colors

Ron Hiler · Post by **Ron Hiler** » 4 Sep 2001 12:45 pm

had trouble with windows 98, had to reload
and now I only get 16 colors, most every thing I run wants 256,is ther an upgrade I can get?
thanks Ron

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 4 Sep 2001 12:56 pm

Right click on your desktop and select "Properties" from the menu. Then go to the "Settings" tab. That's where you can set the number of colors.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 04 September 2001 at 01:57 PM.]</p></FONT>

Ron Hiler · Post by **Ron Hiler** » 4 Sep 2001 1:25 pm

been there done that, thats why I need to upgrade, my max colors is 16, thanks Bob.
Ron

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 4 Sep 2001 1:29 pm

Then it sounds like 98 didn't find your video card and defaulted to VGA only. Try "Add New Hardware" from Control Panel and see if it finds it. If not, you might have to load drivers from the video card's web site.

Ron Hiler · Post by **Ron Hiler** » 4 Sep 2001 1:43 pm

thanks Jim, , went to the control panel like you said not much there either.

Everett Cox · Post by **Everett Cox** » 4 Sep 2001 2:31 pm

Ron-- Get to the ControlPanel/Display/Settings again. Near the bottom, click on 'advanced'. You should then get a window with 'Adapter,Monitor,Performance' tabs.

Click the 'Adapter' tab and see if it appears correct for YOUR video card. Click the 'Monitor' tab and see if that looks OK for YOUR monitor. If either don't look right, click on the 'Change' button.

That will give you a window from which you can select the proper driver for YOUR hardware. If you have a driver disk for your adapter and/or monitor, this window gives you a button ('have disk') to let you get the drivers from it. Otherwise, Windows gives you a list that it considers compatable. If you see the right stuff, select and continue.

If you DON'T see anything in the 'compatable' list, select the 'show all' near the bottom-left to get a list of all the drivers Windows currently has. For your MONITOR, you should probably select SUPERVGA. There may be different drivers for different screen resolutions, so select what goes with your hardware.

Note that, though unlikely, you CAN damage your monitor by selecting the wrong driver. Most of the 'Standard' types should be OK.

After setting up the adapter/monitor drivers and rebooting, you should be able to set your color and resolution. --Everett

Ron Hiler · Post by **Ron Hiler** » 8 Sep 2001 10:39 am

I just want to thank ever one for the good advice and support, a new video card did the trick.

thanks again
Ron