, clumps!

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aynothea - 20 May 2004 00:14 GMT

Big stumbling block here, I own a Quantex computer which
did not come with practically any information on the
computer, there is about 5 things listed on the manifest
receipt and they are bankrupt and out of business. Even
Aida doesn't produce the information I need but you did
help in letting me know that it is the adapter to concern
myself with and not the monitor. The Hardware CD has
plenty of adapters to install but which one? Darn, which I
kept that information before I reinstalled when I had the
perfect adapter installed.
thanks for the help

>-----Original Message-----
>You should not be loading adapter drivers to test. Identify the hardware
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Jeff Richards - 20 May 2004 09:44 GMT

Can you identify the video adapter from the markings on the adapter card or
the motherboard chipset? Is there a message about the display adapter on
screen immediately after power-on? Another option is to use a utility such
as Sandra. See:
http://www.sisoftware.net/
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml

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> Big stumbling block here, I own a Quantex computer which
> did not come with practically any information on the
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> perfect adapter installed.
> thanks for the help

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stace - 30 Jun 2004 14:04 GMT

I seem to have a display problem on my PC. Everything is
enlarged and when i open documents they don't fit on the
page properly. Ive tried going to setting-control panel-
display and then changing the size but the little bar
won't move from the far left side so everthing is really
big. I don't know why the little tab won't move, can
anyone help?

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Jeff Richards - 01 Jul 2004 00:09 GMT

Do Start / Run / MSConfig and make sure Normal Startup is selected. Choose
Advanced and make sure VGA 640x480x16 is NOT selected. Do Start / Settings /
Control Panel / Display / Settings / Advanced / Adapter and note the adapter
description. If this is some type of generic VGA driver, or if it doesn't
exactly match the adapter installed in your machine, then you need to find
and install the video adapter drivers specific to your particular hardware.
These should be available at the video adapter card manufacturer's www site,
or if the video adapter is integrated into the motherboard then it should be
available at the motherboard manufacturer's www site. You may have been
provided with a CD as part of your system deal - in that case the drivers
should be on that CD. If you have upgraded your video adapter since you
bought the machine then the upgrade should have included a CD that would
have the drivers on it.

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>I seem to have a display problem on my PC. Everything is
> enlarged and when i open documents they don't fit on the
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> big. I don't know why the little tab won't move, can
> anyone help?

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